Becky+and+Jen's+Sestina

(scene from chapter 4)
 * Frustrating First Date**

Red = figurative language Blue = syntactical inversions Green = clipped quotes

It is __“Too much of a crowd”__ and __ “a waste of time” __ Bernard asserts Suggest walking and talking alone with Lenina Bernard does Highlighting differences between Bernard and Lenina is a function To compare Lenina’s ideal date with Bernard’s is a purpose Using argumentative dialogue for contrast is the structure Victorious like a championship team, the winner, Lenina, is shown

//I//ce-cream soma __ as delicious as Delicious Death  __, Bernard is shown “A gramme in time saves nine,” Lenina automatically asserts Hypnopaedic fragments, like “myself and nasty”, mold Lenina’s dialogue structure Reject the soma Bernard does To show that Bernard attempts to restrain his temptations is the purpose Showing Bernard’s preference of himself and nasty rather than others is another function

Describing Lenina’s disdain of the placid ocean is the function The emptiness of the hollow ocean is shown To illustrate how people fear the unfamiliar is the purpose A “pale face of the moon”, an example of personification, Huxley asserts Force a bawling Lenina to look at the ocean Bernard does Sensory imagery and elaborate figurative language make up the colorful structure

Fragments, dialogue, and repetition are part of the structure Describing Bernard’s attempts to present Lenina of unorthodox ideas is the function Cry and repeat herself saying “It’s horrible, it’s horrible” Lenina does The way Bernard feels he is “not just a cell in the social body” is shown __ Hypnopaedic phrases as the starring role  __ in Lenina’s asserts To reveal Bernard’s frustration with Lenina’s incomprehension is a purpose

To show how people glue themselves in their comfort zones is a purpose Repetition and diction that evokes emotion fortify the structure Hypnopaedic slogans are the only phrases in Lenina’s repertoire that she asserts Showing Lenina’s loyalty to the habitual way of life is an additional function Lenina’s enslavement due to conditioning, her master, is shown Becomes as frustrated as someone waiting in line at the DMV Bernard does

Give in to his temptation Bernard does To show the power of mob mentality is the purpose The strength of temptation is shown Quick short diction lacking description and Bernard’s lack of emotion are the structure Showing Bernard conceding to society by taking soma is the function Bernard’s transition from frustration to concession is seen by his lack of gripe asserts

The power of temptation is shown. Is that the book’s function? Become just like the rest Bernard does. Lenina clings to hypnopaedic asserts Bernard tries to structure a relationship, but after taking soma he forgets his initial purpose.