Bernard's+Revelation+and+Popupularity

//Scene description: //
 * Bernard gains popularity after introducing the savage (John)
 * The popularity gets to his head and he gains overconfidence and self-esteem
 * The world he used to hate becomes the world he loves since now everyone happens to love him

//What //
 * Scene shows that Bernard used to claim that the world he lived in disgusted him, however, now that he is popular, he has become one of the people he looked at with disgust
 * It was only his individuality and differences in status that kept him from conforming to society, which he now has
 * describes how happy Bernard is with himself - very satisfied
 * he feels important
 * no one put him down
 * received sex hormone chewing gum
 * asks fanny to meet the savage next wednesday
 * Fanny feels comfortable about him now, she does not look down upon him anymore
 * Bernard starts to get a little cocky, brags to Hemholtz (a major pimp) about how he "had six girls last week" (156).
 * Hemholtz claims hes "sad", Bernard thinks hes jealous and says he will never talk to him again
 * Bernard is getting the fact that he gets women all up in his head
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">people actually pretend to like Bernard just because he has connections with John the Savage
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">tries to impress John by talking about the "Bombay Green Rocket" they are on and how fast it is
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">John is not impressed because Ariel (from a Shakespeare work) can "put a girdle round the earth in forty minutes" (158)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">John is not impressed because Ariel (from a Shakespeare work) can "put a girdle round the earth in forty minutes" (158)

//<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Why //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">It is written to change our view of Bernard
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Bernard was orignally a character that had a similar mindset to the reader's- someone who disliked the futuristic world that he lived in
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Originally, readers were able to feel for him, and understand his point of view, however this scence serves to reduce our relation with Bernard and change the way we empathize and connect to him
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Show how Bernard overcame his low self esteemfeels more confident in asking girls out
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">does not feel afraid of anyone or have insecurity over stunted growth
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">also shows how he is becoming more cocky and self-centered in a way
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">but he is wrong about the assumptions people make of him now (sadly)

//<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">How //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Scene was constructed in a way that displayed Bernard's change in actions and thoughts: comparitive to what he used to be like and makes the reader reflect on how his approach to certain situations and concepts are altered
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Description serves to insinuate changes in Bernard
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Through the letter he (Bernard) wrote to Mond and Mond's reaction
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">shows what is going through Bernard's mind (as a somewhat narrative)uses analogies to describe what he feels like "lighter than air" (157).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">shows his confidence and how his ego is shooting up
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">a bit of dialogue between John and Bernard