"'I'm so glad,' said Lenina. 'And now you must admit that you were wrong about Bernard. Don't you think he's really rather sweet?'
Fanny nodded. 'And I must say,' she said, 'I was quite agreeably surprised.'" pg. 156
I have started to dislike where this book is going. At first, I suspected the Bernard and Lenina were different. They were going to change society. But, after their encounters with the savages and the fact that Bernard brought the two back for "scientific" purposes, I'm under the impression that they are really no different than the harsh uncaring drones that they once felt so different from.
When he gains fame and becomes desirable, Bernard forgets that he ever once wanted to be his own person. He forgets that he was once an outcast, and he doesn't even mind if these new outcasts are treated like animals. Linda and John are put on display or taken advantage of simply for these progressed humans to gawk at.
The progressed society itself, in all its arrogance, even fails to realize that Bernard is no different than he ever was. Simply because he was able to provide them with an oddity even more bizzare than himself, they forget that he ever was different, that he never followed the rules to this point. Fanny who originally thought he was a negative influence on Lenina has completely transformed her opinion of him because of this one act. I guess it's an overwhelming truth that in order to be a part of the community, you only have to please them.
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