Quote from Brave New World August 1, 2010 Page 179

"Bernard's other victim-friend was Helmholtz. When, discomfited, he came and asked once more for the friendship which, in his prosperity, he had not thought it worth his while to preserve. Helmholtz gave it; and gave it without reproach..."
-Brave New World Page 179
Bernard begins to envy Helmholtz for some of his whole-hearted characteristics. Even after Bernard abandoned Helmholtz for his new found friends, Helmholtz held no hard feelings against Bernard after Bernard came moping back from his vanity. Bernard is in a sort of awe for Helmholtz's forgiveness. He feels that Helmholtz should be angry with him, and is shocked that he is not. Helmholtz seems to deny the human trait of revenge, and Bernard is jealous of his denial.

Brave New World August 1, 2010 Pages 159-184

In this section, the Savage and Helmholtz begin to discuss Shakespeare and other poetry. Helmholtz scoffs at the unorthodoxies of Shakespeare's works which include a mother and father and conflict. The reason Helmholtz is so negative towards the ancient works of poetry is because he has been conditioned to scoff at these things. If I, or anyone else had been taught that babies only come from machines and not mothers and fathers, we would have the same response to the literature. The society was taught that mothers and fathers were smut and had no place in civil society. These things were taught because eliminating allegiances was necessary to create an obedient society. The only allegiance any one person held was the allegiance to the government. This was one way in which the government gauranteed itself complete sovereignty and peace. No civilization has accomplished this task yet, but accomplishing this task means taking away freedoms and civil liberties.
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