Topic B
Bernard Marx is seen as an outsider in this society. He is victimized by being a short alpha plus. This is due to everyone in society's conditioning to respecting people in higher intelligence and physical appearance. Bernard has an alpha status however he has a gamma physical appearance. Which makes him less powerful than other alphas in this society, in consequence he has to repeat himself to make the lower cast listen to him.
In this society no one is supposed to have a relationship with just one person. This makes some men talk about women as if they are "a bit of meat" (Huxley 45). This makes Bernard angry because he is in love with Lenina however he doesn't want to be like everyone else having multiple relationships.
Since Bernard is a specialist in hypnopaedia he thinks everyone who believes the propaganda is an "idiot". Bernard's struggle isn't really rebelling it is more of he doesn't have a place in his society and in consequence is struggling to fit in which causes him to be against his society.
Bernard is unusually quiet and shy due to his lack of the height of as an alpha and physical appearance which causes him to not be as sound as others in the higher caste and in consequence gives out his authority to others such as Lenina.
He is resisting society when he refuses to take soma when he is offered it twice because of his lack of happiness. He reacts by becoming angry and walking away.
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