He has heard of Bernard’s unsavory reputation. As they make their way to the rooms, Henry sees Bernard Marx and snubs him. They are going to get ready for their date. Lenina and Henry Foster go up to the changing rooms.

The Director introduces him as “his fordship.” Four thousand electric clocks all strike four at once at the complex. He starts explaining negative effects of sexual repression. The Director surprises the students by stating that sexual play among children and adolescents was once seen as abnormal and immoral. The boy is taken to see a psychologist immediately. The boy was feeling uncomfortable with the sexual play in which the children were pushed to take part. An example is “Centrifugal Bumble-puppy.”Ī child’s cry is heard from the bushes.

In the World State, all games must use complicated machinery. These kinds of simple apparatus did not boost consumption. The Director says that “in our Ford’s day,” most games needed nothing more than a few sticks, one or two balls, and perhaps a net.

Several hundred children, all naked, are playing there. The Director brings the students into the garden.

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