"'Hug me, honey, snuggly...' The Savage caught her by the wrists, tore her hands from his shoulders, thrust her roughly away at arm's length. 'Ow, you're hurting me, you're... oh!' She was suddenly silent. Terror had made her forget the pain" (194).
This is a very important scene because it shows how two cultures of Lenina and John are so incompatible. Since the modern culture did its best to distance itself from the past, the two societies are too different. The people of Lenina's society see John as a savage and mock his way of life. Once John was exposed to Lenina's culture, he was horrified by what he saw. I wanted John and Lenina to be able to be together, but they could not overcome what their prospective cultures had taught them. I thought that if John and Lenina could form a relationship, some sort of change within London would occur. However, John was disgusted with Lenina's promiscuous behavior, and Lenina was confused and then terrified by John's response to her. Lenina's actions were probably so repulsive to John because that was how his mother behaved, and she was ostracized by the community. This probably triggered his frightening outburst because it brought back the memories of the pain he and Linda endured due to her promiscuity. I think this was the point when John began to see how this world was not as brave as he once thought.
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