On a date with Lenina, Bernard remarks, "But wouldn't you like to be free to be happy in some other way, Lenina? ... Unfortunately as the book develops, one realizes that the soul reason of his unhappiness is not the need to be humanized, but as a result of jealousy. ... As one of the citizens notes, "They don't know what it's like being anything else. ... Don't you want to be free and men? ... Much like Orwell's 1984, the book does not need many dynamic events to scare us. ...

• Word Count: 1212
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School