Like many other authors, Aldous Huxley uses his characters as a way to display themes in his novel. By using his characters in Brave New World Huxley displays a theme of human impulse, or a desire for something. In the story of Brave New World, the overseeing government takes several precautions against human impulse. However, in some cases their safety measures do not always work they way they had planned, such is the case for Bernard Marx. Bernard is a Alpha plus who is rather under the average stature for those of his caste, and thinks very differently from most, as he has feelings for the uncommonly pretty Lenina. In most cases, a book character having a crush on another entity is normal, but in the case of Brave New World, “Every one belongs to everyone else” (Huxley). Feeling of attraction toward another being are an uncontrollable action, an impulse.…show more content… However, Lenina’s feelings are different from how Bernard felt for her. Lenina doesn’t want a relationship, but rather was longing to engage in intercourse with John, who refuses her over and over again, “He was standing in the doorway of the cab, his eyes fixed, staring; had evidently been staring all this time while she was powdering her nose, waiting - but what for? Or hesitating, trying to make up his mind, and all the time thinking, thinking - she could not imagine what extraordinary thoughts. “Good-night, Lenina,” he repeated and made a strange grimacing attempt to smile... He shut the door and bent forward to say something to the driver. The cab shot up in the air.” (Huxley 171). However, her desire for John, and her impulse to sleep with
