Chapter 4

Chapter 4 

 

In this chapter, we have a lot more character interaction as well as character definition through dialogue which is always nice to see especially after how heavy the world-building is in this book. In this chapter, we get to take a deeper dive into Henry Foster in particular with his thought process regarding his inferiority complex about his size, I found it quite fascinating that he seems to treat those of lower class standing with particular wrath as he sees himself in them and as he hates himself he by proxy hates them. Henry honestly seems to fit our society definition of an incel to a T, for those of you who do not know, Wikipedia's definition is as follows, “Incels, a portmanteau of "involuntary celibates", are members of an online subculture who define themselves as unable to find a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one. Discussions in incel forums are often characterized by resentment, misogyny, misanthropy, self-pity and self-loathing, racism, a sense of entitlement to sex, and the endorsement of violence against sexually active people.” I find the fact that Henry fits this so well to quite humorous as he seems to be the character the audience is supposed to identify with the most. In this chapter, we also get some more progression from Lenina as she chooses to publicly show that she wants to follow society's expectations of her by not staying tied down to a singular partner. We also get the final section as an interaction between something akin to a professor of a college and another man who both seem to chafe under this society however I really could not understand what was going on, this book seriously needs a more linear narrative for how short it is and how many named characters it has while not designating who will and will not be important later.


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