Linda and Lenina Comparison in Brave New World
It’s shocking how two people from different societies can be both similar and different at the same time. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Linda and Lenina are two such characters. Each of them have their own characteristics which make them unique, but they also have separate characteristics. The three ways in which Lenina and Linda can be compared would be physically, intelligently, and emotionally. First of all, Lenina’s physical characteristics help distinguish her type of character. Lenina is a typical woman in the new world, and she has all the characteristics that describe her as pneumatic. Lenina is a particularly attractive female since many men in the society seem to be attracted to her. Even the Arch-Community-Songster of Canterbury is attracted to Lenina. “‘Lenina my dear,’ he called in another tone. ‘come with me,’”(Huxley 176). This quote shows that Lenina is able to get any guy to want her, even members of higher classes. For instance, she’s able to get Henry Foster, an Alpha, to have her as well. Overall, Lenina is a very attractive woman who uses her assets to her advantage. In comparison, Linda also has some interesting characteristics that help distinguish her character. Linda, is very different from Lenina being described as a not very appealing character. “…Two of the front teeth were missing…And all the lines in her face, the flabbiness, the wrinkles. And the sagging cheeks…the bulge of the woman’s stomach...and simply reeked of that beastly stuff,”(118-119). With this description given, it can be obvious that Linda would not fit in in the new world society looking the way she does. She would not fit in with everyone else with the way that she looked making her an outcast in the society. Linda, at one point, looked like Lenina in the civilization. After all, Linda was a Beta before she came to the reservation so she most likely looked at least a little like Lenina. Linda and Lenina seem to have more differences in their physical
Cited: Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1932. Page #s, 74-75, 116, 118-119, 121, 127, 176