Samstag, 5. Juni 2010
Characters
anaconda178, 14:39h
Thomas "Tomakin" Foster, Alpha, Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning (D.H.C.) for London; later revealed to be the father of John the Savage.
Henry Foster, Alpha, Administrator at the Hatchery and Lenina's current partner.
Lenina Crowne, Beta-Plus, Vaccination-worker at the Hatchery; loved by John the Savage.
Mustapha Mond, Alpha-Double Plus, World Controller for Western Europe (nine other controllers exist, presumably for different sections of the world).
Assistant Director of Predestination.
Bernard Marx, Alpha-Plus but anomalously small, psychologist (specializing in hypnopædia) and the false protagonist of the story. He dates Lenina for a short period of time.
Fanny Crowne, Beta, embryo worker; a friend, but not a relation, of Lenina.
Benito Hoover, Alpha, friend of Lenina; disliked by Bernard.
Helmholtz Watson, Alpha-Plus, lecturer at the College of Emotional Engineering (Department of Writing), friend and confidant of Bernard Marx and John the Savage.
At the Solidarity Service
Morgana Rothschild, Herbert Bakunin, Fifi Bradlaugh, Jim Bokanovsky, Clara Deterding, Joanna Diesel, Sarojini Engels, and "that great lout" Tom Kawaguchi.
Miss Keate, headmistress of the high-tech glass and concrete Eton College.
Arch-Community Songster, a quasi-religious figure based in Canterbury.
Primo Mellon, a reporter for the upper-caste news-sheet Hourly Radio, who attempts to interview John the Savage and gets assaulted for his troubles.
Darwin Bonaparte, a press photographer who brings worldwide attention to John's mother.
Of Malpais
John the Savage ("Mr. Savage"), son of Linda and Thomas (Tomakin/The Director), an outcast in both primitive and modern society. While he does not appear until partway through the story, he becomes the protagonist shortly after his introduction . He commits suicide in the end.
Linda, a Beta-Minus. John the Savage's mother, and Thomas's (Tomakin/The Director) long lost lover. She is from England and was pregnant with John when she got lost from Thomas in a trip to New Mexico. She is disliked by both savage people because of her "civilized" behaviour, and by civilized people because she is fat and looks old.
Popé, a native of Malpais. Although he reinforces the behaviour that causes hatred for Linda in Malpais by sleeping with her and bringing her Mezcal, he still holds the traditional beliefs of his tribe. John also attempts to kill him, in his early years.
Henry Foster, Alpha, Administrator at the Hatchery and Lenina's current partner.
Lenina Crowne, Beta-Plus, Vaccination-worker at the Hatchery; loved by John the Savage.
Mustapha Mond, Alpha-Double Plus, World Controller for Western Europe (nine other controllers exist, presumably for different sections of the world).
Assistant Director of Predestination.
Bernard Marx, Alpha-Plus but anomalously small, psychologist (specializing in hypnopædia) and the false protagonist of the story. He dates Lenina for a short period of time.
Fanny Crowne, Beta, embryo worker; a friend, but not a relation, of Lenina.
Benito Hoover, Alpha, friend of Lenina; disliked by Bernard.
Helmholtz Watson, Alpha-Plus, lecturer at the College of Emotional Engineering (Department of Writing), friend and confidant of Bernard Marx and John the Savage.
At the Solidarity Service
Morgana Rothschild, Herbert Bakunin, Fifi Bradlaugh, Jim Bokanovsky, Clara Deterding, Joanna Diesel, Sarojini Engels, and "that great lout" Tom Kawaguchi.
Miss Keate, headmistress of the high-tech glass and concrete Eton College.
Arch-Community Songster, a quasi-religious figure based in Canterbury.
Primo Mellon, a reporter for the upper-caste news-sheet Hourly Radio, who attempts to interview John the Savage and gets assaulted for his troubles.
Darwin Bonaparte, a press photographer who brings worldwide attention to John's mother.
Of Malpais
John the Savage ("Mr. Savage"), son of Linda and Thomas (Tomakin/The Director), an outcast in both primitive and modern society. While he does not appear until partway through the story, he becomes the protagonist shortly after his introduction . He commits suicide in the end.
Linda, a Beta-Minus. John the Savage's mother, and Thomas's (Tomakin/The Director) long lost lover. She is from England and was pregnant with John when she got lost from Thomas in a trip to New Mexico. She is disliked by both savage people because of her "civilized" behaviour, and by civilized people because she is fat and looks old.
Popé, a native of Malpais. Although he reinforces the behaviour that causes hatred for Linda in Malpais by sleeping with her and bringing her Mezcal, he still holds the traditional beliefs of his tribe. John also attempts to kill him, in his early years.
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