Brave New World 9

"One afternoon, when he had been playing with the other children--it was cold, he remembered, and there was snow on the mountains--he came back to the house and heard angry voices in the bedroom." -pg. 125

The above quote is a portion of a flashback. John, the child who lives in the Reservation yet is the son of a couple from London, recalls his childhood to Bernard and Lenina. The flashback has a huge purpose in this part of the story. His flashbacks describe the torture and separation him and his mom Linda went through in the Reservation. Because they were from London, they were picked on, beaten, and tortured. Another purpose of the flashback is to show how different the two worlds are from each other. The Reservation is more like today's world, yet in London, it seems like all humanity and morality is lost. This flashback is effective because it gives the reader insight into how alone Linda and John really were. It also gives insight into the future of the story--that John and Linda want to move back to London.