Bernard Marx is an alpha plus in his society. He is considered to be one of the top quality type of person in this society. Unfortunatley, he has some problems. Unlike Lenina, who is another high ranked person in this society, he thinks differently than everybody else. Lenina has thoughts and feelings that are normal, and don't go out and beyond society. Bernard on the other hand has a hard time staying within society's norm. He feels limited in this society. He wants to be what society used to be like. He wants to feel and know multiple things, then just know what he needs to know in society. He can't just accept who he is. He wants to develop himself on his own in order to be himself truly. He dislikes society for sleep talk and how they put things into their minds.
I think Bernard has both external and internal conflicts. As stated earlier, he doesn't like the society he is in. Bernard feels trapped within this society. They make him follow certain rules and act certain ways. They tell him to drink soma, a bottled medicine to make you feel happy. He didn't like it because he wanted to feel happy for himself. Not from medicine making you feel that way. It is artificial to him. Bernard feels like he is alone. He feels werid and unusual that he is the only person thinking outside of the thoughts and knowledge that are jammed into your brain from society.
Bernard resists society by ignoring the soma and not drinking it. He also resists by his actions and talks with Lenina. He tells her what is outside and what he wished to feel. And understand what family is like. Bernard had to go to Iceland for his behavior. Society accused him for being a threat of not being stable.
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