"'He's mad,' whispered Bernard." Pg. 213
In the climax of the novel, John can no longer stand theWorld State any longer. At the sight of the twins standing over his dead mother, he bursts into a rampage, throwing pill boxes and announcing that each one of them can be free. What I found most absurb was the fact that Bernard, a supposed friend of John's, was afraid for the lives of the Deltas, people he did not even know. He himself had once felt emotions of a greater freedom, and now, in John's darkest time, he seemingly abandons him to ride out this rampage. Then, he tries to escape out a side door because of his association with John. I suppose social freedom includes extreme cowardice. If I were John, I would be infuriated more at Bernard than the twins. Bernard shows his true colors in this climax.
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