BNW Chapter 4

Part 1
1. What puzzles Lenina about Bernard Marx's behavior?

She is puzzled by him flushing when she mentions their New Mexico plan, saying that he had reacted as if she had made a dirty joke.

2. Please provide examples of Lenina using what she learned from hypnopaedia.

She voices her dislike of khaki, which Huxley says she is "voicing the hypnopaedic prejudices of her caste." She also says the phrase "I'm glad I'm not a Gamma," which is the exact phrasing from the hypnopaedia.
3. Where are Lenina and Henry going?

They are going to play Obstacle Golf at Stoke Poges.
Part 2:
1. What makes Bernard Marx distressed? Why?

Bernard Marx is distressed because Lenina thought it was a perfect afternoon for Obstacle Golf and went off to play with Henry Foster. This distresses him because he spent so much time and took his courage to ask her to go to New Mexico, which he considers to be "their most private affairs," which she openly wants to discuss in public.

Also, contact with members of the lower castes distresses him because it "always reminded him painfully of [his] physical inadequacy." His self-conciousness is distressing.
2. Where does Helmholtz Watson work? What is his job?

Helmhotz Watson works as a lecturer at the College of Emotional Engineering (Department of Writing), and he is an Emotional Engineer as well. Also, "he wrote regularly for The Hourly Radio, composed feely scenarios, and had the happinest knack for slogans and hypnopaedic rhymes.

3. What does Bernard have in common with Helmholtz Watson?
Bernard and Helmhotlz have similar knowledge that "they were individuals." Bernard knows this because he has "too little bone and brawn," whereas Helmholtz knows he ahs too much ability. Both men have a "mental excess."

4. What is troubling Helmholtz?

Helmholtz is troubled by a feeling he has, a feeling that he has this power inside himself to do something, which is waiting to come out of he gives it a chance. A "sort of extra power that [he isn't] using." He feels like he has the potential to do something greater than what he is doing now.