Chapter IV - Summary

Lenina is in the elevator lift with the rest of the Alpha men who had just come back from the men's changing rooms. It is obvious she is popular, as she is getting nods and other warm welcomes from the males. She states that she has spent a night with almost all of them. She recalls that one man she had spent with had too big of ears and another had been too hairy when he had taken off his clothes.

She then spots Bernard in the crowd and rushes up to him and decides to show her unfaithfulness to Henry Foster by speaking loudly about their plans to go to a Savage Reservation. Bernard is embarrassed as he believes such things should be spoken about in private, but Lenina thinks it is funny and powering that she can make him so embarrassed.
She asks him to set a date and to let her know ahead of time, and then rushes off to her date with Henry.

Lenina meets up with Henry who says she is, 'four minutes late'. They begin flying at various bug speeds, such as bumble-bee to hornet, over to the Stoke Poges for Obstacle Golf.

Among the way, we read about the world the society is in.
Separating Central London is a parkland that has greenery that is 'maggoty' due to shortened life. There are trees but there are huge towers slammed in between them. It appears there are more buildings and centers where the people never have to be alone, such as mixed tennis and gymnastics display.

Lenina comments on the khaki colour of the people changing shifts below and how hideous it is, as she has been conditioned to think so, and how glad she is not to be a Gamma.
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Bernard is left standing there and begins to think about how he wants Lenina to be different, like him but it is obvious that she is a 'poster girl' for the way the society has conditioned the people to think.

We then learn more about Bernard and how, since he is treated differently due to his shortened statue, he thinks and acts differently. He goes to get into his plane, after having to order some Delta-Minus attendants to get his plane.
Bernard talks about how he is highly self-conscious as women and his peers laugh at him and that he is unhappy with his life.

He soon heads off to the Bureaux of Propaganda and Emotional Engineering. We learn that each rank has their own newspaper, each that has its own colour, just as the ranks do.

Bernard rings down to a Helmholtz Watson. Watson is a stupendous man. He is everything an Alpha-Plus should be and executes perfection in everything he does. He is an Emotional Engineer and a lecturer at the College of Emotional Engineering for the Writing department. Watson thinks differently like Bernard, but he has everything seemingly going perfect in his life, while Bernard feels like his life is worthless.

Watson and Bernard take off in Bernard's plane after Watson tries to shake off some women who try to get him to go with them. Watson tells Bernard that he has been cutting all his committees and girls and that the effect are odd.
Watson then confesses that he feels like he is not living to his entire worth and would like to write something but how can he say something about nothing. The feeling is there but the words are not. Bernard then interrupts him by saying there might be someone at the door, as they are now in Bernard's room.

Watson flings open the door and there is no one. Bernard says he is suspicious lately and that he has been putting up with hard things lately. Watson listens as Bernard starts crying in self-pity and he feels sorry for Bernard but also believes he should have a little more pride in himself.