"'What is it?' she almost screamed. And as though awakened by her cry he caught her by the shoulders and shook her.'Whore!' he shouted." p.194
In the last chapter, Bernard saw his eventual fall from grace when John again refused to follow social norm. John attempts to read Shakespeare to Watson, but Watson just laughs in his face. As much as I hate Shakespeare, I understand that it supposedly "timeless literature". But, as evidence in the last chapter, Shakespeare ideas of romance and love are a mockery in this book.
Within this chapter, we see another example of John not being able to adapt. I get the feeling that because the two worlds are so radically different, he never will be able to adjust. His ideas of romance, love and having to sacrifice and go to great lengths to win a girl over, as he learned in Shakespeare, are abnormal in the "brave new world". Lenina expects a shallow and physical relationship early on and is offended and frightened when John throws her off.
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