"There, on a low bed, the sheet flung back, dressed in a pair of pink one-piece zippyjamas, lay Lenina, fast asleep and so beautiful in the midst of her curls, so touchingly childish with her pink toes and her grave sleeping face, so trustful in the helplessness of her limp hands and melted limbs, that the tears came to his eyes." p. 141
When describing Lenina sleeping, I think Huxley wants to portray her as an innocent child. Obviously using words like "childish" and "fast asleep" depict a young little girl sleeping. I don't really understand why Huxley would want to portray her as a child. This might be due possibly to that fact that John is preying on her in this scene. John has read a little too much Shakespeare and is a bit idealistic in thinking Lenina is his Juliet. Looking at the situation I can kind of see the comparison between Romeo and Juliet and John and Lenina. Both literally come from different worlds, but other than that, I don't really see the comparison.
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