"'And then he spends most of his time by himself-alone.'" (pg. 45)
A lot of this section is focused on Bernard Marx. Everyone except for Lenina thinks he's strange, and if I were them, so would I. For whatever reason, he isn't like the rest of his caste physically, and that has messed with his mind a lot. He gets mad that the other men are talking about Lenina like "meat," and he doesn't use soma. I would say that he's more like people of our time than of his. I think that so far, he's the most relatable character in the book, but I'm unsure of what Lenina sees in him.
Huxley uses both direct and indirect characterization to describe Bernard. Huxley tells the reader that Bernard is short and unlike his peers. On the other hand, Marx's personality is depicted by how Henry Foster treats him and how Fanny and Lenina talk about him. In this case, the indirect characterization is much more helpful in creating an image of what kind of person Bernard Marx is.
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