The conversation Bernard and Lenina have as they hover over the ocean is about Bernard wanting to be free and Lenina is shocked about Bernard discussing that as that is blasphemy. Bernard looks at the ocean and reflects about how the view makes him feel alive and more like himself. Bernard also feels more like an individual rather than just a cell in a social body. Bernard wants to break free and not be enslaved or held back by the conditioning. He also, wants to feel happy in his own way and not take soma and experience different emotions. Bernard looks at the reservation as an escape from a world that is conditioned in every aspect of life and controlled by a group of leaders. The reservation still has people giving birth, parents, marriage,