"Opening her eyes, she had seen his face-no, not his face, a ferocious stranger's, pale, distorted, twitching with some insane, inexplicable fury." (Brave New World, page 194)
Lenina and John both have feelings for each other, but are obviously very different. They both don't really know each other so they only have a physical attraction for the other person. John lashes out at Lenina when she tries to seduce him. The author is using motivation. The reason John is acting like this towards Lenina is because it is the way he was raised. He grew up in a society where it was shameful for a man to have more than one woman. He was brought up with the kind of values we are today, such as marriage and chastity.
Lenina does not understand John at all because she does not even know what marriage is. I don't think it was right for John to react to Lenina the way he did, but he couldn't really help it. I think he truly likes Lenina, but I don't know where they are going to go from here. Lenina is clearly terrified of John now and will probably not want to see him again. Probably...
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