What is the Savage Reservation?

• A. A religious enclave within a city
• B. A remote area where non-conditioned people live; Lenina is invited there
• C. A government testing ground
• D. A luxury resort

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is what the Savage Reservation represents in Brave New World: a remote, separate place outside the World State where people who have not undergone conditioning live. It’s meant to showcase a different, less controlled way of life with its own rituals and customs, contrasting with the highly engineered society back home. Lenina’s invitation to go there comes through Bernard, as part of their trip to this other world, where she encounters John and Linda and experiences a culture that hasn’t been shaped by hypnopaedia or the Bokanovsky Process. This makes it clear why the option describing a remote area for unconditioned people is correct. It isn’t a religious enclave within a city, not a government testing ground, and not a luxury resort.