Death is characteristically antiseptic, cheery, and meaningless, underscoring the social belief that the end of any one individual matters very little. Everyone remains young-looking through chemical treatments, until at sixty death comes in the form of 'galloping senility,' a rapid deterioration of mental and then physical powers. In the early chapters, Henry Foster, the D.H.C., and Mustapha Mond present the facts of death in the dystopia as well as the social theories behind the practices. The chapter offers a detailed description of the conventional manner of dying in the dystopia, while dramatizing John's very different expectations at the deathbed of his mother, Linda. John leaves the hospital angry and distraught. At the moment of death, Linda's terrified eyes seem a reproach to her son. When Linda wakes from a soma dream and mistakes her son for Popé, John's misery turns to fury.

The children annoy John, making it impossible for him to speak with his dying mother. Music, scents, telescreens, and an unending supply of soma fill the ward, while Delta children romp among the beds, learning to view death as pleasant and useful rather than something to be feared. In this chapter, John goes to the Park Lane Hospital for the Dying to be with Linda at her death.

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