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'''Bernard Marx''' is one of the main characters in the novel ''[[Brave New World]]'' by [[Aldous Huxley]]. Bernard is viewed as an outsider by his peers, and it is rumoured that the worker who was in charge of his bottle put some alcohol in it by mistake, owing to Bernard's abnormally short height and 'ugly' features.

{{Infobox Montreal metro|

station= Angrignon

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|inaugurated=[[3 September]] [[1978]]

|line=[[Line 1 Green (Montreal Metro)|Green Line]]

|architect= Jean-Louis Beaulieu

|depth= 4.3 metres

|depth-rank= Shallowest station (tie)

|traffic=4,493,057 entrances in [[2004]]

|traffic-rank= 15th busiest

|distances=844.29 metres to [[Monk (Montreal Metro)|Monk]]

|}}

Members of the higher castes are conditioned to dislike the shorter lower castes and this places Bernard in a grey area — he is an [[Alpha-Plus]], but is not quite part of the Alpha-Plus set. This has probably led to some of his other peculiarities. He does not enjoy the drug [[Soma (Brave New World)|soma]] or the "feelies", chooses to spend time alone, and is not promiscuous. In addition, Bernard harbours a kind of dissatisfaction with some aspects of the society and tends to be unsociable and aloof towards his more hedonistic peers. Despite his somewhat negative qualities, Bernard is profoundly intelligent and a bit philosophical.

It has been suggested that his name is a crude amalgamation of [[George Bernard Shaw]] and [[Karl Marx]]. To some extent he acts as the novel's [[false protagonist]], being the major 'outcast' in the novel until this role is replaced largely by [[John the Savage]]. After John appears, Bernard becomes accepted as a hero, and he attempts to become promiscuous and take soma, thus becoming more fully integrated into his society.

'''Angrignon''' is a metro station in [[Montreal|Montreal, Québec]]. It is the current terminus for the western-bound [[Line 1 Green (Montreal Metro)|Green Line]], and includes a large terminal for buses to southwest Montreal, the West Island, and the South Shore. Angrignon Metro station is built with windows encasing the track, which creates a very light and airy environment. Jean-Louis Beaulieu received an award from the [[Ordre des Architectes du Québec]] for the design of the station.

Also, Bernards's isolation is amplified early in the book when he attends a meeting for people to "become one." At this meeting 12 people take soma and become one with Ford (the man who started this idea of conformity, the book is set in A.F. 642, A.F. meaning after Ford). However, Bernard feels no effect from the soma and can only focus on one woman's unibrow.

== Origin of the name ==

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Jean-Baptiste Arthur Angrignon was [[alderman]] of the district of Saint-Paul and a member of the Executive Committee of the city of Montreal. He oversaw the development of what is now Parc Angrignon on what was land that belonged to the Crawford family. The area was named after him in [[1927]].

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== Connecting bus routes ==

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=== Regular routes ===

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*36 Monk

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*37 Jolicoeur

*78 Laurendeau

*106 Newman

*109 Bd Shevchenko

*110 Centrale

*113 Lapierre

*195 Sherbrooke/Notre-Dame

*506 Voie Réservée Newman

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=== Night routes ===

*350 Verdun/LaSalle

=== Metropolitain Routes ===

* CIT Sud Ouest: [[Valleyfield]] (1), Chateauguay Rush Hour Service (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28), [[Chateauguay]] Regular Servive (31 & 32)

* CIT Haut Saint-Laurent: [[Huntingdon]] / [[Sainte-Martine]]

* CIT Roussillon 5, 15, 30 ([[Delson]] / [[Saint-Constant]] / [[Sainte-Catherine]])

== Nearby main intersections ==

* Boulevard des Trinitaires / Avenue Irwin

* Boulevard des Trinitaire / Avenue De Monts

* Boulevard des Trinitaires / Avenue Lamont

== Nearby points of interest ==

* Shopping centre Carrefour Angrignon

* [[Parc Angrignon]]

== External links ==

* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m43.htm Société de transport de Montréal] - Official site

* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/green/angrignon/general.html Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com] - photos, information, and trivia

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