Linda is quite a shock to the people in the hatchery and the society in the novel Brave New World. Since Linda lived in the Reservation after getting lost and falling, she has aged and lived what we would consider a normal human being life. She has wrinkles, smells funny and even has gray hair. All of those characteristics are abnormal in the new society since the people have new customs, new technology and health. People in the new society age but they do so internally so they always look young on the outside. They also are obsessed with hygiene, they have to smell clean and pure. So when the people in the hatchery witnessed Linda they were mortified by her appearance. They have never seen someone so repulsive and hideous, so much so in fact