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Brave New WorldAldous HuxleyConnor Herron & Krissy Minikel
Setting Takes place in LondonAbout 600 years in the futureLife almost entirely industrializedNew world after Nine Years’ War and athe great Economic CollapseNow in the “years of Ford”
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Culture Everybody belongs to everybodyLittle kids are to pracice erotic behaviorOrgies are required bi-weeklyNo God but people rather worship FordCaste systemEverybody belongs in a placeEverybody is happySomaHygenic
Characters Bernard MarxHelmholtz WatsonLenina CrowneMustapha MondLindaJohn the Savage
Bernard Marx Sleep learning specialist at Central London Hatcheryand Conditioning CentreAlpha male- does not fit in- inferior physical statureInferiority-complexIncomplet conditioningHas different mind set- isn’t content because he isdifferentWants to break rules and defy societyViewed as an outcast and said to have had alcohol inhis blood surrogateTriumph goes to his head and ends with him beingexiled
Helmholtz Watson AlphaWorks as a lecturer at College of EmotionalEngineeringWell liked and respected, very popularIs not content with society- sees it a shallowIdolized by Bernard and is his oppositeStill retains conditioning from the StateUltimately is happy to be exiled
Lenina Crowne Vaccination worker at Central LondonHatchery and Conditioning CentreBetaVery popular and well likedOdd- only dates one person at a time andgoes for odd menHappy with this world and to be ignorantIs called an “impudent strumpet” becauseshe treid to have premarital sex with thesavage
Mustapha Mond Resident World Controller of Western EuropePreviously a scientist who did illicit reserachChose to be a controller over being exiledNow controls what is released to public, what isresearched etc.Mond means worldSays to be civilized and completely happy, sacrificeswill be necassary
Linda Beta-minusMother of JohnLived in Indian reserve for years after being leftfor deadAged and is fatDisgusts modern societyOnce returned she takes a holiday until she dies
John the Savage Born in indian reserveOutcastAll the rage in modern worldKeeps values from reserve and comes tohate modern worldGoes insane and rebelsIs ultimately exiled and ends up living withpeople bothering him until he gives into hissexual desires and later hangs himself
SummaryThe story starts out by talking about how humans are made and then the focus goesto Bernard and Lenina. It drivels on for a while about their lives and theirrelationship until they go to Malpais, the indian reservation. There they meet Johnand Linda. Then Barnard decides he wants to be famous so he brings them back tomodern society and becomes popular. Then the focus in the book switches to Johnand his new experiences. Eventually Linda dies from soma which in turn makesJohn go insane and start a riot. Then he is exiled and talks to Mond about God andhappiness vs. truth. He is then exiled, stalked, forced to give into sexual desires andtake soma. The book ends with his suicide because he can no longer live with hisguilt.
Themes Controlling Society by Technology- controls reproduction and conditioning ofthe people, entertainment and soma are made to keep society contentTruth and Happiness cannot coexist- in order for a society to be happy, truthmust be hiddenLiving in a controlling state- just like 1984, people are so controlled anddrugged they cannot focus on their own freedoms
OpinionsYou might be wondering why it’s blank hereWell it’s because we have no opinions
Literary Devices Huxley uses many allusions and most are in reference to ShakespeareThe character John reads and quotes many lines from his plays“If thou dost break her vırgın knot before all sanctımonıous ceremonıes maywıth full and holy rıte”
Continued Huxley also uses symbolismFord is used to be a ‘god’Henry Ford perfected the assembly line and mass production which are usedeveryday for everything in this new worldFord symbolizes what society values here which is efficiency, uniformity andconsumerism
Article Epsilon MinusArticle was found at ewworld-at-75Contains a summary about the “birthing” process, conditioning, freedom, andluxuries in Brave New WorldPortrays the views of others when the book first came out, which questioned Huxleyon his right to portray the future this way and others called it an offense to progress
Article Beta ave New World and the Flight from GodThis article talks about how the book is a warning on what a world without God orany moral compass is like. It talks about how without struggling with emotionalneeds, people will never learn how to overcome obstacles and will become weakalong with the goals of the people which will disintegrate. It calls to question thetheme of happiness and truth. They cannot coexist and neither can living liberallyand having a God.
Interesting Quotes A gramme is better than a damnHug me till you drug me, honey; Kiss me till I'm in a coma; Hug me, honey,snuggly bunny; Love's as good as somaEvery one works for every one else. We can’t do without any one. EvenEpsilons are useful. We couldn’t do without Epsilons. Every one works forevery one else. We can’t do without any oneOrgy-porgy, Ford and fun, Kiss the girls and make them One. Boys at one withgirls at peace; Orgy-porgy gives release.When the individual feels, the community reelsNever put off till to-morrow the fun you can have to-dayEveryone belongs to everyone else
Apr 06, 2016 · Brave New World and the Flight from God This article talks about how the book is a warning on what a world without God or any moral compass is like. It talks about how without struggli
