Brave New World Notes for Study Test Tomorrow
Brave New World Notes for Study Test Tomorrow!
Character Profiles n n n D. H. C. director of the hatchery gives the students a tour of the facility
Character Profiles n n n Mustapha Mond resident controller of Western Europe one of the ten world controllers also lectures the students on the past and present state of earth tells the Savage that the civilized world has decided to take happiness in exchange for freedom, art and religion.
Character Profiles n n n Bernard Marx Alpha plus successful psychologist who has an inferiority complex due to his small height feels isolated from rest of society doesn’t believe in the promiscuous nature of society exhibits characteristic of man before Ford
Character Profiles n n n Lenina Crowne Woman who tries to persuade Bernard to take her to the reservation always seems to be unzipping her clothes
Character Profiles n n n Fanny Crowne works in bottling room friend of Lenina who pressures her to be more traditionally promiscuous.
Character Profiles n n Benito Hoover notoriously good-natured always kind to others always offering sex-hormone chewing gum
Character Profiles n n n Helmholtz Watson emotional engineer friend of Bernard also an outcast but it is due to his great physical beauty, muscular strength and mental excess later Bernard is jealous of him when he and the Savage become friends eventually sent to the Falkland Islands when he exhibits too much independence
Character Profiles n n Director man who threatens Bernard with Iceland but then has to eat his words when Bernard returns with Linda and the Savage
Character Profiles n n n Linda conditioned woman raised in civilization but left by accident in the Reservation by the Director years before has son, John, who grows up as a half-breed
Character Profiles n n John, the Savage son of Linda returns to civilization to … demands freedom and isolation in exchange for happiness
Character Profiles n n Mitsima Indian tribal elder who acts as a father to John and teaches him the Indian way
Caste System n People in Brave New World are genetically divided into 5 Greek letter categories.
Alphas n n n Wear Grey The intellectuals of society Some examples of professions can be World Controllers (Alpha double plus), Directors of Hatcheries and Wardens. Bernard, a psychologist, is also an Alpha.
Betas n n n Wear Mulberry These persons are somewhat intelligent Often work as mechanics
Gammas n n Wear green Often work as machine manipulators, butlers, and other semi-thoughtprovoking jobs
Deltas n n n Wear Khaki Jobs include: helicopter attendants, cold pressers, screw cutters, package packers Are mass produced and have no individuality
Epsilons n n Wear black Can’t read or write Jobs: sewage workers, liftmen, foundry workers, carriers Semi-morons
Quotes (Who said/Discuss) n “Bokanovsky’s Process is on of the major instruments of social stability!”
Answer n n n The Director (ch. 1) This quote underscores the entire idea behind the modern civilizationthe lack of individuality. How does this process of genetic engineering make the population easier to manage?
Quote n “And that. . . is the secret of happiness and virtue- liking what you’ve got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny. ”
Answer n n n Director (ch. 2) After genetic engineering, social conditioning is the most important way for the government to enslave its people. The different caste members are conditioned to never yearn for a life other than their own. What examples of this “conditioning” can you remember?
Quote n “Wheels must turn steadily, but cannot turn untended. There must be men to tend them, men as steady as the wheels upon their axels, sane men, obedient men, stable in contentment. ”
Answer n n n Mustapha Mond (ch. 3) This is the justification for totalitarian government. It knows best, not individuals. In what ways other ways does this government control the population?
Quote n “But I don’t want comfort. I want God. I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin. ”
Answer n n n John (ch. 17) Here John explains the old world reasoning. He asserts that true life requires exposure to all things, good and evil. Do you think this explains John’s actions at the conclusion of the novel? Why or why not?
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