Brave New World Setting q 2540 A D
Brave New World
Setting: q 2540 A. D. q. Longdon, England New Mexico, U. S. q. Grey building of 34 stories called “Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Center” q. Futuristic Society q. Incredibly clean, well-oiled ‘machine’ – like community Utopia =
1. John the Savage 2. Bernard Marx 3. Hemlhotlz Watson 4. Mustapha Mond 5. Lenina Crowne 6. Linda 7. The Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning 8. Henry Foster 9. Fanny Crowne Characterization:
Chapter Analysis Chapter 1: q Book opens with the Director giving student a tour q 34 stories grey building, Central London Hatchery Conditioning q Over the door: COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY q In incubators are test tubes with “the week’s supply of ova” q Eggs are surgically taken from women q Divided into categories: q Alpha q Beta (chill out for a bit) q Gammas, Deltas, & Epsilons = “Bakanovsky Proces” q 1 96 q “major instrument of social stability” q Process: q Bottling Room Social Predestination Room Conditioning Chapter 1 -3:
Chapter 2: q In Infant Nurseries. New-Pavlovian Conditioning Rooms What’s up with this?
Writing Style: • Precise & Taunting • “taunting” style because Huxley delays the disclosure of important information. Ex: orgy scene—we didn’t know it was an orgy until 2/3 of the way through • Huxley never explicitly writes what is happening; he merely implicitly put enough information for his readers to put 2 and 2 together.
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