Brave New World
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By: Vicky Butler
GRN 2
Quotes
“Every one belongs
to every one else.”
“The greater a
man's talents, the
greater his power to
lead astray.”
“Community,
Identity, Stability.”
“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.”
Characters
John:
the Savage
from the Savage Reservation
Son of Linda and the Director
Does not like the New World, thinks they
need to change
Self-sufficient
“But I can read and they can’t..”
Characters
Bernard:
Doesn’t want soma pills
Doesn’t like to go out with many different
women
Usually in a bad mood
Brings Linda and John to the New World
Gets executed from the New World for
voicing his opinions
Characters
Linda:
John’s mother
Left by the Director in the Savage
Reservation
Gave birth to John
Became old and fat in the Savage
Reservation
When she returned to the New World, she
repulsed everyone.
Characters
Lenina:
Very attractive
Many men want her
Is naïve to the outside world
At the beginning, she seems very sympathetic and
different
Towards the end she is just like everyone else in
the New World
Characters
The Controller
The leader of the New World
Mustapha Mond
Primarily signs off on agreements and
gives speeches
Shocks the community with stories from
the past
“All crosses had their tops cut and became T’s.
There was also a things called God.”
Characters
Franny:
Lenina’s friend
Lenina always confides in her and asks for advice
about men
Helmholtz
is a language teacher
Bernard’s friend
Bonds with John over poetry
The New World
Very modern civilization
Test tube babies, no parents
Children are trained to love the work
they do and to hate nature and books
Taught by repetitive speech while they
sleep
The New World
Ford is their God
Divided into social classes
Talking about the Old World makes
them uneasy
They have each other like it is a game
“Yes, everyone belongs to every one
else…”
The Savage Reservation
Very rugged in comparison to the New
World
Men and women are married and
faithful
Women give birth to their children
Have no modern advances, such as
flying cars and soma
The Savage Reservation
Linda can’t stand the Savage
Reservation after she knew the New
World
In the same way, the Savage
Reservation can’t believe the customs of
the New World
Symbols:
The soma pill
Represents the authority over society trying to
repress the people’s feelings.
The factory and mentioning all of the jobs
being completed to make new twins
Represents society will never be truly happy
because they’re in the factory everyday doing the
same things.
John, the savage.
Like a savior to the people
Represents the past and how things used to be
Themes
Individuality
Characters such as Bernard, the Savage,
and Helmholtz
all were striving to become individuals in the
New World
showed their struggles with the people of the
New World who could not accept the
differences
Themes
Searching to find your place
Relates to Bernard, the Savage, and
Helmholtz
They were being individuals from society and
trying to break away
At the same time trying to figure out where they
belonged
Bernard and Helmholtz went to an island
The Savage wasn’t so lucky, and never quite
found his place