Brave New World – Chapter 8 and 9
p. 123
Bernard asks what John’s story is
p. 124
John recalls Linda singing, and a man locking him up so that he could have
sex with Linda
p. 125
Linda breaks the weaver – Pope brings Mescal – Women whip Linda
p. 126
John bites the woman and she also whips John
p. 127
Linda slaps John and says, “I’m not your mother” then kisses him
Linda forgets to feed John
p. 128
Linda discusses “the Other place” and an old man tells him about the stories
of the reservation – John has beliefs from both worlds
Awonawilona – created fog by thinking then made the world
p. 129
Boys tease John about Linda – Linda teaches him to read the fertilization
manual – Boys still tease about Lind and his clothes
p. 130
Linda can’t explain science, but the old men could tell stories (Awonawilona
made four seeds for Men, Earth, Sky, and Sun)
p. 131
John gets Shakespeare, Pope brought it– Linda calls it uncivilized
p. 131
Hamlet? – “making love in a sty”
p. 131
Shakespeare is compared to magic, drums, singing –it spoke to him
p. 132 –ff
John hates Pope and uses Shakespeare as a rallying cry –
John stabs Pope – Pope just stares at him
p. 134
Mitsima teaches John to make a clay pot
p. 135
John’s secret crush (Kiakime) gets married
p. 136
The boys become men in a ceremony (going into the Kiva) –
John can’t join, they throw stones “Not for the son of the she-dog”
p. 136
John almost commits suicide, but “Tomorrow, tomorrow…”
John discovers Time, Death, and God
p. 137
Bernard says that he is alone too, but Bernard remains a bit “patronizing”
p. 137
John dreams about his animal and stand in the desert like Jesus on the cross
p. 138
Bernard schemes to take John back with him…and Linda
p. 139
Miranda from The Tempest “O Brave New World!”
“How beauteous mankind is”
p. 139
John gets excited about Lenina
p. 140-1 Lenina takes 6 soma and Bernard calls the Mond
p. 142
Bernard shows off as if he always talks to Mond
p. 142-ff John thinks they left and breaks in – plays in Lenina’s clothes and perfume
p. 144
John watches Lenina sleep and doesn’t dare to touch her
p. 144-5 John almost undresses Lenina then stops – Bernard comes back
Card Quiz Chapters 8 and 9
1. What does the man who wants to have sex with Linda do to John? (Locks him
in a room)
2. Why does Linda get kicked out of the weaving party? (She breaks something)
3. What do the pueblo women do to Linda to punish her for sleeping with their
husbands? (They whip her)
4. Why does John get whipped? (He bit a woman’s hand)
5. What does Linda do after she slaps John and declares that she is not John’s
mother? (She kisses John)
6. What stories does Linda tell? (Stories form the other world)
7. What stories do the old men tell? (Cultural stories)
8. What book does Linda give John to help him read? (Practical instructions for
Beta Embryo store workers)
9. How does John get the Complete works of William Shakespeare (Pope brings
it)
10. Who does John stab? (Pope)
11. How does Pope retaliate? (He stares John in the eyes and then laughs)
12. What does Mitsima teach John? (How to make a clay pot)
13. Why does John get upset when Kothlu and Kiakime get married? (He loves
Kiakime)
14. Describe John’s participation in the coming of age ceremony. (He gets kicked
out and they throw stones at him)
15. What does John discover when he is contemplating suicide? (Time, Death, and
God)
16. What does John ask Bernard about Lenina? (Are they married)
17. What is Bernard’s plan? (To take John and Linda back with him)
18. Who does Bernard call on the phone? (Mond)
19. Describe what John does when he breaks into Bernard and Lenina’s hotel
room. (He plays in Lenina’s clothes and perfume)