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Kiana Crain
Ms. Rosenbaum
DE English 1
Period 4A
9-6-12
Merry Roberts, Payton Sneed, and Taylor Christian
Ms. Rosenbaum
DE English- 4A
9/6/12
Chapter 1
Questions:
1) The first sentence is strange as it says that the building was “squat” and had only “37
stories.” This is strange because as a 37 story building is large, especially back in the
1930’s.
2) The motto explains that the “community” has one “identity,” meaning everybody is the
same, that way there is “stability.” Since everybody is the same, there is no reason for
civil unrest.
3) The room appears cold due to the activities which take place inside. Inside the building is
where the people are made inside the test tubes.
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4) Particulars “make for virtue and happiness,” but lead to unrest over dissenting opinions.
Generalities “are intellectually necessary evils” as they promote agreement over opinion.
5) People are “born” into their roles, and are conditioned to do only their job; they know of
nothing else.
6) The Bokanovsky process speeds up production of people by creating about 64 or so
people from one egg. All are identical to one another, so nobody had a different opinion,
creating stability.
7) Epsilons perform tasks that are exceptionally mundane and could be completed by
chimps or other various animals.
Quote:
“But, alas,” the Director shook his head, “we can’t bokanovskify indefinitely.”
-Even though the process has been made nearly perfect, it will never be perfected.
Occurrences:
1) I was shocked when Mr. Foster recited the record of 16,012 people from one ovary.
2) I was shocked when I read the part about people becoming fully grown adults at age six.
Chapter 2
Questions:
1) Conditioning is the teaching of infants to hate nature and books by associating loud
noises and electric shocks with books and roses. Hypnopaedia is when the “children” are
taught how they will view life. They teach them by playing their views repeatedly while
they sleep for twelve years.
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2) They condition Deltas to hate nature because loving nature doesn’t keep factories
working, but teach them to love outdoor spots because they think sports “entail the use of
elaborate apparatus.”
3) History in this book is no discussed, Ford says that, “history is bunk,” because he
believes that history cannot benefit the present and future in anyway.
4) The castes are separated into five different groups: Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and
Epsilons. Alphas being the more privileged than the other groups and Epsilons being the
least advanced and least privileged.
5) The students demonstrate their own conditioning by how they are being conditioned to
hate nature and books in infancy and through the use of hypnopaedia until they reach
maturity.
Quote:
“Till at last the child’s mind is these suggestions, and the sum of the suggestions is the
child’s mind.”
-To me, this shows that they children, instead of being “taught”, they are being
brainwashed.
Occurrences:
1) It shocked me that they used load noises and electric shocks to give the babies the natural
“instinct” of hating books and nature, when in present time, people go to extreme lengths to
make sure the babies do not cry or do not feel any discomfort.
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2) I am shocked by the fact that the people do not know about “parents” or the history, when
family and the history of the world are a big deal.
Chapter 3
Questions:
1) The children have “erotic play” together. Childhood is pretty much conditioning for being a
perfect citizen for this society and knowing what their jobs are as their specific castes.
2) Our world is depicted as a very technological society with no moral standards, and
government controlled. To get from here to there we would have to surrender every aspect of
human life for false happiness. We would also have to advance in technology significantly.
3) Games must be so complex in this society to follow the complex rules this society has placed
on its people.
4) Strong emotions and things like family, relationships, romance, religion, art, and culture are
considered dangerous in this society because they can lead to unhappiness, which is very bad,
leading to taking daily doses of Soma. Or it can cause happiness in aspects other than what is
accepted in the society. All of these things have characteristics of individuality which is highly
avoided and worked against.
5) Sexuality is a very prominent characteristic in this novel. The motto being “everyone belongs
to everyone else,” which suggests there is morality, i.e. orgies. It is a sought after activity in
which the citizens are encouraged to participate in. I do see a problem with it because they do not
have love in this society; it is all full of lust.
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6) Mustapha Mond is the rule maker of this society. He is pretty much the head honcho. He is the
one that everyone answers to.
7) There are differences about Lenina Crowne. She feels differently about the society than her
friend Fanny. She does not want to admit how she is feeling because she thinks it is wrong. She
seemed to want to be with Henry exclusively and only Henry, but when Fanny questioned her on
it, she decided she wanted to date Bernard. She acted like she did not care when she really did.
She soon found that Bernard was different, unique and she likes that. Bernard knows he is
different and does not want to live the confined life he has been living. He has other beliefs that
are not supported in the society. He does not fit in with the caste where he “belongs.”
8) Huxley uses the cinematic technique toward the end of this chapter to create a dramatic visual
imagery to end the chapter.
9) Soma is a drug that the citizens are made to take to control emotions. When on Soma the
citizens are said to be on a “Soma holiday.”
Quote:
"Outside, in the garden, it was playtime. Naked in the warm June sunshine, six or seven hundred
little boys and girls were running with shrill yells over the lawns. "
-The significance is it gives an example of how childhood is for the children in the
society.
Occurrences:
1) One occurrence that I was shocked by was that the usage of helicopter is so normal in the
book and id compared to the buzz of bees.
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2) It also shocked me that they children are conditioned to play with each other sexually, since
today that would be highly frowned upon.
Christopher Hawthorne, Anthony Darby, Larry Scott
Dual Enrollment English – 3A
August 6, 2012
Brave New World
Chapter 5 surprises:
1. Transportation with monorail trains
2. Forty story apartment houses
3. Helicopters
4. Caution lights on top of buildings for airline cautions
5. Building that held thousands of people
Chapter 5 quotes:
1. “Do you know what that switchback was?” – Henry
This quote is significant because while Henry and Lenina were flying over the crematorium a
shot of hot air elevated the helicopter for a split second, but the hot air was actually a burnt
human body. Henry felt gloomy, but realized that whoever it was that died was happy when they
were alive.
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2. “Fine to think we can go on being socially useful even after we’re dead. Making plants
grow.” - Henry
This quote is significant because it’s ironic that Henry would be happy when he died to give life
to plants.
3. “A good beginning of Solidarity Service” – Bernard
This quote is significant because Bernard was being sarcastic about the service being good, in
fact, the entire service for Bernard failed from his lack of mental concentration.
Chapter 5 Questions:
1. What do Lenina and Henry talk about on their way home? What happens at the
crematorium?
Lenina and Henry talk about the way everyone is important and work for everyone else;
basically everyone has a purpose. While they were at the crematorium a squirt of hot air
(human remains) boosted their helicopter up in the air. Henry felt bad, but regained
happiness after realizing the person was happy while they were alive.
2. Why are stars depressing?
The stars are depressing because Henry and Lenina had to leave the apartment where they
were having fun.
3. What are the solidarity services like? What role do they play? How does Bernard fit?
Solidarity services are like a church service, they listen to music and concentrate, almost
meditate, to bring forth the presence of a greater being named Ford. Bernard didn’t fit in
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much because he wasn’t concentrating mentally, so he felt lost and different than
everyone else.
Chapter 6 Questions:
1. Why is being alone a bad thing?
Being alone is bad because Lanina doesn’t really like Bernard too much and it might lead
to something Lenina doesn’t doesn’t want.
2. What do Lenina and Bernard do on their first date? Why is the ocean important? The
moon?
On Lenina and bernard’s first date they went to see the Semi-Demi finals of the Women’s
Heavyweight Wrestling Championship and hovered over the ocean to gaze upon the sea,
it made Bernard feel himself and free.
3. What does Bernard say about freedom? What does he mean?
Bernard says he wishes he were free to be happy in his own way, not like everyone else;
he just wants to be himself.
Chapter 5 summary:
In chapter 5 of Brave New World, Lenina and Henry have some unusual and amusing
experiences. Lenina and Henry wondered around after their game for a bit. They walked
by the Farnham Royal, flew over the crematorium, and to Henry’s forty story apartment
for some fun. During their trip by the crematorium they ran into a squirt of hot gas, which
was actually a human being burned. It hurt Henry for a little, but then he realized that the
person was happy while they were alive, like everyone else. After the crematorium they
arrived at Henry’s apartment filled with hundreds of couples dancing and having a good
time. Everyone was listening to music made by sexophones and synthetic music
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apparatus. It was all a part of the soma-holiday they were celebrating. Of course Lenina
and Henry jumped in too, they were dancing and feeling the music with everyone else
until it was time to go. While Henry and Lenina were having fun, Bernard was not. He
did solitary service at the Fordson Community Singery. Nice synthetic was played and all
everyone in the room became deeply attached except for Bernard. He was too
concentrated on the eyebrow that was growing on Morgana’s face. The whole service
was almost like church and he didn’t have a mental attachment, so in the end he felt lost
and different. Everyone except for Bernard was actually having fun and shouting for the
greater being’s presence, but Bernard was pretending to go along with the crowd so he
didn’t seem so foolish.
Alexxis Harris, Eduardo Maldonado, and Kevin Wheaton
Ms. Rosenbaum
Dual Enrollment English-4A
September 6, 2012
Group Review Activity
-Summary of chapter 7:
Bernard and Lenina finally make it to Malpais by the mesa ship. Upon their arrival they
hear drums and music throughout the atmosphere, and are introduced to an entire new society.
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The society consists of Indian poverty, old age, motherhood, and indescribable odors. After
witnessing the horrible attempt of sacrifice by Palowhtiwa, Bernard and Lenina meet John
Savage. John is ultimately stunned by Lenina’s beauty and diversity. Bernard learns information
about John’s mother, Linda. Moments later Bernard and Lenina meet Linda; she tells them her
background story of how she got stuck in Malpais and how horrible life is.
-Significant Quote:
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“Queer—yes. The place was queer, so was the music, so were the clothes and the goiters
and the skin diseases and the old people. But the performance itself—there seemed to be
nothing specially queer about that (Huxley 113).”
-Lenina clearly shows her opinion through this quote, but it’s interesting to know that she
is not freaked out about the performance. In some odd way, it may connect to a deeper
meaning in life.
-Five Occurrences:
1. “I mean, when a child asks you how a helicopter works or who made the world….
(Huxley 122).”
2. “Being mad’s infectious, I believe. Anyhow, John seems to have caught it from the
Indians (Huxley 122).”
3. “And I was so ashamed. Just think of it: me, a Beta—having a baby: put yourself in my
place (Huxley 120).”
4. “And slowly, raised by invisible hands from below, there emerged from the one a painted
image of an eagle, from the other that of a man, naked, and nailed to a cross (Huxley
114).”
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5. “I often think one may have missed something in not having had a mother (Huxley 112).”
-Additional Questions:
Chapter 7
1. The mesa is like a ship by traveling, “The channel wound between precipitous banks, and
slanting from one wall to the other across the valley ran a streak green—the river and its
field.” On the prow of that stone ship in the centre of the strait, and seemingly a part of it,
shaped and geometrical outcrop of the naked rock, stood the pueblo of Malpais.” (Huxley
107)
2. Lenina doesn’t like their Indian guide since, “his walk was hostile, sullenly contemptuous
and he smelled (Huxley 108).”
3. The city of Malpais itself has houses “block above block, each story smaller than the one
below, the tall houses rose like stepped and amputated pyramids into the blue sky. At
their feet lay a straggle of low buildings, a criss-cross of walls; and on three sides the
precipices fell sheer into the plain. A few columns of smoke mounted perpendicularly
into the windless air and were lost (Huxley 107).” The people of Malpais were “naked
from throat to navel, they had dark brown bodies painted with white lines, their faces
inhuman with daubings of scarlet, black and ochre. Their black hair was braided with fox
fur and red flannel. Cloaks of turkey feathers fluttered from their shoulders; huge feather
diadems exploded gaudily round their heads. They wore heavy turquoise necklaces and
deerskin moccasins (Huxley 109).” From the sights of this new society, Lenina responds
by clearly stating, “She does not like it” and “wrinkles her face up into grimace of disgust
(Huxley 109).” Bernard on the other hand just “shrugs his shoulders philosophically” and
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says, “They’ve been doing it for the last five or six thousand years, so they must be used
to it (Huxley 110).”
4. Lenina and Bernard witness the ceremony of the sacrifice, which meant “that one can
bear pain without crying out, to make the rain come and the corn to grow (Huxley 107).”
To Lenina, the sacrifice seemed to be “awful and she cried (Huxley 116).”
5. The idols “raised by invisible hands from below, emerged a painted image of an eagle
and a naked man nailed to a cross (Huxley 114).”
6. John Savage is different from all the other Indians since his “plaited hair was strawcoloured, eyes a pale blue, and skin tone a white skin, bronzed (Huxley 116).” John
deeply “wanted to be hit by the whip for sacrifice, to show that he was a man (Huxley
117)”. Despite the separation of diverse societies John responds to seeing Lenina by
“changing his voice to a new resonance, squaring his shoulders, defiant lifting his chin,
and gasping (Huxley 117).”
Eduardo Maldonado
Ms. Rosenbaum
Dual Enrollment English- 4A
9/6/12
Chapter 8
6. John learns from Shakespeare about the emotion and morals literature had back then and how
it compares to in the time he lives in. John relates to Hamlet because they are both judged
frequently and in the end, they pretty much lose it. John is relatable to The Tempest because the
world around him is very exposed to sex and temptation.
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7. To discover "Time, Death, and God" refers to John when he was in isolation and had time to
think about life and ponder its meaning.
8. John and Bernard are very similar. They are both misunderstood and made fun of for their
thoughts and beliefs. They frequently question the world they live in and why things are the way
they are.
9. Bernard wants to take John to London to show everyone that the Director is his father.
Chapter 9
1. Mustapha Mond agrees to the plan because he is scientifically interested.
2. John goes through her belongings and smells her clothes and fragrances. While watching her
sleep, he wants to touch and undress her. He feels unworthy of touching her and guilty that he
even had those thoughts.
Quote: “Half an hour later it occurred to him to look through the window. The first thing he saw
was a green suit-case, with the initials L.C. painted on the lid. Joy flared up like fire within him.
He picked up a stone. The smashed glass tinkled on the floor. A moment later he was inside the
room. He opened the green suit-case; and all at once he was breathing Lenina’s perfume, filling
his lungs with her essential being.” (Huxley 142-143) The significance of this, I think, is how
strangely overly attached John his to Lenina. Throughout the whole novel, John has always
watched over Lenina and is obsessed with her. Their relationship is quite strange.
Chapter 9 Summary
In the beginning of the chapter, Lenina takes six half-gramme soma pills and dozes of
into a deep sleep. Bernard and Mustapha converse agree upon their plan concerning John and
Lenina. Amond's reasoning is that it would be "scientifically interesting." Later on, John is
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outside the rest-house Lenina is in. He breaks the window with a rock and enters. He finds
Lenina's belongings and smells them. He finds Lenina sleeping and wants to touch and undress
her, but feels guilty and does not. He hears what sounded like a plane fly over the house and
finds out that Bernard has arrived in his helicopter. He goes to meet Bernard.
Occurrences in Chapter 9
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When Lenina takes the six half-gramme tablets of soma and apparently it would be “18
hours at the least before she was in time again.”
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When Bernard speaks to the octoroon about Miss Crowne and how she’ll be safethere
and then the octoroon said “Safe as helicopters.” It is strange because we do not really
think of helicopters as a safety zone. It could actually be quite risky.
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When John broke into the house and smelled all of Lenina’s belongings.
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When Bernard arrives in his helicopter. It is awesome how helicopters are used as
everyday transport.
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They have rest-houses!
Emily Shoemaker
Ms. Rosenbaum
Composition Period A.4
Due: September 6, 2012
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Brave New World Group Review
Chapter 10
Chapter ten, from Brave New World, is a very short and to the point kind of chapter. The
whole chapter is about the Director of Hatchery and Conditioning exposing Bernard, but there is
an unexpected twist. The DHC publicly exposed Bernard, because he believed Bernard was a
threat to the stability of society. His unorthodoxy views are scaring the Director, because he
thinks that Bernard will basically start a rebellion against Centre. Bernard, on the other hand, just
came back from vacation, where he met Linda. Linda carried the Director’s baby, which is
completely unorthodox in this society. Linda confronted him also, which led to the Director’s
quick departure.
“The greater a man’s talents, the greater his power to lead astray.” (Huxley 148) I think
this sentence is very important in this chapter, because the Director is scared that Bernard will
tell other people his ideas. Bernard does his work very well, which means he has more chance of
people listening to his thoughts.
It amazed me that Bernard came up with somewhat knew what was coming, because he
knew Linda needed to be ready to announce her predicament.
It shocked me when Linda came in and announced the Director is the father of her son.
1. The DHC says that Bernard is threatening society and saying that he betrayed the
trust imposed in him.
2. Murder only kills one person, but unorthodoxy threatens the whole of society.
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3. Linda was very dramatic when she came in. The DHC gets very mad and
embarrassed, and eventually runs out of the room. The crowd laughed for what
seemed like forever to the Director.
Work Cited
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: Harper Perennial, 1932.
Shalontay Rose, Kiana Crain, Emily Shoemaker
Ms.Rosenbaum
Dual Enrollment 1101- 4A
Brave New World Review
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
1. Why does John become popular, but not Linda?
2. How does Bernard’s life change? How does he react? What does Helmholtz think?
3. How does Linda spend her time?
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4. How does Bernard talk in public?
5. What does Mustapha Mond think of Bernard’s reports?
6. What does John think of the caste system? Of the clones? How does he use The Tempest now?
7. What do we learn about the reservations at Eton? What does John think?
8. How do the children respond to dying? Why?
9. How does Lenina feel about John?
10. What does John think about the feelies? Why
Quotes and Signifigance
1. “To say one was a mother-that was past a joke: it was an obscenity” (Huxley 153)
It’s funny, for the fact the world is so different than ours. In the real world to be a mother
is a gift not a curse.
2. “But think of the enormous, immeasurable durations it can give out of time” (Huxley
154)
This quote is how most people think, that they would want to do something just to feel
good for a moment knowing that it may hurt them in the long run.
3. “Eternity was in our lips and eyes,” he murmured.”(Huxley 155)
The love of soma consumes them, to the fact they are somehow living for it.
4. “You’re envious,” he said” (Huxley 157)
Bernard is mad at the fact that he not enjoying his story shows you that he is very proud
and shrewd person.
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5. “This is partly due, no doubt to the fact that he has heard them talked about by the
woman Linda, his m--.” (Huxley 158)
I feel that their dismay with the world mother and father is true to how they are born, for
example anything not born in a test tube is not good.
6. “ O brave new world that has such people in it” (Huxley 160)
This is Very ironic because they are taking a chance on the Savage instead of just doing
without him.
7. “Eton is reserved for upper caste boys and girls”(Huxley 161)
Eton always get the best because they are, as they say more suited to handle them.
8. “But why do we Laugh?” asked the Savage in a pained bewilderment.” (Huxley 162)
It’s ironic because laughing makes you smile yet he is in a pained and bewildered state.
9. “We don’t encourage them to indulge in any solitary amusements” (Huxley 163)
Dr.Gaffney is say Shakespeare is a distraction when many people use Shakespeare to
learn how to right.
10. “All the best toys are kept there, and they get chocolate cream on death days. They
learn to take dying as a matter of course.” (Huxley 164)
It’s crazy how they instill in the people early that death is nothing and that you should
just take it like the chocolate cream.
11. “Hardly less flattering had been the attentions paid her by conspicuous individuals.”
(Huxley 165)
Lenina doesn’t care about how the most important people in the utopia think of her
she cares more about how all the people in the world think of her.
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12. “Hug me till you drug me, honey; Kiss me till I’m in a coma: hug me, honey, snuggly
bunny; Love as good as soma”(Huxley 166)
The comparison of love and the soma is interesting , they put a fictional thing such as
love and put soma in it’s place.
13. “The Savage did as he was told” (Huxley 169)
This part even though it is short and sweet, shows that the Savage knows to listen if
he wants to survive and not die since he has not had the training.
14. “Good Night,” said a strangled voice behind her”(Huxley 170).
This is ironic because Lenina was all ready to give it up to him but, when John
decides not to stay it shocks her because, she is so popular right now.
15. “She compromised and into her cupped left palm, shook out three hall gramme
tablets.”(Huxley 171)
“Hug me till you drug me, honey; Kiss me till I’m in a coma: hug me, honey, snuggly
bunny; Love as good as soma” this song is representing what Lenina is doing
substituting the soma from the love that she did not get from John.
Kiana Crain
Brave New World Review Activity
Chapter 12
1. John does not want to go to Bernard’s party because of all the attention he is getting and
it allows Bernard to boost his own celebrity status. This means that Bernard will be
disliked for giving the people a false promise to meet the Savage.
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2. Lenina had a feeling of “anxious exultation” to see the Savage and tell him that she very
much likes him and she might have feelings for him; she then becomes nervous because
she is not sure what he will say in return.
3. John feels lonely and different. He is reading Romeo and Juliet because the book is
relatable to how he feels about Lenina.
4. Lenina likes looking at the moon now because it reminds her of John and how he liked
the natural things in this world.
5. Mustapha Mond has a say in what is allowed to be published. He censors people’s beliefs
and/or discoveries about the society.
6. Bernard is an outcast now. John and Helmholtz become friends and ignore Bernard.
7. Helmholtz is in trouble with authorities because he wrote about being alone which is
unsafe in this society. He shared his views because he wanted to see people’s reactions.
8. Helmholtz thought Shakespeare was exciting but in Romeo and Juliet he thought it was a
joke that they loved one another so much and even had parents.
9. Helmholtz thinks that emotion is necessary for good writing.
Summary: In Chapter 12, Bernard throws a party so that certain officials can meet the Savage,
who refuses to attend. Bernard blamed him for losing his ‘friends’ and turned to Helmholtz who
forgave Bernard for their previous argument. Helmholtz got into trouble with authorities because
he wrote about solitude. The Savage and Helmholtz took to one another quickly because of their
similar views about solitude. Helmholtz shared his rhymes and the Savage shared his book
Romeo and Juliet. The Savage was offended when Helmholtz laughed about how the boy wanted
the girl so badly. They were trying to go against their government through the writings but now
need another way.
Quote: “The higher their position in the hierarchy, the deeper their resentment.”
All the officials felt used and were outraged when the Savage did not show. The people of great
importance felt they were owed to see the Savage because of who they were. Being turned down
was an insult to them.
Five Occurrences:
1. I was surprised when the Savage refused to come to the party because this was the most
important one yet.
2. I was amazed that Lenina truly thought it was her fault the Savage would not come down
because of what happened the night before between them.
3. I was shocked when Mustapha wrote “Not to be published” because of the author’s social
status and their questioning knowledge.
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4. I was surprised when Helmholtz was almost fired for writing a poem about being alone
because in our world, solitude is normal.
5. I was amazed that Helmholtz was laughing uncontrollably while the Savage was reading
about mothers and fathers in Romeo and Juliet because that is strange to them.
Loren Eures
Allie Mann
Ms. Rosenbaum
Dual Enrollment English- Period 4A
September 6, 2012
Chapter 13, 14, and 15
Chapter 13
Summery
Lenina is very upset and distracted due to her feelings for John, which causes
consequences when she cannot remember if she gave a neglected embryo a V.P.S. Treatment and
years later it dies. She later talks to Fanny about her want for John and she tries to tell her not
become obsessed over one man, but all Lenina wants is John. Lenina takes a soma and goes to
John apartment planning on seducing him whether he wants her there or not. When she arrives,
John declares his love for her and tells her that he wants to do something nobly to prove it to her.
Surprised and happy because she has strong feelings for him too, Lenina, begins to remove her
clothes. John, realizing what she is doing and that it is against his beliefs, becomes very angry
with her, being physically and verbally abusive with her. Lenina is so terrified with him that she
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locks herself in the bathroom. While in the bathroom she hears the phone ring and then John
leaves the apartment.
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Questions
1. Lenina because very distracted over the thought of John, which causes consequences.
Lenina could not remember if she gave a neglected embryo a V.P.S. treatment and
decides not to run the risk of letting it have a second dose. She later finds out a promising
young Alpha- Minus administrator was to die of trypanosomiasis, the first case for over
half a century due to Lenina not giving her the dose she needed.
2. Lenina has very strong feelings for John; she is not able to get him off her mind and
becomes distraught. Due to her strong want for John, she takes a soma and goes to his
place whether he wants her there or not.
3. When Lenina came over to Johns place he reveals to her that he loves her, telling her that
she is perfect and peerless are created. To prove his love for Lenina, John, wants to do
something nobly.
4. When Lenina begins to make moves on John he becomes very angry with her, being
physically and verbally abusive. Lenina describes the terror she was experiencing made
her forget about the pain. John responds this way because it is against his beliefs.
Quote
“Henry detected the weariness in those purple eyes, the pallor beneath that gaze of lupus, the
sadness at the corners of the unsmiling crimson mouth.” This quote is significant to the
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beginning of chapter thirteen because it allows the reader to envision through their minds eye of
how Lenina looked.
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Occurrences:
1. I was astonished when reading Henry’s description of Lenina’s looks at the beginning of
the chapter when she was flustered with the thought of John.
2. I was surprised at Fanny’s reaction towards Lenina’s emotions for John, stating that it is
absurd for her to have such strong feelings for just one person.
3. I was glad to read the John loved Lenina because he never told or showed her that he did
and also had strong feelings towards him.
4. I was very shocked when John became very upset and angry with Lenina when they were
about to get together.
5. I felt sympathetic for John when he found out that his mother was seriously ill.
Allie Mann
Ms. Rosenbaum
Dual Enrollment-4A
Chapter 14 Questions
Chapter 14
Questions:
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1. The hospital for the dying is known to be happy. The dying does not see death as a sad
thing.
2. The television is at the end of every patient’s bed. The television remained on throughout
the day on a running tap.
3. Linda died from overdose of soma. She took soma to much when returning to Central
London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre.
4. The memories that flooded over John as he stood over his mother were her voice while
she sang to him. He also remembered the reading lessons between them. He remembered
stories Linda shared about the “other place.” Those are the memories he remembers the
most between them. The memories of the “other place” were described as a paradise of
goodness and loveliness. Memories can define who a person is. Recalling all the good
and bad times a person has shared with someone else.
5. The Delta children are at the hospital to be “death conditioned.” They are learning that
death is not something to see as a sad thing. John hates the idea. He even pushes one of
the children to the ground.
6. In a civilized world most people are scared of death, but it is not terrible if the people
believe in a religion such as God. The people in this civilization are trained to believe that
everything will be fine after death. Since that is what they believe they have no reason to
fear.
Significant Quote: .
1. " They have never seen a face like hers before--had never seen a face that was not
youthful and taut-skinned, a body that had ceased to be slim and upright."
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This quote surprised me when first reading it. I could not understand how the children did
not feel any remorse for the dying or John. They were just the opposite, they were mean and
uncaring. I was shocked at the children's reaction towards the way Linda looked.
Five Occurences:
1. The reaction from the nurse shocked me. When John asked about hope for his dying
mother, and the nurse replied " of course not." She did not feel any pity, but only confusion when
she saw the look on John face,
2. As John sat next to Linda he was recalling some life memories. This amazed by which
memories he ended up remembering.
3. Linda calling John "Pope" was also shocking to me. How she could not recognize her own
son. John was sitting beside her calling her name and she still called him wrong.
4. It was shocking to see how the children showed John know pity. They laughed at how
Linda looked different.
5. A occurrence that was humorous in this chapter was when John pushed the kid. He was
upset and did not care at that moment about the children. He was more upset about how is
mother called him Pope.
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Summarize: John got the news that his mother, Linda, is in the hospital. When arriving to the
hospital he is very upset, but the nurse does not understand why. Sitting beside Linda, John is
remembering him and Linda shared on the reservation. Not long after looking back at his
childhood a group of kids are there for "death conditioning." While there they start to make fun
of Linda and how different she is. John starts to get mad which causes the nurse to warn him to
stop. As John gets up to leave he pushes one of the children.
Ivanna Santos
Ms. Rosenbaum
English Dual Enrollment 4A
9/4/12
Chapter 15
1. Brave New World was seen a new beginning and miraculous world. Now, the title in his
chapter only represents a manifested world.
2. John feels that the soma is taking away their opportunity to be independent. It does not
allow them to make their own decisions.
3. John sees that the life they have is based on manipulation (slavery). There is no manhood
because no one can make their own choices. Liberty could only exist if the government
was not in control of their thoughts.
4. He says they are alike while comparing them to maggots.
5. They show some sympathy. They seem to comprehend what John feels.
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6. They spray soma vapor into the air. This takes over their emotions and calms them down.
Ignorance was deceiving, but it came along with being happy and good.