By Aldous Huxley
WHAT WILL THE WORLD BE LIKE IN
Published in 1932
 Set in 2540 A.D.
 Humans are no longer born, but rather
manufactured in a factory
 People are created and sorted by rank
 Individuality and free thinking have been
mostly abolished and people function
according to their conditioning
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Terms to Know
Hypnopædia – the science of sleep teaching. This is
one way humans are conditioned in Huxley’s world
 Pneumatic – well-proportioned (female body)
 Hatching – in the novel, the process by which humans
are created (instead of born)
 Soma – a legal, government provided mood altering
drug
 Malthusian belt – an accessory worn by women which
holds contraceptives
 Bokanovsky process – a scientific process which allows
a single egg to spawn up to 96 children and one ovary
to produce thousands of children

Most Important Invention of the Past 200 Years
Why the Model T?
1.
Assembly line
1. Mass produced
2. Interchangeable parts
3. Efficient and dependable
2.
Affordable to middle class
1. Built for the multitude
Alphas:
Wear grey; these are 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.
Who are our Alphas?
Betas:
Mulberry colored;
these persons are
somewhat intelligent
and often work as
mechanics.
Who are our Betas?
Gammas:
Wear green; often work
as machine
minders/manipulators,
butlers, and other semithought-provoking jobs.
Who are our Gammas?
Deltas
Wear khaki, helicopter
attendants, cold pressers,
screw-cutters, package
packers; are mass
produced and have no
individuality.
Who are our Deltas?
Epsilon
Wear black, can’t read or
write, Sewage Workers,
liftmen, foundry-workers,
carriers, semi-morons.
Who are our Epsilons?
For bonus points, on Monday, dress like one of
the casts featured in Brave New World. People
would have been dressed head to toe in
whatever color indicated their rank. The more
creative you are, the more bonus points you’ll
earn.
Translation of the epigraph:

"Utopias
seem to be much more achievable than
we formerly believed them to be. Now we find
ourselves presented with another alarming
question: how do we prevent utopias from coming
into existence? …Utopias are possible. Life tends
towards the formation of utopias. Perhaps a new
century will begin, a century in which intellectuals
and the privileged will dream of ways to eliminate
utopias and return to a non-utopic society less
“perfect” and more free.”
– Nicholas Berdiaeff, translated from the French by
Shmoop
COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY
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4.
Go to www.makeyourcoatofarms.com
Design a shield/coat of arms that would be
displayed above important World State
buildings (such as the hatchery)
Select any images or values that you feel
the World State would choose to represent
itself.
In some form, include the motto
(“Community, Identity, Stability”)
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7.
When you finish your coat of arms, print
it out and put your name on it.
This project can easily be completed in
one class period.
Be insightful and considerate as you
work.