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Brave New World
Most missed study guide questionsSlide2
What is the very first indication that
Brave New World
is a futuristic novel?
Reread
the first paragraph on the first page
of
the novelSlide3
6.
In what way is Huxley's presentation of the Director satirical?
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical
issues
What is Huxley making fun of?Slide4
8
.
What are some actual scientific principles presented? What seems to be a problem the society has "all but solved" (Pg. 15)?
Part 1: think of things science was working on in Huxley’s time (and/or is working on in our time
)
inferred info
Part 2: quote on p15Slide5
10. What social
problems have been eliminated in
Brave New World? Explain.
What problems did society suffer from in Huxley’s time(and/or ours) that no longer appear in the novel?Slide6
15.
Why can
hypnopaedia be used to inculcate more beliefs and emotional attitudes but cannot be used to learn science?
Read pp 25-26
Part 1: why DOES it work on beliefs and emotional attitudes?
Religion is based on…
Part 2: why WON’T it work on science?Slide7
17.
What about the population did Huxley get wrong?
Population – number of people in a given areaSlide8
19.
Huxley seems to be using the dialogues of Lenina, Fanny, Bernard, and Henry to comment on the lecture or commentary of
Mond
.
What
contradictions
do you see between what
Mond
says and what the others are expressing?
Mond
is speaking as if all the problems of the past are gone. Hmm. Consider if this seems true based on the other conversations.Slide9
22. Why does so much effort go into conditioning people to be consumers? What aspect of his own society is Huxley satirizing?
Another two-parter. Break it down and answer both.Slide10
24.
Huxley has introduced two characters that stand in opposition to the new world. Identify
them and explain what you see as the significance of these characters.
Key word here is
OPPOSITION.
Identify
and
explain significanceSlide11
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Most missed questionsSlide12
#28
What is ironic about
Lenina's comment, "And you feel so small when you're on the ground at the bottom of a hill"? (Pg. 109)
Consider her importance (or lack there of) in the New World
Consider the importance (or lack there of) of each person on the reservation.Slide13
#29 In what ways is Huxley's description of
Lenina's
reaction to the Indian Reservation satirical? What makes Lenina
seem foolish? How might this apply to our attitudes today?
Break it down.
Answer each part.
Use the last part of the question to clue you into answering the rest.Slide14
#31 Explain the
irony
in Linda's speech about life on the Reservation.
Irony:
Broadest class of figures of thought that depend on presenting a
deliberate contrast between two levels of meaning
;
the
discrepancy between what is said and what is meant,
what
is said and what is done,
what
is expected or intended and what happens,
or
what is meant or said and what others understand. Slide15
#33
Compare John and Bernard.
What is the same?
What is different?Slide16
#37 What is
ironic
in Chapter 10?
Hint: there is more than one example, so give as many as you findSlide17
#43
…
At the end of Chapter 13, we are told Lenina's response to John's remarks about marriage is genuine shock. What do you find ironic about this? What idea about love is suggested to you by these contradictions?Slide18
#44 In the middle of Chapter 12, Huxley describes the Controller rejecting a paper called "A New Theory of Biology." The Controller will not allow the paper to be published
…
What do you think is Huxley's point in this section?
Look for his message – goes beyond the novelSlide19
#46 Do you think Bernard has less character than most people would in his circumstances? Remember that he is undersized for his caste and has suffered persecution as a result.
Read carefully: “…less character than
most
people…”
Not just in the New World
What is
character?
(Hint: think moral character)Slide20
#48 At this point in the novel, what behavior of Bernard, John, and Helmholtz is
unorthodox?
What are they each doing in chapter 13?
Unorthodox:
unusual, nonconformist, archaicSlide21
#49 We are told that people in the new world do not experience passion, so they have to be given
treatments… What
conclusion can you draw from these facts?