PPT-Synthesizing Brave New World

Government Type Dictatorship Control Biological Conditioning Eugenics Caste System Motto Community Stability Identity Promotes Drugs Sex Community Activities Sports Rejects Books Nature IndividualismAlone time thinking . Themes in the novel. Real freedom is the freedom to think one’s own thoughts.. When comfort and convenience take the place of genuine thoughts and emotions, a person is no longer fully human. .. Themes. Seminar. Toward the end of the book, the Controller Mustapha . Mond. sums up the benefits of living in the . brave . new . world: . “The world’s stable now. People are happy; they get what they want, and they never want what they can’t get.” . by Aldous Huxley. Pre-Reading Guide. “O wonder!. How many goodly creatures are there here!. How . beautious. mankind is!. O . brave new world. That has such people . in’t. !”. . -- . William Shakespeare, . by Aldous Huxley. Pre-Reading Guide. “O wonder!. How many goodly creatures are there here!. How . beautious. mankind is!. O . brave new world. That has such people . in’t. !”. . -- . William Shakespeare, . Notes on Imperialism. Imperialism~Its. Definitions. “Acquisition by a government of other governments or territories, or of economic or cultural power over other nations or territories, often by force. Colonialism is a form of imperialism” (. 4 Steps to Synthesizing. Read the first text and determine main idea and/or main argument.*. Consider any prior knowledge you have about these ideas.. Read the second text and determine its main idea/argument. . By . Aldous. Huxley. Introduction Lecture. Genre: Dystopia. Utopia: . an ideal society possessing a perfect social and political system. Dystopia. : . a society where the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror. What is Synthesizing?. Synthesizing . is both a process and a final . product:. Synthesizing. . is a process . because readers merge new . information with existing background knowledge to. . form a new idea, perspective, opinion or . By . Aldous. Huxley. Introduction Lecture. Genre: Dystopia. Utopia: . an ideal society possessing a perfect social and political system. Dystopia. : . a society where the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror. David . Rowlands. & Robbie . Cottom. Soma vs. Modern . D. rugs. Huxley was a known advocator of recreational drug use and some of his visions in Brave New World have seemingly become a part of reality.. What is the very first indication that . Brave New World . is a futuristic novel?. Reread . the first paragraph on the first page . of . the novel. 6. . In what way is Huxley's presentation of the Director satirical?. Pre-Reading Guide. “O wonder!. How many goodly creatures are there here!. How . beautious. mankind is!. O . brave new world. That has such people . in’t. !”. . -- . William Shakespeare, . The Tempest . an i. ntroduction to the novel, . satire, and dystopian literature. 1. Author: . Aldous Huxley, 1894 - 1963. Genre(s): . Dystopian fiction, satire. Relevance. : deals with . propaganda. , censorship, conformity, genetic engineering, social conditioning, and . Huxley. Introduction Lecture.  . What . does the “perfect” or “ideal” society look like? How does it function?. “O wonder!. How many goodly creatures are there here! . How beauteous mankind is! O, brave new world.