Vocabulary Words #5

Lupus,
noun- the Wolf, a southern constellation between Centaurus and Norma.
noun- any of various ulcerous skin diseases, esp. lupus vulgaris or lupus erythematosus.

- As K.C. was eating dirt he got lupus all over his skin. 

Effusive,
adjective-unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve
 - Jade likes to be effusive when she is performing in DDF. 

Surrogate,
noun- a person appointed to act for another

- The surrogate for the acid ended up being apple juice.
 

Peritoneum,
noun- the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.

- My Peritoneum was burning after doing our extreme ab workout.

Viviparous,
adjective- bringing forth living young rather than eggs, as most mammals and some reptiles and fishes
 


Moribund,
adjective- in a dying state; near death.
 

adjective- on the verge of extinction or termination.

Fulminate,

verb- to explode with a loud noise

Malignant,
adjective- disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or

Palpitating, 
verb- to pulsate; quiver; throb; tremble

Viscose,
adjective- of a glutinous nature or consistency; sticky; thick; adhesive.

Hypnopaedia,
noun- the learning of lessons heard during sleep

Brave New World, Chapter 11, Blog #12

Summary-The Director resigns so Bernard is able to keep his job. Bernard is then appointed to watch John. This makes Bernard popular because everybody from London, wants to see this 'delicious creature'. Bernard is now getting swarmed by girls and there are no more rumors going around about alcohol in his blood surrogate. He talks to Helmholtz about his new found attention but Helmholtz is not impressed.  Bernard is angry Helmholtz lack of spirit, and says they are no longer friends.

Bernard sends in a report to Mond about how John is adapting to the New World. Mustapha Mond is andry with the way Bernard comes off in his letter as arrogant. He decides to plan a punishment that will teach Bernard a lesson.

John is taken to be shown the assembly lines. He is horrified by the site of all the deformed lower caste and runs of to violently vomit. There he repeats the line from The Tempest, 'O brave new world, that has such people in it.' Although this time it has a different meaning then the last time he said it.

Lenina started preparing for her  date with John. He goes out of his way to avoid her but she finds him starring at her. All she knows is that she is very attracted to him. They get to the feely, and see Three Weeks in a Helicopter. Lenina and the rest of the audience loved while John thought it was horrible. They got in the taxicopter and they dropped Lenina off. John told her good night and got back in the helicopter. As the vehicle was in the air John could see Lenina calling up to him. John then goes home and reads Othelo.  

Vocabulary- Infantility- ADJ.  characteristic of or befitting an infant; babyish; childish: infantile behavior.

Lit. Terms- 
-Ariel- Tempest- God of the air
-Aphroditeum Club- Aphrodite- Greek Godess Of Love and Beauty


-"O brave new world..." O brave new world that has such people in it"- Irony
First used it as happiness, looking at Lenina
Now is using it in disgust.


Importance- Bernard is changing because John is now a popular.

Brave New World, Chapter 10, Blog #11

Summary-
At the Hatchery, the Director tells Henry that he plans to dismiss Bernard. He sayed that Bernard’s behavior threatens stability. When Bernard arrive the Director told Bernard that he is being transferred to Iceland. But then Bernard showed Linda and john. Linda accuses the Director of making her have a baby. John fell to the ground and said My father! The workers break out into laughter then the Director ran from the room.

Lit. Terms-


Vocabulary- Ignominy, noun,  Dishonor or disgrace

Importance- It is Johns first experience in the new world.

Brave New World, Chapter 9, Blog #10

Summary- Lenina felt that she was entitled to an absolute holiday. As soon as they got back to the rest house and she took 6 half-gramme soma tablets and laid on her bed. Bernard then flew to Sante Fe to call Mustaphe Mond about having John and Linda in this new world. Mond agrees but wants Bernard to go to the Warden about the papers that will release them into his care. Mean while John breaks into Leninas room and goes through her stuff. Bernards Helicopter arrives but John is able to run away.


Lit. Terms- "Her eyes, her hair, her check, her gait, her voice;"  - Allusion to Romeo and Juliet


Vocabulary- Gait- Noun.  Manner of walking or running; bearing

Importance-  Bernard is going to use Linda and John as blackmail to be able to keep his job. And Mustapha Mond wants to use Linda and john to show everyone why you should stay in the new world.

Brave New World, Chapter 8, Blog #9

Summary:
Bernard is wonders about John's life so John tells him his life story.  His mom slept around, his mom didn't know how to mend clothes, and he had blonde hair. When John finishes his stories, Bernard asks him if he wants to come back to London with them. John said yes but asks if Linda can come. So it is decided that if Bernard can get permission, John and Linda will go back with Bernard and Lenina. John then asks Bernard if Lenin and him are married. Bernard says no which makes John very happy.


Vocab:
Precipice- noun. a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical or overhanging face




Importance of Chapter:

We find out what it was like for John to live in the Savage Reservation. We learn that John and Bernard are both outsiders. 

Brave New World, Chapter 7, Blog #8

Summary- 1.) A guide takes them the Pueblo where all the savages are. Lenina is grossed out by everything she sees. And Bernard is interested and curious. The rituals remind her of their Solidarity Services. They walk across a precipice that make Lenina feel small. 

2.) They are then taken to see a sacrificial ritual. A man is taken over to a square where there are snakes. Then a man wearing a coyote mask starts to beat him with a whip. A White man then walks up. He said he wishes he would be allowed to participate but he was never allowed to because he was different.   

3.) Then we find out that john is Linda's son, and Linda is the one that the D.H.C. had left on the reservation. So john is the directors son. Linda runs up and hugs Lenina which grosses her out. Linda tells them that she tried to condition John but it never worked. 

Vocab-
Precipice- noun. a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical or overhanging face



Important-
We figure out that the Director's friend wasn't eaten by savages. She gave birth to her and the Director's son John.

Brave New World, Chapter 6, Blog #7

Summary- 1.) Lenina likes Bernard but he is to odd. She decides she would rather go to the Savage reservation with him instead of the North Pole with Benito. Lenina then convinces Bernard to go to a wrestling match. After they fly away and go back to Bernard's where he take Soma tablets. Then they have sex. The next day Bernard tells her that he did not want to have sex with her on the first date. 

2.) Bernard then goes to the Director and wants to get a permit for the Savage Reservation with Lenina. The Director tells him a story about when he took a woman their and she got lost during a storms. The Director then tells him if he doesn't start acting like an Alpha he will be exiled to Iceland. He leaves the office and is proud that the director thought of him as a rebel. 

3.)   Bernard and Lenina go to the Savage Reservation. They get there and they need a signature from the Warden to be able to go on the actual reservation. The Warden then tells Lenina a bunch of random facts about it when Bernard realizes he left the Eau de Cologne scent tap on. He goes to call Helmholtz to get him to turn it off but the Warden keeps talking to Lenina. Bernard finally get a hold of Helmotz and tells him that he is being shipped off to Iceland. After the call Lenina convinces him to take some soma. They then fly off and take place in the Savage dances and rituals.


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Vocab-
Cajolery, noun- persuasion by flattery or promises
Octoroon, noun- a person having one-eighth black ancestry





Importance-
Lenina likes Bernard but only sees his outside appearance, and wishes he wasn't so odd. We learn more about how Bernard is more of an individual.

Vocabulary Quiz- Paragraph.

The magnanimity of Bernard Marx was unlike any other Alpha. It was Axiomatic that he was different than all the other Alphas. He had his own feelings and thought his own thoughts. Living in this world with all the castes made him wonder what other people thought of him. The ignominy of being different than everyone else was tiresome, it almost made him depressed. He was on a walk oneday when he saw a Delta walking by him and he stopped and started ruminating about him. He actually like the khaki shirt he was wearing. Even though somewhere in the back of his head he knew he wasn't supposed to. He kept walking and saw an epsilon walking alone. He wanted to ask him to join him on his wallk but he knew that the Epsilon was intrisically stupid.

Brave New World, Chapter 5, Blog #6

Summary: Part 1
Lenina and Henry finish obstacle golf then fly over to Henry's apartment. They fly over a crematorium. Lenina then remebers walking up as a child and and hearing phrases being told to her. At dinner they have coffee and soma tablets. They then walk to the Westminster Abbey to listen to the band. They then take more soma and go back to Henrys apartment.

Part 2.  
Bernard attends Solitary Services. He finds a seat next to Morgana Rothschild. The President then starts and passes around strawberry ice-cream soma. They get passed around for 12 verses of the hymn. Everyone thought that someone or something is coming except Bernard. One person asked what he thought of the service and he lied and said it was wonderful. In the end, the only thing that he could think of was Morgana's unibrow.

Importance: The way soma changes the mood/individual.

Lit. Terms: Irony, "Bottle of mine, its you I've wanted. Bottle of mine, why was I ever decanted?.."


Vocab: Majestic, Adj. Grand.
Malthusian Blues



Showing what the people act like in this society.
Part 1- What they Did, raves
Part 2, Meeting/Church type thing.

Brave New World, Chapter 4, Blog #5

Summary- Part 1. Lenina goes up to Bernard in an elevator and talks about there trip to New Mexico. He was embarassed that she was talking about their Sexual life in public. She then wanders off to go and meet Henry. They then fly of in Henrys helicopter and see futuristic London. Benito walks up to Bernard and offers some soma and with out saying anything he Bernard walks away. Then Lenina and Henry were flying in the helicopter and they sees some Gamma Girls and says she is glad she isn't a Gamma.

Part 2. Bernard was walking to his helicopter and thinking about how lenina had asked Henry about their private lives in public. Even thouh she behaved like any other women in the society should have. He then told some Deltas to go push his plane out onto the roof. He wondered if people respect him just because he is a Alpha. He then Flies to the Bureaux of propaganda to see Helmholtz Watson. Helmholtz and Bernard start talking anf think someone is listing at the door.

Importance: Part 1. Who Bernard Marx is, how Marx dosen't fit in,  What the World is.
Part 2. The compare and contrast of two people who dont belong in this world.


Lit. Terms: Allusion: Benito Hoover. - Benito Mussolini- Italin Politician who led national Fascist party and is creditid for being one of the key figures in th creation of Facism.

Vocab.: Ruminating- Verb- To think or meditateRuminating- vb. to think or to meditate

Brave New World, Chapter 3, Blog #4

Summary- The Directer takes the students to the garden were hundreds of naked children are playing sexual games. Then the director explains how back in the Ford's day it was frowned upon for adolecents to be participating in those kinds of activities. Then a shady man comes up, the students don't know who it is. The director then introduces him as Mustaphe Mond, one of the ten World controllers. He then starts to explain history in Ford's day. Then, you see flashes of about five different conversations. Mond is teaching history and how people used to have a mom and dad, and how they live now is more successful. Henry and the Predestinator are talking about Lenina and Fanny. Lenina and Fanny are talking about how Lenina has been seeing Henry and only Henry for four months. Fanny then talks her into going out with Bernard Marx.

Vocab.- Vivparous- ADJ. Used to describe a being that has it's young develop inside the body instead of in an egg.

Lit. Terms- Allusion- Polly Trotsky- (Irony) Leon Trotsky

Brave New World Notes

Brave New World Notes!

Characters
Mustaphe Mond- Mond means world
Polly Trotsky- (Irony) Leon Trotsky
Bernard Marx- Karl Marx
Lenin(a)- (Irony) Valdimir Lenin
Benito Hoover- Benito Mussolini- Italian Politician


Many Allusions to Shakespear
Title come from the Tempest
5 allusions to Romeo and Juliet in future chapters

Themes to Think About
Freedom and Confinement
Isolation
Identity
Spirituality
Suffering

Side Notes
Huxley---> Modernism--->



Chapter 3
Everybody belongs to everyone else- No marriage, date more than one person at a time.
Consumerism- Buy New things get rid of the old ones.
Soma- Drug/ Make you calm/ takes care of everything

They realized that controlling people by violence did not work (thats why there is no violence in this world)
Conversations
1.) Bernard-->Lenina (Henry Foster)
2.) Lenina/Fanny-->Everybody belongs to everybody
3.)Mustapha Mond- DHC
4.)Henry/- Lenina and Fanny


Chapter 4 
Part 1
Importance- Who Bernard Marx is, how Marx dosen't fit in,  What the World is.

Characters: Bernard Marx, Benito Hoover, Lenina, Henry Foster

View Of London
    -Futuristic
Bernard Marx inwardly is not happy
    - He feels inferior due to is hieght
    - Doesn't like the superficial view of "every one belongs to everyone"
    - Doesn't like Soma
    - Seems to dislike people

Part 2
Importance- The compare and contrast of two people who dont belong in this world.

Characters: Helnholtz Watson, Bernard Marx

Helnholtz Watson- B. of Propaganda

Helnholtz/ Bernard- difference
      - Helnholtz
             -Bigger, stronger, faster, Better one of the Alphas
      - Bernard
             - Worst Alpha in Physical appearance
Helnholtz/Bernard- Similar
       - They are both Individuals

Chapter 6

Savage reservation
    

Brave New World, Chapter 2, Blog #3

Summary- In the beginning of chapter 2 they go into the Nursery. They see a group of 8 month old Deltas. They are being taught to hate flowers and books by the nurses placing them in front of them then when they go near them an alarm sounds, and the babies then suffer a mild electric shock. Then afterwards the nurses put the books and flowers in front of them and they won't go near them. The director said they do this process 200 times. Then the director tells a story of how they came up with a new way of programming the children. The director then leads them into a room with some Beta children. All the children are sleeping, then a voice comes on saying, "...all wear green. Delta Children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with the Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse. They're too stupid to be able to read or write. Besides they wear black, which is such a beastly colour. I'm so glad I'm a Beta." The are doing this to the children to make them remeber, then after go on to a more advanced lesson.

Importance- The Importance of this chapter is to tell us the different ways they program the children. By making them not like the objects because an alarm sounds and it shocks them or by hypnopaedia.

Lit. Terms- Ford- Which comes from Henry Ford who founded Ford Motor Company. Henry Ford was famous for having an assembly line. This alludes to the the eggs going through an assembly line. In the book every time Ford is said, it is like god to them. The director says "Our Ford's first T-Model..." he makes a T on his chest with his fingers. Because of this his a religious Symbol.

Vocabulary-  Viviparous- Adj., ringing forth living young rather than eggs, as most mammals and some reptiles and fishes.

Hypnopaedia-Noun,  the learning of lessons heard during sleep

 

Brave New World, Chapter 1, Blog #2

Summary- For the rest of chapter 1 we figure out what they do to the embryos. They predestine and condition them to be what the government wants. Either World controllers or Sewage workers. The grown up embryos have no idea that they were programmed as embryos to do what they do. 

Lit. Terms- 

Vocab.- 
    Caste- Noun.  An endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank,  occupation, economic position

Vocabulary Words #4

Magnanimity- Noun. The quality of being high-minded; noble
                     - The magnanimity of the man was proven when he gave all his clothes to a homeless shelter.

Mollified-  Verb. To soften in feeling or temper
                     - The lady mollified the dog's rage by giving it a treat.

Adage-  Noun.  A traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation
                    - After I would fail in something my grandpa would always tell me an old adage like, "don't count your chickens before they hatch."

Castes-  Noun.  An endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank,  
occupation, economic position
                  - The man living on the street belongs to the  poor caste, so the queen is higher in the social scale.

Ignominy- Noun.  Disgrace or dishonor
               -  The ignominy of being a 13 year old, 2nd greater made her suffer until she kiled herself.

Cajolery- Noun.  Persuasion by flattery or promises
                 - The woman's cajolery to me made me want to get up and get her a glass of milk.

Axiomatic- Adjective.  Self-evident or obvious
                  -  It is axiomatic that dogs bark.

Ruminating- Verb.  To meditate
                     - By the pool you could hear Jade ruminating about it being to hot.

Intrinsically- Adjective.  Belonging to a thing by its very nature
                   - Mapi is intrinsically short.

Precipice- Noun.  Cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.
                    -As I was climbing on Mount. Rushmore I slipped of the precipice of George Washington's nose.