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
Polly,
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