Friday, November 5, 2010

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
    

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