Sunday, December 12, 2010

Brave New World, Chapter 16, Blog #17

Summary:
Bernard, John and Helmholtz are brought to the Controllers office. Mustapha Mond comes in and asks john questions. They begin talking about how he had the option to go to an island like Bernard and Helmholtz. Bernard immediately starts acting weird. Mustapha sends him to be given soma to calm down. Mustapha tells them what he had to give up to become a World Controller, and the things the society had to give up to become stable. Helmholtz asks Mond if he can be sent to an island with terrible weather. Mustapha then agrees. Then Helmholtz goes to check on Bernard.


Vocab:
Flivver, Noun-Older Slang an automobile
Chapter Importance:
We discover what the society had to give up to become stable and learn how Mustapha became a World Controller.  



Lit. Terms:
Allusions:
Othello


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