Summary:
When Helmholtz and Bernard go to say good bye to John, he wanted to go with them but Mustapha said no, and that he had to finish the experiment. John is then taken to live in a lighthouse. He chose this lighthouse because it is far away from people. Once he gets there. He thinks he doesn't deserve it. The next morning he still feels he is undeserving. So he plants a garden. He realizes he is having a good time and so he then starts thinking about his dead mother. One day three Delta-Minuses drive past the lighthouse. They see john whipping himself so they go back to the society and tell everyone. A couple days later. Reporters started coming. The first reporter got drop kicked so every reporter after was a little more conscientious. One day John started to think about Lenina. To keep himself from thinking bad thoughts, he jumped into a thorny bush and thinks about his dying mother. But it didn't work so he started whipping himself. As this is happening a reporter is hiding a gets everything on camera. He makes a movie out of it and everyone goes around john. They start throwing peanuts and yelling, "we want the whip." John then goes toward the crowed with the whip when a helicopter come and lenina and Henry comes out. He then starts to run at leneina and starts whipping her. John then wakes up the next day and remembers everything. Later reporters show up for interviews and find him hanging just under the crown of the arch way.a
Vocab:
velveteen: Noun, a cotton fabric with a pile resembling velvet.
Lit. Terms:
Allusions:
Americans of Malpais
Shakespeare
Chapter Importance:
John kills himself because he doesn't want to deal with this society. He just wanted to be left alone.
When Helmholtz and Bernard go to say good bye to John, he wanted to go with them but Mustapha said no, and that he had to finish the experiment. John is then taken to live in a lighthouse. He chose this lighthouse because it is far away from people. Once he gets there. He thinks he doesn't deserve it. The next morning he still feels he is undeserving. So he plants a garden. He realizes he is having a good time and so he then starts thinking about his dead mother. One day three Delta-Minuses drive past the lighthouse. They see john whipping himself so they go back to the society and tell everyone. A couple days later. Reporters started coming. The first reporter got drop kicked so every reporter after was a little more conscientious. One day John started to think about Lenina. To keep himself from thinking bad thoughts, he jumped into a thorny bush and thinks about his dying mother. But it didn't work so he started whipping himself. As this is happening a reporter is hiding a gets everything on camera. He makes a movie out of it and everyone goes around john. They start throwing peanuts and yelling, "we want the whip." John then goes toward the crowed with the whip when a helicopter come and lenina and Henry comes out. He then starts to run at leneina and starts whipping her. John then wakes up the next day and remembers everything. Later reporters show up for interviews and find him hanging just under the crown of the arch way.a
Vocab:
velveteen: Noun, a cotton fabric with a pile resembling velvet.
Lit. Terms:
Allusions:
Americans of Malpais
Shakespeare
Chapter Importance:
John kills himself because he doesn't want to deal with this society. He just wanted to be left alone.
Polly, good job keeping up on the book and on the blogs.
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