Chapter 9
Summary:
Lenina was so disgusted by everything that she saw on the reservation that she thought she needed a holiday. She took six half-gramme tablets of soma and would be out for at least 18 hours. Bernard decided to go to Santa Fe to contact Mustapha Mond. Mond is curious about the two individuals and tells Bernard to bring them back with him and Lenina. Mustapha sends word to the Warden of the Reservation. Bernard then treats himself to a bath, vibro-vac massage, an electrolytic shave, and lucheon. At 2:30 he heads back to Malpais.
John shows up and Bernard and Lenina's house and thinks there is no one there. He sat down on the steps and cried. After a half an hour, he thought to look in the window. He sees a green suitcase and breaks the window. It is Lenina's suitcase and he opens it and starts to smell all her things, taking in her scent. He started playing with the zippers on her clothes. He walked up to the sleeping Lenina and stares at her. He reached for her zipper and quickly unzipped it. He shut his eyes because what he was doing was wrong.Then John hears Bernard's helicopter.
Vocab:
none.
Lit. Terms:
Allusions:
'Her eyes, her hair, her cheek, her gait, her voice...' ~ Troilus and Cressida
'On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand, may seize...' ~ Romeo and Juliet
'Did he dare? Dare to profane...' ~ Romeo & Juliet
Importance:
Mustapha Mond wants use Linda and John as examples of why it is important to stay in the New World, as a way of control. Bernard is going to use Linda and John as blackmail to be able to keep him job.
We learn a little bit more about Bernard's character. When Helmholtz tells him that he is going to be laid off, he freaks out. He then devises this plan to keep his job.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Group Class Work- Nov. 17 (Amanda & Nick)
- Bernard & John
- Comparison
- Outsiders
- Don't like the society they live in
- Like the same woman (Lenina)
- Treated differently then others
- Want a more in depth relationship
- Don't like drugs
- Contrast
- John lives in savage reservation
- Bernard lives in 'other place'
- John has a parents
- Bernard doesn't
- John has to prove himself to become a man
- (his society just won't let him)
- Question 1
- He was made fun of as a kid.
- He doesn't have a very good relationship with Linda. She was never conditioned to be a mother.
- He taught himself how to read.
- Question 2
- In her old society they didn't have mothers. She considers giving birth to John disgusting and being called mother reminds her of it.
- Question 3
- They are outsiders. Nobody like Linda because she sleeps with all the men. They don't like John because he is associated with Linda.
- Question 4
- To live in the New World.
- Question 5
- Music plays from a box
- nice games they can play
- delicious things to drink and eat
- light that came when you pressed a little thing in the wall
- pictures that you could hear, feel and smell
- tall houses
- no one was ever angry
- babies were born in bottles
- everything was clean
- Question 6
- John learns morals from Shakespeare.
- Hamlet tries to his Uncle(who is sleeping with his mom) and John tries to kill Pope(who is sleeping with his mom)
- John relates a line that he quotes from The Tempest to the 'Other Place'. He thinks that everyone will be wonderful and different but they are really all the same.
- Question 7
- Time, Death and God do not exist in Brave New World. There is no history. Its like they are at a stand still. Nobody ages, after they die at about 60, they are burned and not buried.There is no religion at all.
- Question 8
- So he can have a friend.
- Bringing John would mean he would have to bring Linda.
- Blackmail the Director into letting him keep his job.
BNW- blog 9
CHAPTER 8
Summary:
Bernard is curious about John's life so he asks John to tell him his life story. John tells that he was always made fun of as a kid for being different. His mom slept around,(which is considered wrong in this society), his mom didn't know how to mend clothes, and he had blonde hair. All of his stories revolve around some sort of pain or sorrow. He was never allowed to do the things that the other boys is age could. His mother was never really a mother because she was conditioned to be one. When John finishes his stories, Bernard asks him if he wants to come back to London with them. John is over joyed and asks if Linda can come to. Bernard doesn't want her to come because he thinks she is revolting but after thinking over it occurs to him that she would be a a great asset to his plan. So it is decided that if Bernard can get permission, John and Linda will go back to the 'Other Place' with Bernard and Lenina. John then asks Bernard an odd question; he asks if Bernard and Lenin are married. Bernard laughs and wsays no which makes John even happier.
Vocab:
Precipice- noun. a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical or overhanging face
Kiva - noun. An underground ceremonial chamber in Pueblo villages.
Lit. Terms:
Allusions:
"Bye Baby Banting"~ possible allusion to nursery rhyme, 'Bye Baby Bunting'
"Nay, but to live In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed, Stew'd in corruption, honeying and making love Over the nasty sty..."~ Hamlet
"When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage Or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed..."~ Hamlet
"Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villian!"~Hamlet
When little John stabs Pope' ~ Macbeth
"To-morrow, to-morrow, to-morrow..."~ Macbeth
John~ John the baptist
"O wonder… How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! … O brave new world that has such people in it!"~ The Tempist
(Title of book its self come from The Tempist)
Importance of Chapter:
We learn about John's upbringing. We discover what it was like for John to live in the Savage Reservation. John is like Bernard in the aspect that they are both outsiders. We learn that even when Linda has been in the Reservation for over 20 years, she hasn't lost any of her conditioning. When the other boys are tormenting John about his clothes or calling Linda names he just thinks about the fact that he can read and they can't. This causes John to push himself to learn quicker.
Summary:
Bernard is curious about John's life so he asks John to tell him his life story. John tells that he was always made fun of as a kid for being different. His mom slept around,(which is considered wrong in this society), his mom didn't know how to mend clothes, and he had blonde hair. All of his stories revolve around some sort of pain or sorrow. He was never allowed to do the things that the other boys is age could. His mother was never really a mother because she was conditioned to be one. When John finishes his stories, Bernard asks him if he wants to come back to London with them. John is over joyed and asks if Linda can come to. Bernard doesn't want her to come because he thinks she is revolting but after thinking over it occurs to him that she would be a a great asset to his plan. So it is decided that if Bernard can get permission, John and Linda will go back to the 'Other Place' with Bernard and Lenina. John then asks Bernard an odd question; he asks if Bernard and Lenin are married. Bernard laughs and wsays no which makes John even happier.
Vocab:
Precipice- noun. a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical or overhanging face
Kiva - noun. An underground ceremonial chamber in Pueblo villages.
Lit. Terms:
Allusions:
"Bye Baby Banting"~ possible allusion to nursery rhyme, 'Bye Baby Bunting'
"Nay, but to live In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed, Stew'd in corruption, honeying and making love Over the nasty sty..."~ Hamlet
"When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage Or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed..."~ Hamlet
"Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villian!"~Hamlet
When little John stabs Pope' ~ Macbeth
"To-morrow, to-morrow, to-morrow..."~ Macbeth
John~ John the baptist
"O wonder… How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! … O brave new world that has such people in it!"~ The Tempist
(Title of book its self come from The Tempist)
Importance of Chapter:
We learn about John's upbringing. We discover what it was like for John to live in the Savage Reservation. John is like Bernard in the aspect that they are both outsiders. We learn that even when Linda has been in the Reservation for over 20 years, she hasn't lost any of her conditioning. When the other boys are tormenting John about his clothes or calling Linda names he just thinks about the fact that he can read and they can't. This causes John to push himself to learn quicker.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
BNW- blog 8
Chapter 7
Summary:
Lenina and Bernard are in Malpias. Their smelly Indian guide takes then to the Pueblo where all the Savages are. The come across a large precipice that makes Lenina feel tiny. They observe the people, What they look like, how they act. It sounds a lot like the world during Ford's time. There is a woman breast feeding which makes Lenina turn away in embarrassment. While Lenina is disgusted with everything that she sees, Bernard is curious and eagerly observes the people. They see a very old many and Lenina is horrified. Bernard explains that here they don't condition their people to basically stop aging at 30 and die at 60. Thia man has seen diseases.
They are then taken to see a sacrificial ritual. A young man comes over to a square where men have thrown down snakes. While the young man begins to walk around, a man in a coyote mask starts to beat him with a whip. The young man makes it around about seven times and collapses. Everyone runs away and three women carry them away. Another young man walks up but this young man is white. Curious... The man, whose name is John, wishes he was had been the one to participate in the rain 'dance'. He was never allowed to participate in village things because he was different.
We learn that John is Linda's son. Linda is the woman that Thomas, the D.H.C., had left on the reservation. So John is the Director's son. Linda shows up and has gotten fat and saggy. She runs up to Lenina and hugs her, which disgusts Lenina. Linda says she is so glad to see people from the Other Place. Linda tells them that she has tried to condition John but it hasn't really worked because he has spent most of his time with the Indians. When John was little he started asking questions that a normal child would ask like; how does a helicopter work? Being a Beta and having only worked in the Fertilizing Room, she had no idea how to answer.
Vocab-
Precipice- noun. a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical or overhanging face
Ophthalmia- noun. inflammation of the eye
Goitre- noun. an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck
Lit. Terms-
Irony:
"What a wonderfully intimate relationship..."
Bernard is talking about the Indian woman breast feeding her child. He then asks Lenina if she can ever imagine being able to do that.
Allusion:
"Do you see that damned Spot?"
Act 5, Scene 1 of Macbeth
Important Info-
We find out that the Director's lady friend wasn't eaten by savages. She had fallen and hit her head and was taken to the Malpais. There she gave birth to her and the Director's son John. Shr has tried to condition John like she was but because he spent most of his time with the Indians, it didn't really work.
Summary:
Lenina and Bernard are in Malpias. Their smelly Indian guide takes then to the Pueblo where all the Savages are. The come across a large precipice that makes Lenina feel tiny. They observe the people, What they look like, how they act. It sounds a lot like the world during Ford's time. There is a woman breast feeding which makes Lenina turn away in embarrassment. While Lenina is disgusted with everything that she sees, Bernard is curious and eagerly observes the people. They see a very old many and Lenina is horrified. Bernard explains that here they don't condition their people to basically stop aging at 30 and die at 60. Thia man has seen diseases.
They are then taken to see a sacrificial ritual. A young man comes over to a square where men have thrown down snakes. While the young man begins to walk around, a man in a coyote mask starts to beat him with a whip. The young man makes it around about seven times and collapses. Everyone runs away and three women carry them away. Another young man walks up but this young man is white. Curious... The man, whose name is John, wishes he was had been the one to participate in the rain 'dance'. He was never allowed to participate in village things because he was different.
We learn that John is Linda's son. Linda is the woman that Thomas, the D.H.C., had left on the reservation. So John is the Director's son. Linda shows up and has gotten fat and saggy. She runs up to Lenina and hugs her, which disgusts Lenina. Linda says she is so glad to see people from the Other Place. Linda tells them that she has tried to condition John but it hasn't really worked because he has spent most of his time with the Indians. When John was little he started asking questions that a normal child would ask like; how does a helicopter work? Being a Beta and having only worked in the Fertilizing Room, she had no idea how to answer.
Vocab-
Precipice- noun. a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical or overhanging face
Ophthalmia- noun. inflammation of the eye
Goitre- noun. an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck
Lit. Terms-
Irony:
"What a wonderfully intimate relationship..."
Bernard is talking about the Indian woman breast feeding her child. He then asks Lenina if she can ever imagine being able to do that.
Allusion:
"Do you see that damned Spot?"
Act 5, Scene 1 of Macbeth
Important Info-
We find out that the Director's lady friend wasn't eaten by savages. She had fallen and hit her head and was taken to the Malpais. There she gave birth to her and the Director's son John. Shr has tried to condition John like she was but because he spent most of his time with the Indians, it didn't really work.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
BNW- blog 7
Chapter 6
Summary-
Part 1: Lenina decides that she likes Bernard but he is just so odd. She would much rather go to the Savage Reservation with Bernard than go back to the dreaded North Pole with Benito Hoover again. Lenina tries to do something with Bernard but he hates all of her suggestions and renders them all a waste of time. Lenina somehow persuades him to go to a Wrestling match. Lenina offers him soma all night but he refuses saying he would rather be himself and nasty rather than take some and be happy. On their way back home, Bernard stops the helicopter and hovers over a raging river. Lenina cries and pleads Bernard to fly away he finally does. They fly in silence for awhile, suddenly Bernard bursts out laughing. Lenina asks if he is feeling better and he replies by grabbing her boob. They fly back to Bernard where he takes four soma tablets and they proceed to have sex. When they confront each other the next day Bernard tells her that he didn't want to have sex with her yet. He would have liked to have waited. Lenina then tells Fanny everything that happens and all she says is 'I told you so'.
Part 2: Bernard goes to see the Director to get a permit to go the the Savage Reservation with Lenina. The Director tells Bernard that about 25 years ago he took a woman to the Reservation. The girl ends up going missing during a storm and the Director had to return without her. The director says he still has nightmares of waking up in the middle of a storm and her not being there. He then tells Bernard that is he doesn't start acting like a true Alpha then he is going to be exiled to a Sub-Centre in Iceland. Bernard leaves the office feeling like he can to anything. He is proud that of what the Director has said about him. He goes to tell Helmholtz. Helmholtz disapproves of the way Bernard is boasting and hates his self-pity attitude and shows no interest.
Part3: Lenina and Bernard are on a rocket on their way to the Savage Reservation. They overnight in an extravagant hotel in Santa Fe. The hotel has so many luxuries that Lenina wishes they could stay there. Bernard tells her that she could stay while he went on the the Reservation. Lenina is offended and insists that she wants to go. They need the signature of the Reservation Warden to be able to proceed onto the actually reservation. The Warden is telling Lenina random facts about the Reservation when Bernard realizes that he left Eau de Cologne scent tap on and if it remains on it will cost him a fortune. Eager to go call Helmholtz to get him to turn it off Bernard tries to hustle the little meeting along but the Warden keeps telling Lenina meaningless facts that she's not retaining anyway because she is high on soma. Bernard is finally able to call Helmholtz but he has some terrible news for Bernard. The Director has said, in public, that he is looking for a replacement for Bernard because he is being exiled to Iceland. After he hangs up Lenina convinces Bernard to take four soma tablets. They then, board a plane and fly over all of these places to a pueblo in the Reservation where they will take part int the Savage rituals and dances. Bernard has been asleep for the whole flight and awakes to find the pilot telling Lenina that the Savages won't hurt them during their vacation.
Vocab-
Cajolery- noun- persuasion by flattery or promises
Solecism- noun- a breach of good manners or etiquette
Intrinsically- adjective- belonging to a thing by its very nature
Brachycephalic- adjective- having a head nearly as broad from side to side as from front to back
Octoroon- noun- a person having one-eighth black ancestry
Lit. Terms-
Allusions:
Geroge Edze ~ George Engel- German anarchist and labor union activist
Jean-Jacues Habibullah ~ Names of several Afghanistan Kings and Arabic for "beloved of God"
"A gramme in time saves nine."~ 'A stitch in time saves nine' ~ A timely effort will prevent more work later.
Importance-
We learn more about how Bernard is an individual. Lenina really likes Bernard and is attracted to him, she just wishes he weren't so odd. Which is ironic because in our world he is a normal person with thoughts and feelings of his own. Lenina is a product of the society, she only sees outside appearance of things.
The Director has decided to send to Bernard to Iceland. What will happen to Bernard and Lenina? Will Bernard become a product of society or will he remain an individual?
Summary-
Part 1: Lenina decides that she likes Bernard but he is just so odd. She would much rather go to the Savage Reservation with Bernard than go back to the dreaded North Pole with Benito Hoover again. Lenina tries to do something with Bernard but he hates all of her suggestions and renders them all a waste of time. Lenina somehow persuades him to go to a Wrestling match. Lenina offers him soma all night but he refuses saying he would rather be himself and nasty rather than take some and be happy. On their way back home, Bernard stops the helicopter and hovers over a raging river. Lenina cries and pleads Bernard to fly away he finally does. They fly in silence for awhile, suddenly Bernard bursts out laughing. Lenina asks if he is feeling better and he replies by grabbing her boob. They fly back to Bernard where he takes four soma tablets and they proceed to have sex. When they confront each other the next day Bernard tells her that he didn't want to have sex with her yet. He would have liked to have waited. Lenina then tells Fanny everything that happens and all she says is 'I told you so'.
Part 2: Bernard goes to see the Director to get a permit to go the the Savage Reservation with Lenina. The Director tells Bernard that about 25 years ago he took a woman to the Reservation. The girl ends up going missing during a storm and the Director had to return without her. The director says he still has nightmares of waking up in the middle of a storm and her not being there. He then tells Bernard that is he doesn't start acting like a true Alpha then he is going to be exiled to a Sub-Centre in Iceland. Bernard leaves the office feeling like he can to anything. He is proud that of what the Director has said about him. He goes to tell Helmholtz. Helmholtz disapproves of the way Bernard is boasting and hates his self-pity attitude and shows no interest.
Part3: Lenina and Bernard are on a rocket on their way to the Savage Reservation. They overnight in an extravagant hotel in Santa Fe. The hotel has so many luxuries that Lenina wishes they could stay there. Bernard tells her that she could stay while he went on the the Reservation. Lenina is offended and insists that she wants to go. They need the signature of the Reservation Warden to be able to proceed onto the actually reservation. The Warden is telling Lenina random facts about the Reservation when Bernard realizes that he left Eau de Cologne scent tap on and if it remains on it will cost him a fortune. Eager to go call Helmholtz to get him to turn it off Bernard tries to hustle the little meeting along but the Warden keeps telling Lenina meaningless facts that she's not retaining anyway because she is high on soma. Bernard is finally able to call Helmholtz but he has some terrible news for Bernard. The Director has said, in public, that he is looking for a replacement for Bernard because he is being exiled to Iceland. After he hangs up Lenina convinces Bernard to take four soma tablets. They then, board a plane and fly over all of these places to a pueblo in the Reservation where they will take part int the Savage rituals and dances. Bernard has been asleep for the whole flight and awakes to find the pilot telling Lenina that the Savages won't hurt them during their vacation.
Vocab-
Cajolery- noun- persuasion by flattery or promises
Solecism- noun- a breach of good manners or etiquette
Intrinsically- adjective- belonging to a thing by its very nature
Brachycephalic- adjective- having a head nearly as broad from side to side as from front to back
Octoroon- noun- a person having one-eighth black ancestry
Lit. Terms-
Allusions:
Geroge Edze ~ George Engel- German anarchist and labor union activist
Jean-Jacues Habibullah ~ Names of several Afghanistan Kings and Arabic for "beloved of God"
"A gramme in time saves nine."~ 'A stitch in time saves nine' ~ A timely effort will prevent more work later.
Importance-
We learn more about how Bernard is an individual. Lenina really likes Bernard and is attracted to him, she just wishes he weren't so odd. Which is ironic because in our world he is a normal person with thoughts and feelings of his own. Lenina is a product of the society, she only sees outside appearance of things.
The Director has decided to send to Bernard to Iceland. What will happen to Bernard and Lenina? Will Bernard become a product of society or will he remain an individual?
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