Brave New World

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Brave New World

• Study Questions
• Chapters 7-10

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Chapter 7

• 1. List three conditions Lenina dislikes at the
  Reservation. How are these conditions contrary
  to what she has been taught and conditioned?

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Chapter 7

• 1. List three conditions Lenina dislikes at
  the Reservation. How are these conditions
  contrary to what she has been taught and
  conditioned?
• She dislikes dirtiness, no soma, and old,
  ugly people. She has been conditioned to sanitary
  conditions, a constant supply of soma, and
  beautiful people who never age.

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Chapter 7

• 2. What is the purpose of the whipping ceremony
  that Bernard and Lenina witness?

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Chapter 7

• 2. What is the purpose of the whipping ceremony
  that Bernard and Lenina witness?
• It is a fertility riteto make the corn grow.

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Chapter 7

• 3. John (The Savage) reveals he was born on the
  Reservation. Who is his father and where is he
  now?

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Chapter 7

• 3. John (The Savage) reveals he was born on the
  Reservation. Who is his father and where is he
  now?
• The reader can conclude that Johns father
  (Tomakin) and the D.H.C. are the same person.

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Chapter 7

• 4. Linda describes ways in which she cannot
  reconcile her way of life in the Other Place with
  that of the Reservation. List ways that seem to
  trouble her most.

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Chapter 7

• 4. Linda describes ways in which she cannot
  reconcile her way of life in the Other Place with
  that of the Reservation. List ways that seem to
  trouble her most.
• She cannot accept the filth, the ragged clothing,
  disease, gods, being a mother, and old age.

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Chapter 8

• 1. Why does Linda suffer dislike and rejection on
  the Reservation? Why do the women especially
  dislike her?

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Chapter 8

• 1. Why does Linda suffer dislike and rejection on
  the Reservation? Why do the women especially
  dislike her?
• Linda is disliked because she is different and
  hates the Reservation. The women dislike her
  because she does not understand monogamy.

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Chapter 8

• 2. What is mescal and how does it help Linda?

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Chapter 8

• 2. What is mescal and how does it help Linda?
• It is a hallucinogenic drug made from the spines
  of certain cacti. She uses it to escape her
  unwanted way of life.

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Chapter 8

• 3. From what sources has John obtained his
  education?

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Chapter 8

• 3. From what sources has John obtained his
  education?
• It is from a book of Shakespeares works and from
  the old men of the pueblo.

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Chapter 8

• 4. When John was sixteen, he went with the Indian
  boys to a puberty ceremony. Describe what
  happened and how it affected John.

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Chapter 8

• 4. When John was sixteen, he went with the Indian
  boys to a puberty ceremony. Describe what
  happened and how it affected John.
• John was excluded from the ceremony because he is
  the son of the she-dog. In his loneliness, he
  contemplates suicide.

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Chapter 9

• 1. Explain why Bernard wishes to take John and
  Linda to London.

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• Pick up here

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Chapter 9

• 1. Explain why Bernard wishes to take John and
  Linda to London.
• It is to embarrass the D.H.C. and thus avoid his
  own exile.

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Chapter 10

• 1. Name three faults that D.H.C. finds with
  Bernards behavior. How does Bernard react to
  the D.H.C.s accusations?

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Chapter 10

• 1. Name three faults that D.H.C. finds with
  Bernards behavior. How does Bernard react to
  the D.H.C.s accusations?
• They are unorthodox behavior, heretical
  views on sport and soma, refusal to obey the
  teachings of Ford and infant behavior after
  office hours. Bernard tries to appear jaunty and
  self-confident although nervous.

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Chapter 10

• 2. What obscenity does Linda fling at the
  D.H.C. (Tomakin)?

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Chapter 10

• 2. What obscenity does Linda fling at the
  D.H.C. (Tomakin)?
• You made me have a baby.

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Chapter 10

• 3. How do the workers react to Johns calling the
  D.H.C. My father? Why?

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Chapter 10

• 3. How do the workers react to Johns calling the
  D.H.C. My father? Why?
• The workers laugh hysterically and upset test
  tubes. The word father is a smutty word.

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Chapters 7-10

• 1. How does Lenina react to the Savage
  Reservation?

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Chapters 7-10

• 1. How does Lenina react to the Savage
  Reservation?
• She is horrified by it.

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Chapters 7-10

• 2. What did Lenina like about the Reservation?

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Chapters 7-10

• 2. What did Lenina like about the Reservation?
• The drums

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Chapters 7-10

• 3. What did Bernard like about Reservation?

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Chapters 7-10

• 3. What did Bernard like about Reservation?
• Bernard found the parent-child intimacy very
  lovely.

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Chapters 7-10

• 4. What do Bernard and John have in common?

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Chapters 7-10

• 4. What do Bernard and John have in common?
• Both are lonely, outcasts of their societies.

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Chapters 7-10

• 5. Does Lenina have any compassion for Linda?

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Chapters 7-10

• 5. Does Lenina have any compassion for Linda?
• NO

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Chapters 7-10

• 6. How does Bernard avoid being sent to Iceland?

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Chapters 7-10

• 6. How does Bernard avoid being sent to Iceland?
• When Bernard returns to London with John and
  Linda, John reveals that the D.H.C. is his
  father. The D.H.C. is completely humiliated and
  leaves the Centre.