Characters
This character has a humiliating past that is revealed by Bernard.
Director or Tomakin
A drug taken by almost all members of society in order to avoid any unpleasantness.
Soma
“But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.”
John the Savage
What are Delta children conditioned to hate?
books and flowers
This character recounts her experiences with mescal, a drink that has similar effects to soma.
Linda
The term for God in the novel.
Ford
“I want to know what passion is,” she heard him saying. “I want to feel something strongly.”This phrase reminds citizens that it is better to chemically avoid any feelings of anger or dissention.
Bernard Marx
In which American state is the Savage Reservation located?
New Mexico
This character works at the College of Emotional Engineering.
Helmholtz Watson
A technique by which certain social standards are taught while a child sleeps.
Hypnopaedia
Every one works for every one else. We can’t do without any one. Even Epsilons are useful. We couldn’t do without Epsilons. Every one works for every one else. We can’t do without any one. . . .This popular saying encourages promiscuity and discourages exclusive romantic relationships.
Lenina Crowne
John repeatedly refers to Lenina with this Shakespearean term for a loose woman.
Strumpet
What is the term for "birth" in Brave New World?
"decanting"
John stabs this character when he is young.
Pope
What do humans serve as when they die?
Phosphorus
“I believe one would write better if the climate were bad. If there were a lot of wind and storms, for example…”
Helmholtz Watson
What does John do in chapter 12 to embarrass and irritate Bernard?
Locks himself in his room
What is the purpose of the ritual being performed when Lenina and Bernard visit the reservation?
To bring rain.
John whips this character when she visits him at the lighthouse.
Lenina
This is the process by which a normal human egg is made to produce many identical eggs.
Bokanovsky's Process
"Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced."?
Mustapha Mond
During John's teenage years, he impersonates what historical figure?
Jesus
This recurring symbol in "Brave New World" represents both the seductive allure and the numbing effects of pleasure and escapism in the dystopian society.
Soma