Characters
The Director’s assistant who explains the conditioning process to the students.
HENRY FOSTER
The unpleasant stimulus given to babies to make them dislike books and flowers.
ELECTRIC SHOCKS AND ALARMS
Explain the different social groups
ALPHAS
BETAS
GAMAS
DELTAS
EPSILONS
The car manufacturer whose name is used as a reference point in the World State.
What do people in the New World use to feel happy?
Soma and casual relationships.
A Beta who dislikes casual relationships and prefers one man at a time.
LENINA CROWNE
The place where new humans are produced instead of having mothers and fathers.
HATCHING AND CONDITIONING CENTRE
Why was Linda left behind on the Reservation?
Because she was pregnant.
What is the letter that the New World incorporated from Ford?
T
(for the first car, Ford T)
What is one important bond that still exists in the Savage Reservation but not in the New World?
Families (mothers, fathers, children).
An Alpha who is smaller and less confident than others, making him feel like an outsider.
BERNARD MARX
The unusual place Bernard invites Lenina to, where people still live with families and religion.
SAVAGE RESERVATION
Explain sleep teaching
The psychological technique the society uses to control people instead of violence.
Why is the character Bernard’s surname “Marx”?
It’s a reference to Karl Marx, the political thinker whose ideas about class influenced society.
How do people in the New World view religion compared to the people on the Reservation?
The New World rejects traditional religion, while the Reservation keeps rituals and beliefs.
The Director’s son, born naturally on the Reservation.
JOHN
The substance given to citizens to keep them happy and avoid negative emotions.
What is individual freedom?
The human value that characters like Bernard desire, in conflict with social stability.
Why is John so fascinated by Shakespeare’s plays?
Because they express deep human emotions and individuality, which the New World suppresses.
What is one major difference in how people are born in the New World versus the Reservation?
In the New World, humans are created in labs; on the Reservation, they are born naturally.
He is Bernard’s boss, who secretly has a son.
THE DHC
A method of producing many identical embryos from a single egg, creating uniform groups of humans
What does the society sacrifice in order to maintain stability and happiness?
Truth, individuality, and deep human emotions.
Lenina Crowne’s name refers to which historical figure?
Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary.
How does John’s attitude towards love and relationships differ from the New World’s approach?
John believes in deep, exclusive love, while the New World encourages casual, multiple partners.