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BNW Concepts
BNW Plot
BNW Misc.
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laborious
creditable, praiseworthy
100
judicious
irrational, rash, careless, ignorant
100
Who are the Malthusian Belts for?
Free Martins (not sterilized) use these for birth control.
100
What is done at the Solidarity Service?
The people worship Ford and engage in the orgy-porgy activity
100
What is the World State motto?
Community, Identity, Stability
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leverage
edge, ascendancy, asset
200
legible
ambiguous, incomprehensible, obscure
200
What is hypnopaedia?
It is essentially brainwashing, and it makes the people think and act in whatever manner the sleep teaching teaches them.
200
What is the book that Pope gave to John, and how is it important?
The Complete Works of Shakespeare It allowed John to express his feelings as he used quotes from plays.
200
What is John's tone when he says, "O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in it!" after Linda has died?
He is saying this sarcastically to the Deltas who are receiving their soma distributions.
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legible
coherent, distinct, intelligible, lucid
300
elevate
depress, denounce, deprecate, abjure, fall
300
What is heat-conditioning?
It trains embryos to hate the cold, which help them adapt to working in the Tropics.
300
John quotes Hamlet when he says, "When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage, Or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed..." Explain the allusion and how it relates to when John says this.
Hamlet was thinking about killing Claudius, who is asleep. John thinks about killing Pope, who is also asleep.
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Compare mescal and soma
soma- no side effects mescal- has side effects (hangover) Both relieve pain, are addicting, and serve as a distraction from real world problems.
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abjure
forswear, recant, renege, abstain
400
obliterate
create, build, fuse, preserve
400
How are the lower caste members created?
Bokanovsky Process weakens the embryos and lowers their intelligence and physical ability.
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Why does the Director resign?
He is mortified because John and Linda came up to him and called him John's father
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Musafa Mond said at the beginning of BNW that "history is bunk." Why is this ironic?
Their whole society is based on the history of Ford and the assembly line.
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jettison
abandon, unload, abdicate, dump
500
justify
refute, repudiate, contradict, disprove, condemn
500
Explain how soma is an important symbol in the book.
It symbolizes the increasing apathy of the people, and it serves as a distraction from real world problems.
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Why did reporters flock to John's lighthouse?
John was found whipping himself by a worker, so a reporter came to his lighthouse. John kicks him, attracting more reporters.
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What is the author's intent?
dystopian satire- both a social and political message to society Recognizing social and political issues: conformity, government, societal taboos, human nature, and societal views