Transcript Brave New World - Clarkstown Central School District

Brave New World
Chapters 11 - 12
Poor DHC!
 He resigns in shame.
 We also experience the irony of Linda’s name and of her
desire to return to the World State.
 Meaning of “Linda?”
 How does Linda cope with reentry into the WS?
 Jump to pg. 155 – paragraph that begins “In the end…”
 What is Huxley doing with language here? Adverbial clauses.
 For what effect?
Bernard finally finds himself
treated as a man of importance…
pgs. 156 - 157
 What effect does this have on him?
 What is his “soma?”
 This reconciles him with the world which, until then, he had
found unsatisfactory.
 If we ever wondered if Bernard would lead the uprising, we
now know this will not happen.
 Jump to page 159 – 160.
 What does Huxley do to get us to buy the Savage’s revulsion
with the citizens of the World State?
Chapter 12
 Function of chapter…
 John has reached his breaking point
 This mirrors Bernard being forcing him to visit the Reservation for
humanity
 John makes a final rejection of the W.S. as he reclaims his native
language
John and Helmholtz are friends…
 This friendship increases Bernard’s resentment and jealousy
 It also brings out the worst of Bernard’s immaturity
 Unfortunately, it is ultimately another example of a failed
connection
 R&J contains themes that are too human for Helmholtz
 Meaningful relationships, marriage, and burial are too much for him to accept
and understand
 John’s last resort is exhausted.
 MADNESS AND VIOLENCE
 Helmholtz wants to find these things in the W.S.
 Result = John has no world in which he feels comfortable
Huxley’s claim
 One could view BNW as an argument, as all satire
can be viewed. Jump to page 177.
 What, in Huxley’s opinion, is happiness?