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STUDY GUIDE

Students will be able to

1)  Outline the plot

2)  Discuss Brave New World as a 3-part structure

3)  Discuss the importance of the following characters (including the meaning/allusions of their names): Bernard Marx, John the Savage, Linda, Lenina, D.H.C. (Tomakin), Mustapha Mond, Helmholtz Watson, Henry Foster, Fanny Crowne, Pope.

4)  Give and explain at least three scenes that fit the following themes:  The Meaning of Freedom, Individual vs. Society, The Meaning of Power

5)  Discuss five ways people are controlled in this society

6)  Discuss the title and how its meaning changes throughout the course of the novel

7)  Discuss whether or not the novel contains any elements of hope

8)  Discuss why Shakespeare is referenced so often

9)  List and discuss at least three literary and three historical allusions and how they relate to the meaning of the novel as a whole

10)          Explain how and why everyone is similar

11)          List Two Symbols other than FORD and discuss how they relate to the meaning of the novel as a whole.

12)          List and explain three ironies

13)          Discuss death in this novel and the deaths of the following: Linda, John, and the average person in this society.

14)          Explain the “Bokanovsky Process”

15)          Analysis with proof from the text whether Mustapha Mond is really powerful or is controlled by society as much as everyone else.

Today

) A reading log revealing your engagement with the literature.  This part should be very thorough and should contain all the things listed below.

2) A creative connection

3) A book summary/personal response paper

4) An analysis focusing primarily on the development of one striking element in the novel: symbolism, characterization, figurative language, theme, plot and how that element contributes to the development of the novel’s overall meaning.

5) A connection—a one page paper connecting the book to a short story or novel read last year by either symbolism or theme. 

6) A presentation (this could be creative—and has to be 3 minutes with visual aids): this is an overview of your project and your understanding of the novel.

POINT VALUES: The analysis is worth 100 points each.  The log, creative connection, personal response, presentation, and connections are worth 50 points each.  Therefore, the total point value is 350 points.  This is nearly your entire project grade for the semester.

Caste

For a discussion of the caste system go HERE

Help with Analysis essay?

Possible things to write about:

-Meaning of the title (as a symbol)
- How people and why people are controlled
- World Stat's motto: Community, Identity, Stability (and how it works in the novel)
- The purposes of the numerous sayings such as "Ending is Better than Mending" (think consumerism)
- Setting as symbol
- The book is a cautionary tale against?
- Soma
- Shakespeare (how he is used/reference and what those references mean)?
- Caste system
- Meaning of John and Lenina's relationship
- FORD

Quotes about FORD

• "in this year of stability, A.F. 632" (Ch. 1)
• "the time of Our Ford"(Ch. 3)
• "You all remember that beautiful saying of Our Ford's: History is bunk." (Ch. 3)
• "Ford's in his flivver. All's well with the world." (Ch.3)
• "Don't keep his Fordship waiting." (Ch. 3)
• "The introduction of Our Ford's first T-model ... [was] chosen as the opening date of the new era." (Ch. 3)

ponder the quotes, and then ask them what on earth all this Ford business is about. You can use the questions below to help guide your discussion if you like.

1. What do all of these quotes have in common?
2. Who is Ford? When did he live? What did he do?
3. What's a flivver, and what do you think that expression means?
4. What seems to be Ford's significance in this society?
5. What do you make of phrases like "Our Ford" and "his Fordship"? 

Here are a couple of questions you can ask if you need to encourage your students to probe a little further. 

1. If Ford has more or less replaced God in this society, as suggested by the phrases "Our Ford" and "Ford be praised," what qualities, virtues, or morals must this society value most? 
2. Did anyone find out if Ford really claimed that "History is bunk"? What's the story behind that quote? Why do you think Huxley referenced it?
3. Why couldn't Huxley have chosen someone like Edison, who was credited with numerous technological advances, to be the deity figure of Brave New World?

Analysis

If you're having problems with your analysis essay - read a sample essay HERE

Objectives for FINAL

Objectives (smaller chunks of overall goal) and suggested time periods

 

Students will be able to

1)  Outline the plot

2)  Discuss Brave New World as a 3-part structure

3)  Discuss the importance of the following characters (including the meaning/allusions of their names): Bernard Marx, John the Savage, Linda, Lenina, D.H.C. (Tomakin), Mustapha Mond, Helmholtz Watson, Henry Foster, Fanny Crowne, Pope.

4)  Give and explain at least three scenes that fit the following themes:  The Meaning of Freedom, Individual vs. Society, The Meaning of Power

5)  Discuss five ways people are controlled in this society

6)  Discuss the title and how its meaning changes throughout the course of the novel

7)  Discuss whether or not the novel contains any elements of hope

8)  Discuss why Shakespeare is referenced so often

9)  List and discuss at least three literary and three historical allusions and how they relate to the meaning of the novel as a whole

10)          Explain how and why everyone is similar

11)          List Two Symbols other than FORD and discuss how they relate to the meaning of the novel as a whole.

12)          List and explain three ironies

13)          Discuss death in this novel and the deaths of the following: Linda, John, and the average person in this society.

14)          Explain the “Bokanovsky Process”

15)          Analysis with proof from the text whether Mustapha Mond is really powerful or is controlled by society as much as everyone else.