Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Plot (List 7 - 12 major events)

• Students are touring the Hatchery; the tour is led by the DHC.
• Outside is explored, and nature of civilization is explained.
• Henry Foster and Lenina Crowne have a "relationship," which is looked down upon; prolonged interaction between members of society is not encouraged.  Promiscuity is widespread, and normal.  "Everyone belongs to everyone."
• Lenina develops a liking for Bernard Marx.
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Characters (list 3 - 8 characters, with descriptive info on each)

• Director of Hatchery and Conditioning (D.H.C.) - Thomas
• Mr. Foster - Technician//Lab worker
• Students - touring Hatchery and Conditioning Center
• Classes of individuals include Alpha, Beta, Delta, Epsilon, Gamma
• Savages - non-civilized individuals living elsewhere...
• Lenina Crowne - Main female character
• Benito Hoover -
• Henry Foster - boy who is active with Lenina
• Bernard Marx - Main male character; an outcast in most regards
• Abby
• Fanny Crowne - Friend of Lenina

• Mustapha Mond - One of the ten world controllers
• Helmholtz Watson - fellow Alpha, friend of Bernard.  They seem to compete.
• Linda - Savage who used to live within civilization, had relationship with DHC
• John - child of Linda and Thomas;

Settings (list 3 - 5 settings, with descriptive info. on each)

• Takes place in the future; 600's A.F.
• Hatchery and Conditioning Center - London
• Rooftops -  Obstacle golf is played here; within London.
• Malpais - this is the village in which the Savages live, located in New Mexico.

Conflicts (identify 3 - 4 major conflicts and explain the importance of each)

• Bernard has deviant thoughts; the D.H.C. mentions shipping him to Iceland.
• Upon being in the village, culture shock is experienced.
• Lenina develops feelings for John.  Turbulence.  Haha.

Themes  (identify 3 - 4 major themes and explain the basis of each)

• The Future
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Symbolism (identify 3 - 4 symbols and provide an interpretation of each)

• Ford - Huxley seems to be mocking mankind's fixation on technology and materialism
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Commentary (express your opinions about the book here)

• Good so far; I like his stance on human nature, and his depictions.  I share a lot of the same thoughts about relativity and human nature, and how things could be drastically different as long as they were consistant throughout the individual's lifetime.
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