MR.HOOD`S NOTES: BRAVE NEW WORLD REVIEW (CHAPTERS 1-5)

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ENGLISH L ITERATUREPETERSON SCHOOLMR . HOOD

BRAVE NEW WORLDBY ALDOUS HUXLEYREVIEW: CHAPTERS 1 - 5

ALDOUS HUXLEY 1931

V IS IONARY

C O N C E R N E D BY T H E W O R L D H E

L I V E D I N

SO HE WROTE B R AV E N E W

W O R L D

C R I T I C A L A N A LY S I S O F C O N T E M P O R A R Y

S O C I E T Y

WE MUST GO BEYOND THE LITERAL MEANING

AND EXPLORE

H U X L E Y ` S M E TA P H O R S

SYMBOLISM

Y O U R J O B T O R E C O G N I S E + U N D E R S T A N D T H E M

BNW SET IN THE FUTURE 632 AFTER FORD

HENRY T. FORD: MASS PRODUCTION AND THE ASSEMBLY LINE

STORY BEGINS AT HATCHERY + CONDITIONING CENTER

HUMAN CLONING MASS PRODUCTION OF PEOPLE

SCIENCE & MODERNISMENDLESS POSSIBILITIES

EXCITING AND SCARY IN EQUAL MEASURES

THE CONNECTION: CARS AND PEOPLE

OUR FORD!

P R E D E S T I N AT I O N R O O M

EVERYTHING ALREADY DECIDED

S O C I A L S Y S T E M S A L P H A S , B E T A S , D E LT A S , G A M M A S A N D E P S I L O N S

INEQUALITY RICH & POORBALANCE OF WORLD POWER?

H U M A N C O N D I T I O N I N G

D R . I VA N PAV LO V

H U M A N S A R E P R O G R A M M E D LO SS

O F F R E E D O M

I N D U S T R I A L I Z AT I ON &

CONSUMERISM

C I T I Z E N S E X I S T T O SERVE ECONOMY

D R U G S & A L C O H O L

E N S L AV E D BY S O M A

T H E P E O P L E B E C O M E M I N D L E SS D R O N E S

SOLIDARITY SERVICE GROUP

SPIRITUALITY

Indoctrination of the people

PROPAGANDA: DOCTRINES OR PRINCIPLES PROPAGATED BY ORGANIZATION OR MOVEMENT

H U X L E Y TA L K S O F A C O N T R O L L E D S TAT E

CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT

BRAVE NEW WORLD V SOCIETYA R E W E

B R A I N W A S H E D ?

BERNARD MARX + HELMHOLTZ WATSON

WIRED DIFFERENTLY

CHALLENGE RULES OF SOCIETYHUXLEY`S PROTAGONISTS?

RAISES THE ISSUE: INDIVIDUAL VERSUS SOCIETY

TRUTH VERSUS HAPPINESS?

DANGERS OF AN ALL POWERFUL STATE?

BRAVE NEW WORLD: DYSTOPIA & TOTALITARIANISM

HISTORY IS BUNKLIVE IN THE PRESENT, NOT THE PAST

SET IN WORLD STATE ONLY A FEW LEADERS

WHAT HAPPENED JUST A FEW YEARS LATER?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

COMING SOON: JOHN THE SAVAGE

T H E C O M P L E T E W O R K S OF

SHAKESPEARE