Good MorningOctober 3, 2012
Chapter 1 of Brave New World
Group Reports
Brave New World
What is a dystopia?
Brave New World
What is a dystopia? A society characterized by
human misery, such as squalor, oppression, disease, or overcrowding
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Where are the characters in the book?
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Where are the characters in the book? London, England A factory-type building
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When is the book taking place?
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When is the book taking place? Some time in the future
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What happened in this chapter?
What are the main points?
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What happened in this chapter?
What are the main points? Babies are grown/hatched, not
born There are no families Children are hypnotized while
they sleep to believe certain things
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What is this chapter’s purpose?
Why did Huxley write it?
What message is he trying to communicate to the reader?
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Key Terms: Bokanovsky Process – shocking
eggs to divide and make 96 identical embryos.
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon World State – The government that
controls the world
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Who do you think is important to remember from this chapter?
BNW Group Project/Report Renas, Siyu, Alex
Sunny, Nawaf, Isaac
Nan, Juyi, Mohammed
Zahraa, Amelia, Binbin
Meshaal, Cheng, Hong
Chris, Othman, Jeff
Yang, Leo, Saad
100 Points
Vocabulary (36 pts.)
Topic of the Chapter (4 pts.)
Main Ideas (20 pts.)
Inferences (8 pts.)
Purpose (8 pts.)
Tone (4 pts.)
Critical Reading Questions (20 pts.)
s10/8 p 19-56 ME!
s10/15 p 57-86 Alex, Renas, Siyu
s10/22 p 87-122 Leo, Saad, Yang
s10/29 p 123-145 Cheng, Meshaal, Hong
s11/5 p 146-171 Mohammed, Nan, Zhiyi
s11/12 p 172-207 Nawaf, Sunny, Isaac
s11/19 p 208-240 Amelia, Binbin, Zahraa
s11/26 p 241-259 Jeff, Othman, Chris
