tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post3675099068089032840..comments2022-04-03T21:47:01.793-07:00Comments on Brave New World Reading Response: Chapters 6-10 Discussion QuestionsMs. Wardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07461978753665840130noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-1384083012222714902011-01-14T10:40:17.896-08:002011-01-14T10:40:17.896-08:00Zachary Baker, I found your answer to the language...Zachary Baker, I found your answer to the language simply amazing. I didn't realize until you said something but now that I do, I see that Huxley only mentions one specific entrance of literature at all. During "John's Shakespearen rant" haha that you mentioned.colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01329895110217972753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-43014162783352173242011-01-14T10:36:59.061-08:002011-01-14T10:36:59.061-08:00Hey Kelly, I kind of agree with your statement of ...Hey Kelly, I kind of agree with your statement of why the name "John Savage" is ironic. He was looked down on in society because of his relationships with his mother and with the other savages, plus him growing up on the "Savage Reservation" didn't really help his status out so much.colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01329895110217972753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-73060203309523680432011-01-14T10:29:11.928-08:002011-01-14T10:29:11.928-08:00If i had to pick one theme song for Brave New worl...If i had to pick one theme song for Brave New world i would pick... "Social Disease" by Bon Jovi. The song says, "I sometimes feel like I don't belong in society" and it fits PERFECTLY with Bernard. Who is the only one who doesnt do Soma and loves to be rebellious. He also goes to the reservation to in a way escape the Society of the Brave New world.colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01329895110217972753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-65217352459404841092011-01-14T10:17:28.541-08:002011-01-14T10:17:28.541-08:00Huxley uses his narrator(s) to show that many peop...Huxley uses his narrator(s) to show that many people have a part in the big picture. Huxley uses every main character as an output for a 'snippet' of the story. And his vision being impared is slightly ironic because he only gives us a piece of the story from every character. Until later on when the pieces all fall together just as Huxley's visioned returned.colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01329895110217972753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-6811947299584733132011-01-14T10:10:48.121-08:002011-01-14T10:10:48.121-08:00Huxley chose shakespeare as a medium for John'...Huxley chose shakespeare as a medium for John's intellectual awakening because not only is shakespeares work one of the most widely known collection in today's society, but he himself is nothing less than an icon in the literary world. Shakespeare also created his work where the common man would decipher and understand it in a certain way, and the highly educated would decipher and understand in an entirely different aspect. John Savage uses shakespeare to break down the boundary between our present day world and the "Brave New World".colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01329895110217972753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-37888163036363967632011-01-14T10:04:59.580-08:002011-01-14T10:04:59.580-08:00The greatest obscenities in the book are "bir...The greatest obscenities in the book are "birth" and "mother" because without the artificial birth that the process gives there would be individuality throughout the system and possibly corruption. The bokanovsky process obliterated the entire mother-child connection, as clones were being made as a possible 96 members at a single time. Although sex is strongly encouraged, birth was supposed to be a non-reality. and exempting John Savage along with the entire savage reservation it would be in the society.colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01329895110217972753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-55393695165771765362011-01-14T09:57:17.546-08:002011-01-14T09:57:17.546-08:00The Irony "John Savage" holds can be exp...The Irony "John Savage" holds can be explained in two parts. The first name "John" is used in today's society when naming un-identifiable bodies ergo- "JOHN DOE". John savage is the embodiement of the all man. The second part of his name "Savage" holds irony in that he came from the 'civilized' world outside of the reservation but is considered a savage. The name savage comes from only the "Savage Reservation" that he lives in with his mother Linda now.colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01329895110217972753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-44343242296310991232011-01-14T09:47:47.675-08:002011-01-14T09:47:47.675-08:00If i was most like a single character, i would con...If i was most like a single character, i would consider myself as Bernard. Because of his individuality and spunk. As i do, he refuses drugs (Soma). And he would like to act civilized around people he cares for. He is rebellious and extremely outgoing. But when found in a difficult situation he gives in to pressure and usually gets himself into trouble... XDcolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01329895110217972753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-86197554211829077122011-01-13T19:58:31.751-08:002011-01-13T19:58:31.751-08:00Danny: I agree that mother and birth are the two l...Danny: I agree that mother and birth are the two largest obscenities in this novel because of the evolved society, but why does the emotional bond to a mother have to be their biological mother. A mother can be a guardian who has watched over this child their whole life and gained a strong comfort bond between the two of them. The child does not have to be created on a “lower” level to have an emotional bond with a mother, if the mother is not biological.Coreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037731081670687149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-50683967716829130582011-01-13T19:46:13.287-08:002011-01-13T19:46:13.287-08:00Xhesika: I agree that Shakespeare was chosen as th...Xhesika: I agree that Shakespeare was chosen as the medium for john’s intellectual awakening because of his choice of words that reveal secret emotions. I also agree that hypnopaedia is a form of power of language in this novel. However, I do not see how the chosen way of teaching these children changes reality into feeling real or not.Coreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037731081670687149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-19378430278537404372011-01-13T18:53:47.690-08:002011-01-13T18:53:47.690-08:005) The fact that Huxley was impaired for part of h...5) The fact that Huxley was impaired for part of his life does affect his narration of the novel Brave New World. While not being able to see, Huxley had to use his sense of creativity, or imagination to be able to picture things in his head. Having this in mind, his narration causes the reader to have to use his or her imagination while reading this novel because the settings are so “out there.” Not being able to see caused Huxley to be able to strengthen his other senses tremendously. Having these strong senses makes him capable of putting more imagery into his pieces. He shows this in his writings by making things difficult to interpret, causing the reader to really think and create ideas in their head.Coreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037731081670687149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-12603595338177033012011-01-13T18:38:01.345-08:002011-01-13T18:38:01.345-08:004) Shakespeare is chosen as the medium of john’s i...4) Shakespeare is chosen as the medium of john’s intellectual awakening because Shakespeare’s style of writing reveals emotions in words that are never discovered until reading a Shakespearian novel. This reflects on John living in a world where emotions in the novels he reads can be compared to certain issues in his society. Hypnopaedia is a method used to teach children in the novel. However, the teaching occurs while the children are sleeping. This is an example of how the power of language has effects throughout the novel. Hypnopaedia tells the mind how and what to think by repeatedly sending messages, through words, to the brain of the child. The process itself corrupts the meaning of conversation.Coreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037731081670687149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-46066841971756953172011-01-13T18:33:19.802-08:002011-01-13T18:33:19.802-08:00Well first of all zach sounds very convincing. Eve...Well first of all zach sounds very convincing. Even though i responded differently to question number 2 I agree with his position on the irony of Johns name. I can see how it is actually not at all ironic in a sense. However I think that my response is also correct, there could be more than one right answer.chasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-44294514963798933422011-01-13T18:21:18.059-08:002011-01-13T18:21:18.059-08:002. The reason John's name is ironic is because...2. The reason John's name is ironic is because he is the furthest thing from being savage. People in the book were accustomed to a happy, pleasurable lifestyle in which everyone, in each class, is pretty much the same. When they saw something or something out of the ordinary they automatically recoiled from it and looked down upon it. Such was the case with John. The main reason he was known as "savage" was because he was born on the reservation and has lived there his entire life. He is actually the complete opposite though. He may not have been considered civilized by the people in Brave New World, but in my opinion he was the most normal character in the book.chasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-69024873101976209592011-01-12T22:22:53.088-08:002011-01-12T22:22:53.088-08:006) If I had to choose a theme song for Brave New W...6) If I had to choose a theme song for Brave New World, I'd choose Mad World by Gary Jules because of it's depressing-like mood and lyrics. In the song, it talks about how all around there are familiar faces and worn out places, with nothing being accomplished or going anywhere. I think the title of the song itself tells a lot about Brave New World with the civilized and savage societies and how they are run. This song's depressing mood really fits how life in the civilized society is so unnatural and blank, truely describing it as a mad world.<br /><br /> -Miles ArdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-74882521622444092192011-01-12T19:48:54.124-08:002011-01-12T19:48:54.124-08:003. The two greatest obscenities in Brave New World...3. The two greatest obscenities in Brave New World are "birth" and "mother". This is because in the book children are no longer born, it is a thing of the past. Now children are "decanted" or removed from the bottles in which they grow. The children are kept from knowing anything about the past, so a word like birth which has no meaning in society anymore is considered obscene. Furthermore since children are no longer born from a woman there are no mothers. They don't believe that women get pregnant and have children because sex is no longer seen as reproduction, they see it purely as a form of pleasure and happiness. So "mother" is considered obsene because their is no such thing as a mother anymore.chasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-56411130965117393232011-01-12T19:34:59.752-08:002011-01-12T19:34:59.752-08:001. If I had to pick one character to be in Brave N...1. If I had to pick one character to be in Brave New World I would choose Bernard Marx. Even though he becomes famous later in the book he is a little different at first. I'm not exactly the biggest guy around. Like bernard I'm pretty skinny, I guess you could say small. Bernard also seems to be fairly shy towards girls at the beginning of the book when Lenina is talking about him. Unfortunately I too am somewhat shy around girls when I first meet them. Until this year not many people knew me, but then I got really into pep rallys and got the morph suits. Now more people know me for things i have done, just like bernard.chasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-69486317268556451832011-01-12T19:15:59.319-08:002011-01-12T19:15:59.319-08:006. If i had to pick a theme song for Brave New Wor...6. If i had to pick a theme song for Brave New World, it would be The Pretender by The Foo Fighters. I would choose this song because it talks about not conforming to society. This song relates to the book because basically the story revolves around the idea that everyone in society is the same and everyone conforms to what the government wants. However the song is the exact opposite. In the music video the song is being sung to an army of police in riot control gear. The lead singer is talking about not being a "slave", and "not like the others".chasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-43008972833625222472011-01-12T15:10:15.755-08:002011-01-12T15:10:15.755-08:00Xhesika: I disagree with Xhesika’s answer to ques...Xhesika: I disagree with Xhesika’s answer to question 1. Mustapha Mond is deceitful in that he proclaims that society has no need for knowledge and literature, yet he has an abundance of information on both topics and chooses to mask his awareness. Mustapha also has free will but at the expense of others.Franklin Burroughsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-69460540749495171042011-01-12T12:11:14.159-08:002011-01-12T12:11:14.159-08:00rusty #6
i do agree with your song choice. The boo...rusty #6<br />i do agree with your song choice. The book is all about sex and physical relations. In this song, there are no emtional attactments and that is how it is suppost to be in their society or "utopia".brianna keanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-88166682784280311232011-01-12T12:09:59.609-08:002011-01-12T12:09:59.609-08:005) Many authors narrate novels in their own person...5) Many authors narrate novels in their own personal tones and reasons. Huxley's narration of his novel, Brave New World, really speaks out about who he is because of the strange settings and scenes, creating a big impact on the book itself. I think Huxley's vision impairment he suffered for a part of his life really speaks out about how the book is narrated because it really makes you have to think in order to illustrate the settings and scenes in the novel from the distorted way he described them in the novel. It really brings out the reader's imagination and how Huxley's narration lets the reader have their own image or opinion on the book's settings. Basically, Huxley's purpose in Brave New World was to let the reader think for themself, not what the book directly describes. <br /><br /> -Miles ArdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-63837698659926169832011-01-12T12:09:24.945-08:002011-01-12T12:09:24.945-08:00Vicki #5
I do agree with what you said about the s...Vicki #5<br />I do agree with what you said about the senses. When you lose a sense, it causes you to have to uses the other 4 to work harder. By using them, it does make the reader think harder and see deeper into the meaning. The author wants the readers to see what he saw.brianna keanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-80469100877238345142011-01-12T12:08:05.725-08:002011-01-12T12:08:05.725-08:005. Huxley jumps from a first person point of view ...5. Huxley jumps from a first person point of view to a third person point of view. He uses his ability to jump from character to character to paint a very wide and vivid view of the story. I believe Huxleys impaired vision affected the story by not allowing all of the characters to know all of the information that they may have needed to know. So he kind of incorporated his own life into the book. Because in his life he will never really understand the whole picture. <br />6. If I had to pick a theme song for Brave New World it would be Cold by Crossfade. I believe that this would be a good song because it talks about how this guy was so cold to his girlfriend. I think this can relate to the soma because he says that she was like his drug that got him high. The people in the novel use the soma like he used her, whenever they wanted and just to make them happy for a short time. <br />>DannyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-85451296041317312842011-01-12T12:06:03.186-08:002011-01-12T12:06:03.186-08:00Jessie #3
i do agree with what your saying. it wo...Jessie #3 <br />i do agree with what your saying. it would mess up their entire lives and the "system" and that would be terribly wrong. Mothers we're not suppose to exist or that family connection in their "utopia".Brianna keanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661370177125056761.post-89128469189862932792011-01-12T12:05:33.647-08:002011-01-12T12:05:33.647-08:00I agreee with danny about the way he talks about s...I agreee with danny about the way he talks about shakespere. How his obscene language turns into beautiful language. It really captures John by suprise. He even says in the book"the strange words rolled around in his mind; rumbled, like when drums at the summer dances, if the drums could have spoken; like men singing the corn song." He is basically saying the words are like that of a beauitful song.<br />Alex CraneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com