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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Brave New World Pre-Reading Questions

Post the 8 questions you generated from the PowerPoint. Include your caste name at the top of the comment.

Due by Friday, April 17.

6 comments:

  1. Alpha (AK, MS, MH, ST, KO)
    1. Who suffered from an illness in his eyes?
    2. What are the five castes in the book?
    3. When did the book take place?
    4. Where did the book take place?
    5. How is there "peace" in the book?
    6. Why does the system work?
    7. Why is there no misery?
    8. How are the babies made?

    Anwers
    1. Aldous Huxley
    2. Alphas, Beta, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilans
    3. 2580 A.F.
    4. London
    5. All people think similarly; distracted from serious thoughts; Soma
    6. People are bred, then brainwashed.
    7. People live in wealth.
    8. They are mass produced.

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  2. When did Huxley write his first novel?
    How was his knowledge of science given to him?
    Why couldn't Huxley become a docter?
    Where did Huxley die?
    What did Huxley get into once he moved to California?
    Who's ideas did his grandfather teach?
    How did he become influenced by the counterculture of the 60s?
    Why did he leave England?

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  3. What was Huxley's wife's name?
    Who was his mother intellectually?
    Where did he go to college?
    When did he publish his first book?
    How was he inspired to write about the caste system?
    How did he feel about coming from a prestigious family?
    Why could he not engage in scientific work?
    Why is the novel called Brave New World?

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  4. Delta (Alyssa Moore, Daniel Shields, Robin Mundy, CJ Norden)

    My apologies. I forgot to include the caste name at the top of my comment.

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  5. Gamma

    1. Who are the main characters in this book?
    2. What is the underlined message in this book?
    3. When does this book take place?
    4. Where does the story take place?
    5. Why do they not want the people to have emotions?
    6. Why did the director create a anti-utopia?
    7. How are the different droups potrayed?
    8. How does the story end?

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  6. Alpha
    Who is the author of Brave New World?
    What is the Brave New World Centered around?
    When does Brave New World take place?
    Where does Brave New World take place?
    Why is the world controlled in such a way?
    How does the governement get so much control?
    Why would people agree to such terms?
    How does this book apply more today then when it was written?

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