Homework 5/7-8; 5/9-10

For 5/7 and 5/8

Homework for Chp 10-12

With John's arrival in the Brave New World, we see the shortcomings of this society even more clearly as he becomes the moral "yardstick" by which we measure both these people and the world they have created.
Give several examples of what John finds especially upsetting and explain why he reacts the way he does.

For 5/9 and 5/10

Homework for Chp 13-15

Choose nearly any scene from these chapters and relate it to a similar problem you see in our society today. Explain what you think Huxley would feel is wrong with how we act or what we do in today's society as reflected in this scene from the novel that you have chosen.

Along a similar line of thinking, there are a lot of allusions and symbols operating in this chapter. Can you pick out a few and explain them to us?