Sunday, February 24, 2019

Reading Log Brave New World

Who? Where + When? What? Chapter I conductor, students, atomic number 1 Foster, Lenina Central London Hatchery and instruct messageYear A. F. 632 World States motto Community, Identity Stability The manager of Hatcheries and teach (D. H. C. shows some new arrived students the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre> introduces them to the principles of the mass production of humans- There are groups of alpha, beta, da Gamma, delta and epsilon Work with the Bokanovskys Process> one of the major instru ments of social stability Mr Foster, an avid employee, tells the students more more or less the Centre- The embryos are prepared for their later life sentence and work Chapter II theater director, students, infants, nurses Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre (Infant-Nurseries Neo-Pavlovian Conditioning Rooms) The tour continues in the Infant Nurseries-Neo-Pavlovian Conditioning Rooms Example of con low-caste babies are offered books and flowe rs which they want to reach suddenly there are showy frightening sirens and the babies get a slight electric shock > they should learn to associate books and flowers with negative experiences> lower caste humans are non supposed to read because it is a waste of time and flowers are useless- The Director explains hypnopaedia (sleep-teaching) > children listen to tapes that permanently repeat slogans about behaviour and attitudes during their sleeps Chapter III Director, students, Mustapha Mond, henry Foster, Lenina, Fanny, Bernard Marx Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre (outside in the garden), the lift, Girls Dres prate-Room In the garden the students observe children playing titillating games -> they are advance to play sexual games-The Director tells the group about the suppression of erotic games in former times -> it is incredible to the students- Mustapha Mond, one of the ten rulers, appears and gives a lecture on history -> history is bunk a expl ains why it was necessary to change the society-> Lenina Cr holde and her friend Fanny Crowne colloquy about men and Leninas interest in Bernard Marx, who is said to be strange Bernard Marx all overhears Henry Foster talking with a friend about Lenina -> dis handles the way they talk about women as if they were meat Chapter IV Lenina, Bernard, Mr Helmholtz Watson The lift, Propaganda House, Bernards apartment Lenina and Bernard beseeming in a rowded lift and Lenina asks him about their plan to go to the cruel Reservation in New Mexico Bernard feels embarrassed about that Bernard is uncertain about Lenina because on the one hand she wants to go on holiday with him and on the other hand she spends much time with Henry Foster- Bernard feels to be an outsider Bernard and his friend Mr Helmholtz Watson meet> both are an alpha-plus and both feel like individuals and for this reason like outsiders Chapter V Lenina, Henry, Bernard, other participants, Helicopter, a club, Henr ys apartment, Fordson Community Singery Part 1- Lenina and Henry fly with the helicopter over the Slough Crematorium where corpses are burnt to recover phosphorus which is utilize as a fertilizer > even dead people are useful for the society- They talk about how it is like to be an Epsilon and come to the finis that everyone is happy- In the evening they dine and go to a club unneurotic after that they cast sex in Henrys apartment- fig is served with the coffee after meal> indispensable for the people in the state, other than they cant feel happyPart 2- Bernard takes part in a Solidarity Service with eleven other people> they take soma, sing hymns and wait for the coming of the Greater Being-While everyone there enjoys it as a feeling of unity, Bernard feels very isolated Chapter VI Bernard, Lenina, Fanny, Director, Helmholtz, a warden Helicopter, Bernards apartment, Directors room, merciless Reservation Part 1- Bernard go to the adult females Heavyweight Wrestling Cham pionships in Amsterdam together They have different ideas of happiness> Lenina wants to do sports and have fun with soma, he prefers being alone with her, avoids crowds and refuses soma Bernard wants to be happy in his own individual way and not enslaved by his conditioning When Bernard realizes that Lenina does not attend him, he takes soma and sleeps with herPart 2- Bernard goes to the D. H. C. to get his permission to enter the Savage Reservation

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