Chapter 11--
Bernard should be called b@stard for stabbing the director in the back. Because he did this and he was the guardian of a Savage (ohhhhh), people revered him. The talks of someone accidently giving him alcohol in his embryo development were silent. Bernard's job is to look out for the Savage and basically take notes on his thoughts as if he were an experiment.
Bernard
brags to Helmholtz about the attention he is getting from being the guardian of
the savage. He has gotten women whenever he has wanted to. Helmholtz does not
share the enthusiasm that Bernard shares for this feat so Bernard decides to
leave him.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Brave New World-- Chapters 9 & 10
Chapter 9 begins with Lenina taking soma in order to wash away the "stress" of her day. She obviously is disgusted by all the people, their culture, and Linda. Her drugged up state allows Bernard to take a helicopter to Santa Fe' for a few hours in order to get the necessary papers to take John and Linda out of the reservation. Within minutes, he is able to call Mustafa Mond, who listens pensively and allows the proper papers to be sent.
Meanwhile, John visits Bernard's hut and is frightened because the doors and locked and fears they have left. He looks through the window and relaxes once he sees Lenina's suitcase is still there. Like the little kid he is, he breaks the window and goes in. He opens the suitcase and looks through her stuff, smells he perfume like a PERV! He hears and noise and realizes Lenina is fast asleep in the other room. He hastily leaves when he hears the arrival of Bernard in the helicopter.
Chapter 10- Bernard strolls back into the factory because the Director has asked to see him. He publicly denounces Bernard for being a disgrace to Alphas and says he is going to move Bernard to Alaska where he can't bother anyone with his disgrace. The Director asks if Bernard has anything to say for himself. Bernard says yes and brings in Linda.
She yells and for the director calling him "Tomakin!!" Everyone in the room is agasped by the mere sight of the woman. She then yells for John, proclaiming that he is the father of John. The director turns pale!! Dun dun dunnnnnnnn. Someone is in trouble and it's no longer Bernard.
Meanwhile, John visits Bernard's hut and is frightened because the doors and locked and fears they have left. He looks through the window and relaxes once he sees Lenina's suitcase is still there. Like the little kid he is, he breaks the window and goes in. He opens the suitcase and looks through her stuff, smells he perfume like a PERV! He hears and noise and realizes Lenina is fast asleep in the other room. He hastily leaves when he hears the arrival of Bernard in the helicopter.
Chapter 10- Bernard strolls back into the factory because the Director has asked to see him. He publicly denounces Bernard for being a disgrace to Alphas and says he is going to move Bernard to Alaska where he can't bother anyone with his disgrace. The Director asks if Bernard has anything to say for himself. Bernard says yes and brings in Linda.
She yells and for the director calling him "Tomakin!!" Everyone in the room is agasped by the mere sight of the woman. She then yells for John, proclaiming that he is the father of John. The director turns pale!! Dun dun dunnnnnnnn. Someone is in trouble and it's no longer Bernard.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Brave New World Chapter 8
This chapter primarily deals with John. Bernard is asking him to recall his youngest memories.
Bernard agrees because he wants to use Linda and John like leverage against the director.
Bernard does not want to get sent away so he is formulating some sort of plan to use them.
132-words able to elaborate feelings of John.
- He would find his mom sleeping with other men.
- women would attack her because she was sleeping with their men
- she didn't understand and would cry because she was used to getting whomever she wanted when she wanted
- everyone would ridicule John and Linda at celebrations or just in general
- Linda tries to teach John to read but he has many questions, like any child would
- He questions the other place, doesn't quite understand it yet.
Bernard agrees because he wants to use Linda and John like leverage against the director.
Bernard does not want to get sent away so he is formulating some sort of plan to use them.
132-words able to elaborate feelings of John.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
We are in a Brave New World? Through Huxley's view
1) "religion drives us toward communism"-- in a way this is both true and false. Many people in this day and age, especially youth, have become less diligent about attending mass. Individuals have become less singular on who they vote for. Individuals no longer vote all democratic or all republican because they can vote for a democratic president while also voting for a republican senator. I think people are just being more liberal in a sense that they are no longer confined to just a singular option. The people want equality because that is the foundation of our government and how everyone should treat each other. So I think communism is meant more as social equality than economic equality.
2) "advances in technology require more regulations" -- Also Huxley insinuates that with each leap and bound through technological frontiers means people will buy product without even knowing how to use it or what the purpose is. For instance, iPods are relatively everyhwere but there are certain gadgets that the Ipod has the people don't know how to use. With new technology comes more responsiblity but people aren't really being responsible. If anything, technology has made it relatively easy for people to do illegal things, such as downloading music or hacking account and taking money. Yes, there should be more regulations but there aren't many so chaos will continue to ensue.
3) Birth-control- This is definitely something that has risen in the past few decades. Over population means productivity slows down because there are too many and too few jobs. People in BNW sleep around, a lot, so they must have contraceptives because a natural birth is seen in our world as a birth out of wedlock or even worse than that depending on the culture.
2) "advances in technology require more regulations" -- Also Huxley insinuates that with each leap and bound through technological frontiers means people will buy product without even knowing how to use it or what the purpose is. For instance, iPods are relatively everyhwere but there are certain gadgets that the Ipod has the people don't know how to use. With new technology comes more responsiblity but people aren't really being responsible. If anything, technology has made it relatively easy for people to do illegal things, such as downloading music or hacking account and taking money. Yes, there should be more regulations but there aren't many so chaos will continue to ensue.
3) Birth-control- This is definitely something that has risen in the past few decades. Over population means productivity slows down because there are too many and too few jobs. People in BNW sleep around, a lot, so they must have contraceptives because a natural birth is seen in our world as a birth out of wedlock or even worse than that depending on the culture.
Brave New World - chapters 4-7
What a new world this is. In chapter 4-7, the readers are given both direct and indirect characterizations of Bernard. Bernard is definitely the odd man out. Him and Helmholtz are both oddities because they question the reality they live in. Bernard is an outlier because he feels different from other alphas, especially since he is shorter than the other alphas and is uncomfortable talking about relationships in public. In chapter six, he discusses his feelings about polygamy to Lenina. Basically he says that people that imply act on emotion right away are like children because they don't wait. He doesn't like golf, he doesn't like sleeping around, and he doesn't like soma.
Bernard gets along with Helmholtz because he too is an oddity. He is abnormally bigger and broader shoulders than the other alphas. He has slept with many women but in a way, all this sleeping around has desensitized him and he no longer cares about sex. Both men find comfort with each other because they like to talk about their feelings of uneasiness about the society they live in. They can talk to each other because they have essentially the same questions, and other people who were to listen would think they are mad men.
Lenina has a mini "crush" on Bernard. She finds Bernard to be an oddity but she still agrees to go with him to the New Mexico reservation instead of a vacation with Benito Hoover. Bernard and Lenina arrive at the reservation in chapter 7. Both hang out and eventually Lenina convinces Bernard to compromise himself and drink 4 soma and they go home and "undress." The next day, Lenina does not like the reservation at all. She doesn't like the dirt or the savages' appearance. Their tour guide leads them to where the villagers are at. The villagers are in a circle and they are chanting. A boy rises and walks. A man with a coyote mask sneaks up and whips him and whips him and whips (7x's). Apparently the whipping is to draw blood to offer to snakes and to gods. This is when we meet John.
John talks in broken English and says he would have volunteered to take the whipping but the villagers didn't let him. Now who would volunteer to purposely get a whipping? Someone who has something to prove so he must also be an outside in his own way. He tells Lenina and Bernard his story. His mother is Linda, a Beta, who was here a long time ago with her boyfriend and she wondered off and fell and hit her head. Her boyfriend left and she was left in the reservation. Her contraceptive must have worn off because she was left in the reservation pregnant. Linda is happy to see Lenina because she feels the need to talk to another person, "of her own kind." That about ends the chapter.
Bernard gets along with Helmholtz because he too is an oddity. He is abnormally bigger and broader shoulders than the other alphas. He has slept with many women but in a way, all this sleeping around has desensitized him and he no longer cares about sex. Both men find comfort with each other because they like to talk about their feelings of uneasiness about the society they live in. They can talk to each other because they have essentially the same questions, and other people who were to listen would think they are mad men.
Lenina has a mini "crush" on Bernard. She finds Bernard to be an oddity but she still agrees to go with him to the New Mexico reservation instead of a vacation with Benito Hoover. Bernard and Lenina arrive at the reservation in chapter 7. Both hang out and eventually Lenina convinces Bernard to compromise himself and drink 4 soma and they go home and "undress." The next day, Lenina does not like the reservation at all. She doesn't like the dirt or the savages' appearance. Their tour guide leads them to where the villagers are at. The villagers are in a circle and they are chanting. A boy rises and walks. A man with a coyote mask sneaks up and whips him and whips him and whips (7x's). Apparently the whipping is to draw blood to offer to snakes and to gods. This is when we meet John.
John talks in broken English and says he would have volunteered to take the whipping but the villagers didn't let him. Now who would volunteer to purposely get a whipping? Someone who has something to prove so he must also be an outside in his own way. He tells Lenina and Bernard his story. His mother is Linda, a Beta, who was here a long time ago with her boyfriend and she wondered off and fell and hit her head. Her boyfriend left and she was left in the reservation. Her contraceptive must have worn off because she was left in the reservation pregnant. Linda is happy to see Lenina because she feels the need to talk to another person, "of her own kind." That about ends the chapter.
Gattaca, a similar entity to Brave New World
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