Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Brave New World Ch.7-10

Chapter 7

  • Pueblo of Malpais
  • The beating of the drums (getting louder and softer)
  • Lenina is disgusted by the way of life of the "savages"
  • The look of old age as in wrinkles/gray hair are surprising to Lenina and Bernard because for them they are not aloud to get to look that way and and preserved from disease and aging
  • No somma at hand for Lenina or Bernard
  • Lenina got lost in the beating of the drums and the music surrounding her
  • There was the beating of a boy over snakes (a type of ritual)
  • Thomas~Head of D.H.C and Linda from New world has a kid that lives in Malpais
  • Linda (John's~The son's mom) tells her story of the difficulty of life
Chapter 8
  • Sad stories/Memories of when Linda and John were first being adapted into the savage world. When Linda didn't want to be called mom and was punished for not knowing their way
  • John knows how to read well because he was taught by Linda but he doesn't understand what he is reading and Linda can not explain.
  • The book of Shakespeare was meaningful to John
  • The words of the book began to give meaning and sense of life to John
  • John told Bernard how alone he felt and how much of an outsider he felt like and Bernard related to Loneliness
  • Bernard is taking Linda and John to the brave new world!
Chapter 9
  • Everything Bernard is doing is in a matter of minutes and at rapid speeds
  • Bernard is getting all the paper work ready to take Linda and John back into his world
  • John is in love with Lenina (her scent, her things, everything)
Chapter 10
  • the director tells Bernard to meet him in the center of the working room and then tells everyone that Bernard is being sent to IceLand for bad behavior
  • The director is not very happy to see Linda and is stunned by the fact he has a son.
  • The people in the room laughed at John for saying my father to the director...and all the director could do was stare wide eyed at John

Monday, March 4, 2013

Lit Terms Applied

I must say I did terrible on this test and my lack of study really showed. I wish I didn't have to say that but it's the truth. Now I know I must focus more on quality studying then try to race through something like all those lit terms.