Brave New World

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Brave New World

Dystopische roman?

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Huxley geeft in zijn roman een pessimistisch toekomstbeeld: Iedereen gehoorzaamt in boek en film de tien World-controllers. Liefde, trouw, religie en kunst bestaan niet meer, en het gezin ook niet. Vrije seks is in Brave New World belangrijk, maar niet voor het verwekken van kinderen. Die worden in een broedmachine gemaakt.

Aldous Huxley

De film 'Brave New World' naar aanleiding van het boek van Aldous Huxley begint niet in 1932 na Christus, maar in het jaar 632 na Ford. Zo belangrijk vindt de schrijver de ontwikkeling van deze auto en de daarmee gepaarde ontwikkeling van de lopende band en verdere robotisering. 

Henry Ford introduceerde in 1908 de lopende band in zijn autofabriek in Detroit. Zo kan er snel, goedkoop en in grote aantallen geproduceerd worden.

De mens wordt eigenlijk steeds ondergeschikter aan de machine en dat is dan ook een thema wat veel kunstenaars aanspreekt.

plaatje mens en machine

Door dit boek is mijn toekomst verwachting veranderd?
Waarom?

Yes

No

Vanuit welk perspectief wordt het verhaal verteld?

personnages

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Bernhard Marx

De directeur

BERNARD

JOHN

“I want to know what passion is (...) I want to feel something strongly.”

The act of criticizing heightened his sense of importance, made him feel larger.

He was ashamed of his jealousy and (...)made efforts (...) to keep himself from feeling it.

[The feeling was] sublime [and] desperately important precisely because of (...) that which made them so fearful.

I’ll teach you. I’ll make you be free whether you want to or not.”

He was not worthy…not. Their eyes for a moment met. What treasures hers promised!

Who was the most free?

John the Savage

Bernard Marx

Lenina Crowne

Helmholtz Watson

Mustapha Mond

The story opens in London  519 years in the future - 2539 AD, referred to in the novel as – 632 A.F.  632 years “After Ford,” meaning 632 years after the production of the first Model T car (1907)

Three places:

1. England  London

2. The Savage Reservation in New Mexico  a part of the earth that is allowed to remain as it were before the World State came to power.

Home of the Zuni Indians. It is a world away from civilized London: the Zunis are impoverished, dirty, ravaged by disease and old age, and still cling to their ancient religion.

The settings in Brave New World, then, seem to offer only the choice between civilized servitude and primitive ignorance and squalor. Are these the only choices available? One other is mentioned:

3. The islands of exile- Iceland and the Falkland Islands  where malcontents like Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson are sent.

The story opens in London  519 years in the future - 2539 AD, referred to in the novel as – 632 A.F.  632 years “After Ford,” meaning 632 years after the production of the first Model T car (1907)

Three places:

1. England  London

2. The Savage Reservation in New Mexico  a part of the earth that is allowed to remain as it were before the World State came to power.

Home of the Zuni Indians. The Zunis are impoverished, dirty, ravaged by disease and old age, and still cling to their ancient religion.

The settings in Brave New World, then, seem to offer only the choice between civilized servitude and primitive ignorance and squalor. Are these the only choices available? One other is mentioned:

3. The islands of exile- Iceland and the Falkland Islands  where malcontents like Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson are sent.

Themas?

COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY- VERSUS INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM 

Community, Identity, Stability is the motto of the World State. It lists the Utopia's prime goals. Community is in part a result of identity and stability. dentity is in large part the result of genetic engineering. Society is divided into five classes or castes. Stability means minimizing conflict, risk, and change. 

I would prefer to live in the dystopian society of Brave New World

Agree

Disagree

SCIENCE AS A MEANS OF CONTROL 

Brave New World warns of the dangers of giving the state control over new and powerful technologies. 

1) the rigid control of reproduction through technological and medical intervention. 

2) the creation of complicated entertainment machines that generate both harmless leisure and the high levels of consumption and production that are the basis of the World State’s stability. 

3) Soma is a third example of the kind of medical, biological, and psychological technologies that Brave New World criticizes most sharply.

Wetenschap op deze manier inzetten zou verboden moeten worden.

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3. THE THREAT OF GENETIC ENGINEERING 

Genetic engineering is a term that has come into use in recent years as scientists have learned to manipulate RNA and DNA, the proteins in every cell that determine the basic inherited characteristics of life. Huxley didn't use the phrase but he describes genetic engineering when he explains how his new world breeds prescribed numbers of humans artificially for specified qualities. 

Genetic modification/engineering should be banned

agree

disagree

Other themes

- THE MISUSE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONING

-  THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS CARRIED TO AN EXTREME 

- THE CHEAPENING OF SEXUAL PLEASURE 

- THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS THROUGH DRUGS 

Our society is starting to look like the one in Brave New World

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Title

O wonder!

How many goodly creatures are there here!

How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,

That has such people in't.

— William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene I, ll. 203–206[9]

The title of Aldous Huxley's novel, Brave New World, refers to a poem within the novel itself. The poem, is speaking of beautiful things, when John first brings up the poem, he is speaking about Lenina. John and Lenina just met, and he is mesmerized. He thinks she is as beautiful as anything he has ever seen, which is why he quotes the poem.

John, "The Savage" says, "O brave new world!" multiple times throughout the novel. The first time John says. "O brave new world!" is on page 139, when John is quoting, Miranda, The Tempest, From Shakespeare. The last time John says, "O brave new world!" is on page 210, when the soma rations were being given out, at the end of the book. The first time was about Lenina being so incredibly beautiful to him, the last time, was when John, is saying that the beautiful world had been ruined, and that maybe by quoting the poem, he might be able to change the world.

The title, Brave New World, is referring to a wonderful new world, that is perfect, and undisturbed. However as the novel progresses, it is apparent, that the world is not so perfect after all, so the meaning changes into, a world that will hopefully change into a wonderful one.

The title of Aldous Huxley's novel, Brave New World, refers to a poem within the novel itself. The poem, is speaking of beautiful things, when John first brings up the poem, he is speaking about Lenina. John and Lenina just met, and he is mesmerized. He thinks she is as beautiful as anything he has ever seen, which is why he quotes the poem.

John, "The Savage" says, "O brave new world!" multiple times throughout the novel. The first time John says. "O brave new world!" is on page 139, when John is quoting, Miranda, The Tempest, From Shakespeare. The last time John says, "O brave new world!" is on page 210, when the soma rations were being given out, at the end of the book. The first time was about Lenina being so incredibly beautiful to him, the last time, was when John, is saying that the beautiful world had been ruined, and that maybe by quoting the poem, he might be able to change the world.

The title, Brave New World, is referring to a wonderful new world, that is perfect, and undisturbed. However as the novel progresses, it is apparent, that the world is not so perfect after all, so the meaning changes into, a world that will hopefully change into a wonderful one.

Exercise!

Which themes of the novel do you recognize in the 'Brave New World' song by Iron Maiden? Write down at least two examples.

Anything else?

Weetjes....

Hoe heet het proces waardoor er zoveel clones gemaakt kunnen worden van één eicel?

1. Podansky Proces
2. Trotsky Proces
3. Bokanovsky Proces
4. Centrifugal Bumble-puppy

Hoe wordt kinderen in de Nursery geleerd een afkeer te ontwikkelen tegen boeken en bloemen?

1. By preventing the children from ever seeing books or flowers
2. By using hypnopaedia to teach them that books and flowers are worthless
3. By spanking the children when they approach books ...
4. By shocking the children when they approach books ...

How does the Solidarity Service end?

1. Met een orgie
2. Met zingen en grote doses soma
3. Met een dienst van de Community Songster
4. With a series of hypnopaedic lessons

Waar ligt de Savage Reservation?

1. Texas
2. New Mexico
3. Nevada
4. Arizona

Which one of the following World State sayings has to do with soma?

1. “Everyone is happy now”
2. “Progress is lovely”
3. “A gramme is better than a damn”
4. “Never put off till to-morrow the fun you can have to-day”

Waarom werd Linda aangevallen door de andere vrouwen uit het dorp in het reservaat?

1. Omdat ze naar bed ging met hun mannen
2. Omdat ze hen beledigde
3. Omdat ze van "the other place"was
4. Omdat ze hun taal niet sprak

Wat was het eerste boek dat John als kind las?

1. Paradise Lost
2. 1984
3. The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
4. Complete werk van William Shakespeare

Welke les kan worden getrokken uit het "Cyprus experiment" , beschreven door Mustapha Mond?

1. living in a reservate can delete all conditioning.
2. Soma is een noodzakelijk onderdeel van een stabiele samenleving.
3. Geluk is het enige criterium voor een succesvolle maatschappij.
4. Een samenleving bestaande uit "Alphas" is niet werkbaar.

Mustapha Mond zegt tegen John dat civilisaties moeten kiezen tussen God en...

1. Machines, medicijnen en geluk
2. Technologie en vooruitgang
3. Stabiliteit and kacht
4. Soma

Aldous Huxley: Brave New World

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