https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw Novel Themes en-us 2023-04-27 16:00:04 UTC 2025-10-16 00:46:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f640.png lnguyen156_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2570636055 1- The Apple Wheel
2- 1984
3- Consumerism for Beginners
5- Happiness]]> 2023-04-27 16:18:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2570636055 igonzalez103_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2570636094 5. happiness
6. the app]]> 2023-04-27 16:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2570636094 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2570636934 2. 1984
3. consumerism
5. happiness
8. media]]> 2023-04-27 16:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2570636934 ammccarthy1021_2 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2571956611 1 - Apple Commercial 
2 - 1984
4 - Crosswalk
8 - The Media]]> 2023-04-28 15:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2571956611 ammccarthy1021_2 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2571958467 1 - The Apple Wheel
2 - 1984
4 - The Crosswalk
6 - The App
7 - Huxley 
8 - Media ]]> 2023-04-28 15:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2571958467 igonzalez103_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2573871507 ""And that," put in the Director sententiously, "that is the secret of happiness and virtue-liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny."" (16)
This quote shows how this world is controlling people's happiness. They alter their brains so they believe that the only way they'll be happy is if they accept their social stances within this world. Being told what makes them happy and what makes them upset is all they know. So they choose to follow all of these roles to become "happy." ]]> 2023-05-01 15:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2573871507 igonzalez103_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2573871725 Later on their minds would be made to endorse the judgment of their bodies.  "We condition them to thrive on heat," concluded Mr. Foster.  "Our colleagues upstairs will teach them to love it." (16)

just from this quote, you can tell that the people here aren't truly alive. they're stuck with whatever role they're given and trained to love it. they're trained to the point where they can't live without it-- like how the quote explains how the center designs adults to be miners, by making sure they will feel at best in the heat. it gives you a clear vision that this society wants people to stay the same, to never leave their role.]]> 2023-05-01 15:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2573871725 igonzalez103_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2573871789 "Standard men and women; in uniform batches. The whole of a small factory staffed with the products of a single bokanovskified egg"(7).

During the industrial revolution, factories and the assembly line rose to popularity due to their high efficiency. Common products that would've taken hours or even days to create took mere minutes to process. Technology was very powerful in the industry. In the first chapter of Brave New World, Huxley introduces a dystopian society that heavily relies on similar types of new, advanced machinery.]]> 2023-05-01 15:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2573871789 ammccarthy1021_2 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2573871816 "Where the Alphas and Betas remained until definitely bottled; while the Gammas, Deltas and Epsilons were brought out again after only thirty-six hours, to undergo Bokanovsky's Process." (6)
"From eight to ninety-six buds, and every bud, will grow into a perfectly formed embryo, and every embryo into a full-sized adult. Making ninety-six human beings from where only one grew before." (6)
"Identical twins--but not in piddling twos an threes as in the old viviparous days, when an egg would sometimes divide; actually by dozens, by score at a time." (7) 
"No longer anonymous, but named, identified, the procession marched slowly on; on through an opening in the wall, slowly on into the Social Predestination Room." (10) 
The book shows how many people are made identically from the same egg. Approximately hundreds of people can be made to look the exact same. Not only this but they from the day they are processed have their whole lives planned by the factory. They refer to it as Predestination. This can be determined if they are an alpha, beta, delta, or etc. From this distinction their jobs and life are set for them. ]]> 2023-05-01 15:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2573871816 ammccarthy1021_2 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2573871976 "'Heat conditioning,' said Mr. Foster.
Hot tunnels alternated with cool tunnels. Coolness was wedded to discomfort in the form of hard
X-rays. By the time they were decanted the embryos had a horror of cold." (16)
The book introduces us to the machinery that goes into producing human adults through a whole line of processes. It''s revealed that this process already controls everyone's destiny, designing them from the moment an egg is combined with sperm. The center controls how each person will look, think, and act using the new technology that has been created.]]> 2023-05-01 15:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2573871976 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2575384935 "Till at last the child's mind is these suggestions, and the sum of the suggestions is the child's mind. And not the child's mind only. The adult's mind too—all his life long. The mind that judges and desires and decides—made up of these suggestions. But all these suggestions are our suggestions!" (28-29)

this chapter focuses on the next upper floors, conditioning rooms. the director gives explanations as well as live examples of what these rooms do. they condition each group of children to loathe certain things, going as far as to condition the children in their sleeping. close to the end of the chapter, the director explains that these are suggestions. yet, these suggestions will become indicators of what the children should do. they're already doomed from the start. 

]]> 2023-05-02 15:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2575384935 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2575385095 "Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. I'm really awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I don't work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas. Gammas are stupid. They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse. They're too stupid to be able..." (27-28)
This quote shows how they're keeping everyone content with their lives. They have this recording playing for different roles. So Deltas hear why they're better, Betas hear why they're better, etc. This is so they believe that they have it the best and continue to work for this operation.]]> 2023-05-02 15:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2575385095 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2575385170 "Half a dozen nurses, trousered and jacketed in the regulation white viscose-linen uniform, their hair aseptically hidden under white caps, were engaged in setting out bowls of roses in a long row across the floor"(19). 

In order to condition the children based on their ranks in society, a system and workers are required to be put in place. This chapter reveals that nurses are important in helping run the dystopia the way the Director chooses. Without them, it would be difficult to exist. ]]> 2023-05-02 15:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2575385170 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2575385217 "...And after two hundred repetitions of the same or a similar lesson would be wedded indissolubly. What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder." 
"... why you couldn't have lower-caste people wasting the community's time over books, and that there was always the risk  of their reading something which might undesirably decondition one of their reflexes.." (22) 

This chapter highlights the conditioning of infants for the sake of society. Using Pavlov's method, they condition the infants accordingly to their rank, like is seen with the Deltas as they are conditioned to hate books and flowers. More can be seen on page 27, in which hypnopaedia is used to condition the Betas into believing in the hierarchy and the idea of classism and racism. At this point, we can see how the rankings play a role in how you are brought up and that you are designed from the moment you are born to hit into a nold. ]]> 2023-05-02 15:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2575385217 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2575385272 "but at the approach of the roses, at the mere sight of those gaily-coloured images of pussy and cock-a-doodle-doo and baa-baa black sheep, the infants shrank away in horror; the volume of their howling suddenly increased." (21)
This section is conditioning. It's to control the kids at a young age on what to dislike. In this scene, they got Delta babies and had them play with books and flowers, then played a loud noise and electric shocked them. This conditioned them to fear books (knowledge) and flowers (beauty). They use their technology to over power them and make sure they always have control over everything everyone does.]]> 2023-05-02 15:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2575385272 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2575436291 "After all, one's got to play the game. After all, every one belongs to every one else." (43)

back to the topic of dystopia, the characters here don't have a sense of individuality. it's scary thinking about it since I'm a private person that values space and having secrets. in a way, it's as though their identity was stripped away. they're merely expected to be with everyone, share with everyone, enjoy everyone.]]> 2023-05-02 16:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2575436291 ammccarthy1021_2 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2576974859 "What with mothers and lovers, what with the prohibitions they were not conditioned to obey, what with the temptations and lonely remorse, what with all the diseases and the endless isolating pain, what with uncertainties and the poverty--they were forced to feel strongly. And feeling strongly (and strongly, what was more, in solitude, in hopelessly individual isolation) how could they be stable?" 

Society has become conditioned to believe that families are this vile concept and the idea of a home is disgusting. To most, this idea is even taboo. Monogamy and love basically don't exist anymore and the only form of intimacy is through sex. They had been conditioned to believe that everyone belongs to everyone. ]]> 2023-05-03 16:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2576974859 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2576977689 "Torrents of hot water were splashing into or gurgling out of a hundred baths. Rumbling and hissing, eight vibro-vacuum massage machines were simultaneously kneading and sucking the firm and sunburnt flesh of eighty superb female specimens. Everyone was talking at the top of her voice. A Synthetic Music machine was warbling out a super-cornet solo." (36) 
"A blast of warmed air dusted her with the finest talcum powder. Eight different scents and eau-de-Cologne were laid on in little taps over the wash-basin. She turned on the third from the left, dabbed herself with chypre..."  (37) 

No commentary here really besides that because their society was formed on automation, almost every aspect of their life depends on it. Their showers are automated, their baby-making is automated, and even how they are raised is automated. While some aspects of this could be proven as vastly useful, one has to ask, where is the humanity?]]> 2023-05-03 16:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2576977689 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2577017676 "What a hideous colour khaki is," remarked Lenina, voicing the hypnopaedic prejudices of her caste. (62)

we learned that people here have been conditioned to hate each class but their own. ms. moore specially explained that this was a metaphor for how racism occurs in our life. in a way, everyone suffers. rather than working with each other, they're made to hate and be disgusted.]]> 2023-05-03 16:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2577017676 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2577017820 "It's such horribly bad form to go on and on like this with one man. At forty, or thirty-five, it wouldn't be so bad. But at your age, Lenina! No, it really won't do. And you know how strongly the D.H.C. objects to anything intense or long-drawn. Four months of Henry Foster, without having another man." (41)
Lenina shows that she's happy to be around with Henry Foster, however, because of the rule built, she is unable to do that. Everyone will judge her because you're not suppose to stick with one person for a while because it would seem as though they're developing feelings, which is prohibited. When she was confronted that she was only hanging out with Henry and no other man, she was shamed for it and she seemed upset. She's happy being around Henry but cannot express that because of all of their rules.]]> 2023-05-03 16:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2577017820 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2577017885 "Imagine the folly of allowing people to play elaborate games which do nothing whatever to increase consumption"(31).

In this society, everything is controlled by people of higher power and must be approved in order to become a reality. In this case, the Controllers ensure that even children's games are successful in increasing consumption within the region. By developing popular games that require a lot of materials and money to play, the economy benefits. ]]> 2023-05-03 16:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2577017885 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2577324553 "Ending is better than mending; ending is better ..."
"Ending is better than mending."
"I love new clothes, I love new clothes, I love . . ." (52)

we learn that the centers condition their children in their sleep, continuously playing audio that repeats the same dialog over and over. these words will subconsciously stick into the children's minds, making suggestions, making indicators, and making choices. they never had the option to think overwise because they're brainwashed.]]> 2023-05-03 21:26:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2577324553 lnguyen156_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2577619178 "The ethics and philosophy of under-consumption... so essential when there was under-production; but in an age of machines and the fixation of nitrogen -- positively a crime against society"(52).

When there are depressions in the economy, our production and consumption decrease and people lose their jobs. To the characters in the novel, it's wild to them to imagine a world where people did not overproduce and over consume products since that's what they're used to. Once again, a strong, healthy economy fueled by consumption proves to play an essential role within their society. ]]> 2023-05-04 03:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2577619178 igonzalez103_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2577624885 ""Glum, Marx, glum." The clap on the shoulder made him start, look up. It was that brute Henry Foster. "What you need is a gramme of soma."" (54)
It's normal to be taking drugs everyday to be happy. Everyone is encouraged to take soma so they can be "happy." Many people dislike Marx because he doesn't take any soma, so they're trying to force him to take some so he could follow their rules. Taking drugs to be happy isn't true happiness, however, this is probably the closest thing to feeling as happy as they can.]]> 2023-05-04 03:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2577624885 lnguyen156_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2577633291 "Slowly, majestically, with a faint humming of machinery, the Conveyors moved forward, thirty-three centimetres an hour. In the red darkness glinted innumerable rubies"(56).
The conveyors serve as a reminder that technology plays an essential role in the development of this society. The use of the descriptive word, "majestically", hints at the idea that the machines contain beauty and impressiveness. Without advanced technology, the Controllers would be unable to control the world and it would cease to exist.]]> 2023-05-04 03:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2577633291 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2578500655 The liftman looked after them. "Roof?" he said once more, questioningly. Then a bell rang, and from the ceiling of the lift a loud speaker began, very softly and yet very imperiously, to issue its commands. (59)

i really liked this section of the chapter. i felt like i was there standing with bernard feeling suffocated and surrounded. so, when the chapter continued to describe how he was able to get a glance of the sky and fresh air, his whole face lit up. i can imagine the giant gates opening and a gush of wind entering the room. but, it's a reminder that these characters are birds trapped in a cage. they're meant to fly, to be free, to live.]]> 2023-05-04 15:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2578500655 ammccarthy1021_2 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2578501732 "Constantly proposed, constantly rejected. There was something called democracy. As though men were more than physico-chemically equal." (47)

As we know from the parts before, the world is controlled on the basis of this hierarchy. However, as we see in this chapter that the world is controlled by what is called the Controllers. They are basically the gods of this society, and as their name implies, control the world. The world doesn't believe in democracy or equality. Your worth is based on what position you're born as. ]]> 2023-05-04 15:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2578501732 igonzalez103_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2578510231 ""Pneumatic too. And how!" Then, in another tone: "But, I say," he went on, "you look glum! What you need is a gramme of soma." Diving into his right-hand trouser-pocket, Benito produced a phial. "One cubid centimetre cures ten gloomy...But, I say!" Bernard had suddenly turned and rushed away." (60)
Benito wants to give Bernard a drug since Bernard seems gloomy that he's gonna go on a date with one of the prettiest woman. However, Bernard doesn't like attention and doesn't want any part of that. In this world, that's consider abnormal, so Benito offers soma, a type of drug, to make him happier. This just shows, like in chapter three, that they use drugs to make themselves happy. And if they see anything abnormal, they use drugs to try and "fix" it.]]> 2023-05-04 16:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2578510231 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2578511908  "I am I, and wish I wasn't"; his self- consciousness was acute and distressing. Each time he found himself looking on the level, instead of downward, into a Delta's face, he felt humiliated. Would the creature treat him with the respect due to his caste? The question haunted him. Not without reason.
(64- 65)

Bernard struggles mentally and physically and continues to question who he is. in a society designed to make everyone a certain class merely based on looks, it makes sense why he's questioning everything. he's an alpha, yet he constantly worries if people will respect him given his title rather than solely on his looks. but they can't because they've been conditioned to see physical differences. it makes him feel like an outsider in this "perfect" world.]]> 2023-05-04 16:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2578511908 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2578541252 "Then came the Bureaux of Propaganda by Television, by Feeling Picture, and by Synthetic Voice and Music respectively-- twenty-two floors of them." (66) 

Every media that is consumed by society is propaganda. While it could be said about today's media here in real life, it especially is apparent in the story. Every thought and opinion is conceived by the government, and is vomited back to everyone. Because of the conditioning everyone agrees with this. ]]> 2023-05-04 16:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2578541252 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2578545049 "Yes, everybody's happy now," echoed Lenina. They had heard the words repeated a hundred and fifty times every night for twelve years. (75)

it's clear that they're always being conditioned 24/7. They're being reminded that they have to be happy, because why wouldn't be happy? it's also creepy how repetitive these words are-- every night for years straight.

]]> 2023-05-04 16:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2578545049 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2578545151 "Feel how the Greater Being comes! Rejoice and, in rejoicings, die! Melt in the music of the drums! For I am you and you are I" (82)

this chapter basically covers what happens in religion-- it's haunting really. without the service (church) being heavily acceptive towards society, it's a cult in disguise. the people from this society are forced to come to service every other week to have sexual intercourse.]]> 2023-05-04 16:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2578545151 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2578545237 "Don't you wish you were free, Lenina?" "I don't know what you mean. I am free. Free to have the most wonderful time. Everybody's happy nowadays." He laughed, "Yes," 'Everybody's happy nowadays.' (91)


Bernard is trying to break Lenina's conditioning, making attempts to be more romantic and present with her. But, she doesn't understand. Whenever Bernard tried to get her to think, her automatic response is to say what she learned in the sleep talk. It's also sad that she worries about being too plump-- Bernard tries to reassure her that she's perfect, but it doesn't matter because it isn't enough.]]> 2023-05-04 16:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2578545237 lnguyen156_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2579723996 "Henry Foster had had his machine wheeled out of its lockup and, when Lenina arrived, was already seated in the cockpit, waiting"(61). 

In the World State, people of higher caste status typically consume more luxurious products. In this case, it is demonstrated by their means of transportation. While Alphas and Betas enjoy riding helicopters and rockets, those of lower status (such as Gammas) resort to taking public transportation.]]> 2023-05-05 15:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2579723996 ammccarthy1021_2 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2579731854 ""What a hideous color khaki is," remarked Lenina, voicing the hypnopaedic prejudices of her caste. 
The buildings of the Hounslow Feely Studio covered seven and a half hectares. Near them a black and khaki army of labourers was busy revitrifying the surface of the Great West Road..." (62) 

The chapter highlights the racism of the lower classes through Lenina. Lenina is making comments about how the lower classes are just hideous and stupid. We also glimpse at Bernard, who doesn't act like any other alphas at all. He is reserved and seems to avoid, and even is disgusted by Lenina's advances. 


]]> 2023-05-05 15:59:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2579731854 igonzalez103_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2579732704 "Speaking very slowly, "Did you ever feel," he asked, "as though you had something inside you that was only waiting for you to give it a chance to come out? Some sort of extra power that you aren't using - you know, like all the water that goes down the falls instead of through the turbines?" He looked at Bernard questioningly." (69)
In this paragraph, you can see that Helmholtz is feeling lost, as if he's missing something. It's like he's missing the thing that will make him truly happy. However, he's unable to experience this or talk about it freely because of all the rules. Later on, Bernard says that he hears someone coming, and they seemed to freak out. Which shows how restricting this world truly is, making them unable to find their true selves and be truly happy.]]> 2023-05-05 16:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2579732704 lnguyen156_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2579740897 "In the basement and on the lower floors were the presses and offices of the three great London newspapers - The Hourly Radio, an upper-caste sheet, in pale green Gamma Gazette, and, on khaki paper and in words exclusively of one syllable, The Delta Mirror"(65).

It's interesting to think that even news consumption differs between the different caste levels. In this way, they are being even more separated when it comes to which newspapers they are allowed to read. In the earlier chapters, we find out that the lowest levels are conditioned to be afraid of books, which is understandable as to why newspapers don't even exist for them.]]> 2023-05-05 16:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2579740897 ammccarthy1021_2 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582258112 "What the two men shared was the knowledge they were individuals. But whereas the physically defective Bernard had suffered all his life from the consciousness of being separate, it was only quite recently that, grown aware of his mental excess, Helmholtz Watson had also become aware of his difference from the people who surrounded him." (67)

Despite the two men's stark differences, Bernard and Helmholtz share one thing. They have deconditioned thoughts. For some reason, the two men are able to think freely. Both wish that they can do more in this society, but what could they do? ]]> 2023-05-08 15:28:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582258112 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582291685 "... about sixty thousand Indians and half-breeds... absolute savages... our inspectors occasionally visit... otherwise, no communication whatever with the civilized world... still preserve their repulsive habits and customs... marriage, if you know what that is, my dear young lady; families... no conditioning... monstrous superstitions... Christianity and totemism and ancestor worship... extinct languages, such as Zufii and Spanish and Athapascan... pumas, porcupines and other ferocious animals... infectious diseases... priests... venomous lizards..." (103)

the warden talks heavily about how horrible the other world is, discussing how they're still doing the old methods. it's clear that things are different here. No one really thinks to question why these items are so "savaged".]]> 2023-05-08 15:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582291685 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582292044 ""And if you were an Epsilon," said Henry, "your conditioning would have made you no less thankful that you weren't a Beta or an Alpha."" (74)
This shows that everyone is content on who they are because they were conditioned to feel that way. They do this so everyone is "happy" and won't try to rebel against them. However, because everyone thinks their roles are better than the others, they all secretly dislike each other.]]> 2023-05-08 15:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582292044 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582292163 "Bernard also jumped up and shouted: "I hear him; He's coming." But it wasn't true. He heard nothing and , for him, nobody was coming. Nobody - in spite spite of the music, n spite of the mounting excitement." (84)
Every other week certain people are selected to go to their worship, Bernard being on of the twelve people. They all enjoyed this ritual because they all had sexual intercourse and they believe they saw their "god" coming. Bernard plays along and pretends, when he begins to feel isolated because everyone is feeling a certain way while he feels nothing. These rituals are suppose to make people like Bernard to feel isolated and miserable. So they can soon join everyone else and be "happy."]]> 2023-05-08 15:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582292163 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582292297 "Bernard blushed and looked away. "I meant, alone for talking," he mumbled." (89)
Bernard wants to try and change Lenina so she's not stuck in their world of being like everyone else. However, she doesn't understand what he means when he's hitting on her and trying to be romantic. The way this world programmed everyone made them lose sight of actual attraction and romance. Which then causes Bernard pain because he wants someone to relate to him. However, they're all so stuck in this world of being the same as everyone and everyone belong to everyone else.]]> 2023-05-08 15:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582292297 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582292417 "Bernard also laughed; after two grammes of soma the joke seemed, for some reason, good. Laughed and then, almost immediately, dropped off to sleep." (105)
Because of how Bernard was acting, they had him take soma. The pilot was over the "savages" and was saying how they never learn while pointing at their skeletons. Showing how the soma is making them laugh and find these things "funny" when we know that Bernard would've absolutely hated seeing this.]]> 2023-05-08 15:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582292417 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582292708 "An incessant buzzing of helicopter filled the twilight"(72). 

In the World State, it's common for those of higher status to take the wealthier, smarter approach. In terms of transportation, this means flying. The fact that the buzzing is "incessant" demonstrates how common it is for people to resort to helicopters.]]> 2023-05-08 15:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582292708 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582293009 ""What were you playing this afternoon?" the girl on his left enquired. "Obstacle, or Electromagnetic?""(79).

Games approved by the Controllers require increased consumption in the World State.  In this manner, these games are essential in boosting their economy and keeping everything together. It's become so common that everyone expects each other to play those games. ]]> 2023-05-08 15:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582293009 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582293169 "Bernard swallowed four tablets of soma at a gulp, turned on the radio and television and began to undress"(92).

In order to conform to society's expectations, Bernard takes soma in order to feel happy. It's normal for people to consume drugs to avoid misery and just be jolly. Even after Bernard tells Lenina that he wishes he were more free and could feel more, he continues to take the soma since she finds him odd for saying that. ]]> 2023-05-08 15:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582293169 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582293391 "Bernard suddenly remembered that he had left the Eau de Cologne tap in his bathroom wide open and running. [...] Cost me a fortune by the time I get back"(101). 

In the World State, it's common to have products that exist just to increase consumption. As long as it boosts the economy, it'll be put in place. In our world, it would be weird and useless to have a tap for cologne when we could just use spray bottles. ]]> 2023-05-08 15:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582293391 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582293799 ""All men are physico-chemically equal," said Henry sententiously. "Besides, even Epsilons perform indispensable services."" (74) 

The whole point is that everyone works for everyone. Everyone has a part that they have to follow in order for everything is going to work. Yet despite all this, they're controlled by the government. The illusion of individuality. ]]> 2023-05-08 15:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582293799 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582293926 "The sight of her transfigured face was at once an accusation and an ironical reminder of his own separateness. He has as miserably isolated now as he had been when the service began--more isolated by reason of his unreplenished emptiness, his dead satiety. Separate and unatoned, while the others were being fused into the Greater Being..."  (86) 

Bernard shows just how different he is. Whereas everyone is happy with drugs and sex, Bernard cannot relate. Since he cannot relate, he is miserable and feels absolutely alone. It makes sense however, no one can relate to him, everyone finds him strange, and he is not able to make real connections. ]]> 2023-05-08 15:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582293926 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582294083 "But I do," he insisted. "It makes me feel as though..." he hesitated, searching for words with which to express himself, "as though I were more me, if you see what  I mean. More on my own, not so completely a part of something else. Not just a cell in the social body. Doesn't it make you feel like that, Lenina?" 

Bernard is trying to appeal to Lenina, and expresses his thoughts to her. In his head, he hoped that she would be different. That she would be able to understand him, but of course when he's expressing his thoughts, Lenina ends up crying because she doesn't want to be different and thinks it's unruly. ]]> 2023-05-08 15:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582294083 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582294194 "...to some great trial, some pain, some persecution; he had even longed for affliction. As recently as a week ago, in the Director's office, he had imagined himself courageously resisting, stoically accepting suffering without a word." 

Benard is shown having fantasies of receiving punishment from the Director. Not because he's into it, but because he wants to feel something. He wants to feel the pain from it, he wants to feel the persecution because, in their society, they only feel pleasure. ]]> 2023-05-08 15:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582294194 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582296977 "The electric sky-signs effectively shut off the outer darkness." (75)
The night sky was dark, cloudy, and moonless, making it look depressing. However, these signs light up the darkness. They used technology to guide them to certain places and to cover up how depressing their world is.]]> 2023-05-08 15:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582296977 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582297220 "The President stood up, made the sign of the T and, switching on the synthetic music, let loose the soft indefatigable beating of drums and a choir of instruments"(80).

The development of music and instruments plays an important role in the way that the World State is run. They use this technology to control people while they are attending their Solidarity Service. It's easier to manage people especially since music can be so uniting. ]]> 2023-05-08 15:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582297220 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582297358 "Let's turn on the radio. Quick!" She reached for the dialling knob on the dash-board and turned it at random. (90)

It seems as though Lenina can't stand the silence-- there always has to be something happening. Because if they don't have time to think, they don't have time to rebel. It's interesting to see how Lenina can't handle the quietness. It's as though she's being tortured. ]]> 2023-05-08 15:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582297358 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582297519 "families...no conditioning...monstrous superstition..." (103)
They are trying to prove that without their technology, they would become "savages." They name all of these "terrible" things that humans do that are inhuman to make everyone believe that they're living the best life. This controlled them to feel this way, so they can not rebel.]]> 2023-05-08 15:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2582297519 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591480117 She felt in her pocket for her soma—only to discover that, by some unprecedented oversight, she had left the bottle down at the rest-house.
Lenina was left to face the horrors of Malpais unaided. (111)


at any mere inconvenience, lenina's immediate reaction is to take some soma to relax. it's like the addiction that you have to keep taking it to be sane. the withdraws are horrible since it's clear no one can stand the silence. for once though, lenina has to be present without the drugs. she seems to be in panic. ]]> 2023-05-15 15:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591480117 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591480296 "We don't permit their magnesium calcium ratio to fall below what it was at thirty. We give them transfusion of young blood." (111)
Lenina was so disgusted at looking at the older people because of how they have wrinkles and gray hair. She believes that the "savages" are extremely unhappy because they aren't living the "beautiful" life they are experiencing. This makes her grateful for the system she's in because she doesn't look like them. However, they only look young because of how much drugs they put into her.]]> 2023-05-15 15:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591480296 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591480460 "he came home and found a book that he had never seen before lying on the floor in the bedroom." (131)
The men would often give John a new book so they could be with his mother. John didn't see it that way because he was young, however, later on realized what they were doing. He became furious because they were tricking him. His joy of books made him blind to see what the men were doing to his mom.]]> 2023-05-15 15:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591480460 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591480525 "How beautiful she was! How beautiful!" (144)
In this chapter, John was stalking Lenina. He was was watching her and going through her stuff when she was asleep. He found happiness in this, however, he understands what he's doing is wrong. So he also feels guilty.]]> 2023-05-15 15:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591480525 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591480631 "He came in at once, paused for a moment just inside the door, looked round, then soft on his moccasined feet strode quickly across the room, he fell on his knees in front of the Director, and said in a clear voice: "My father!"" (151)
This moment is when John comes to see the Director, his father. John was extremely happy to see him because he longed to see and know his father. However, the Director was extremely upset because his reputation is now ruined. Everyone laughs at him and he rushes out the room. John is most likely devastated because the one person he wanted to see so badly, doesn't want to see him.]]> 2023-05-15 15:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591480631 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591480772 "and this was by far the strongest reason for people's not wanting to see poor Linda-there was her appearance." (153)
Everyone in their world is so used to looking like they're in their 30s that they completely judge everyone who looks their age. Linda is apart of them but want nothing to do with her because of how she looks. Linda is suffering all of this because she wanted to be happy spending time with the director. However, now she's suffering because she no longer has the technology that she had.]]> 2023-05-15 15:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591480772 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591480842 "She felt in her pocket for her soma - only to discover that, by some unprecedented oversight, she had left the bottle down at the rest-house"(111).

The World State has conditioned their people to be extremely reliant on drugs to always be happy. When Lenina visits the Native American reservation with Bernard, she is not used to their different way of living, which she believes is revolting. To avoid this feeling, she immediately thinks to consume soma since that's what she's done her entire life. ]]> 2023-05-15 15:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591480842 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591480967 "He said the stuff in the gourd was called mescal; but Linda said it ought to be called soma; only it made you feel ill afterwards"(125). 

In the "savage reservation", soma doesn't exist. As a result, Linda instead relies on alcohol to avoid any feelings other than joy. Unfortunately, this consumption negatively affects her son's, John's, childhood.]]> 2023-05-15 15:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591480967 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591481270 "He could fly to Santa Fe, do all the business he had to do, and be in Malpais again long before she woke up"(141).

With the advancements made in transportation in the World State, it's no surprise that the higher-status citizens take the faster option. Helicopters are essential contributors to the economy as they continually reappear in different chapters. Traveling is much more efficient and effective by flying. ]]> 2023-05-15 15:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591481270 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591481350 ""This hive of industry," as the Director was fond of calling it, was in the full buzz of work. Every one was busy, everything in ordered motion"(146).

In order to sort all of the eggs efficiently and effectively, a system had to be put in place. They utilize an assembly line and have workers in an organized manner. Everyone has a certain role that needs to be played out in order to make it work.]]> 2023-05-15 15:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591481350 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591481471 "The return to civilization was for her the return to soma, was the possibility of lying in bed and taking holiday after holiday, without ever having to come back to a headache or a fit of vomiting, without ever being made to feel as you always felt after peyotl, as though you'd done something so shamefully anti-social that you could never hold up your head again"(154).

The fact that Linda immediately resorts to seeking soma when she return to the World State truly demonstrates how addicting it is for those who live there. She consumes nearly 20 grams a day, despite the chance that she could paralyze her respiratory system and shorten her lifespan. It's interesting that they would rather take soma to avoid feeling bad emotions. ]]> 2023-05-15 15:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591481471 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591481554 "And what made it worse was that, instead of tactfully ignoring it, Bernard proceeded to make open comments on this revolting viviparous." (111)

Bernard understands the uncomfortably of the situation for Lenina, yet still speaks his thoughts on the matter. Rather at looking at the reservation with disdain and disgust, he tries to look at it with a sense of admiration. It shows just how different he is, because whereas everyone would find a vile display, he finds it interesting and something to learn from. ]]> 2023-05-15 15:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591481554 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591481616 ""Yes, that's just it." The young man nodded. "If one's different, one's bound to be lonely. They're beastly to one. Do you knoe, they shut me out to spend the night on the mountains--you know, when you have to dream which your sacred animal is-- they wouldn't let me go with the others; they wouldn't tell me any of the secrets. I did it by myself, though.""

In every aspect of life and society, most people who are different are shunned. This is shown in the book through both Bernard and now John. Despite coming from very different walks of life, both are belittled by their societal counterparts. This shows just how much society values normalcy and sheep-like mentalities.

]]> 2023-05-15 15:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591481616 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591481746 "Lenina felt herself entitled, after this day of queerness and horror, to a complete and absolute holiday. As soon as they got back to the rest-house, she swallowed six half-gramme tablets of soma, lay down on her bed, within ten minutes had embarked for lunar eternity. It would be eighteen hours at the least before she was in time again" (140)

Lenina represents the brainwashing of the society, how the unfamilar is queer and horrific. Not even human. She is very much like the rest of the heard, judge first, question later. A society is so based on advancement, yet their ways of thinking is very one-sided and old. ]]> 2023-05-15 15:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591481746 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591481879 "'This man who stands before you here, this Alpha-Plus to whom so much has been given and from whom, in consequence, so much must be expected, this colleague of yours-- or should I anticipate and say this ex-colleague?-- has grossly betrayed the trust imposed in him. By his heretical views on sport and soma, by the scandalous unorthodoxy of his sexlife, by his refusal to obey the teachings of Our Ford and behave out of office hours, 'even as a little infant' "

Since Bernard is revered as so different, this is considered as scandalous behavior. A stain on the company as The Director would put it, and because of his differences Bernard was going to be cast out in exile. However we know that Bernard flips this with John and Linda but it's the fact because Bernard couldn't enjoy the things everyone else did that he was going to essentially be put all alone. ]]> 2023-05-15 15:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591481879 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591482159 "Linda, on the contrary, cut no ice; nobody had the smallest desire to see Linda. To say one was a mother-- that was past a joke: it was an obscenity. Moreover, she wasn't a real savage, had been hatched out of a bottle and conditioned like any one else: so couldn't have really quaint ideas. Finally-- and this was by fat the strongest reason for people's not wanting to see poor Link--there was her appearance." 

For this it's the word obscenity that sticks out to me. Linda was born and raised like the rest of the World State, but because she was living as a savage and was a mother she is seen as entirely as a disgrace. Almost as if she was a sacrilegious symbol now because of what she was subjected to. It reminds me of modern religion and how not conforming will have them view you as evil. ]]> 2023-05-15 15:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591482159 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591482358 ""That's because we don't allow them to be like that. We preserve them from diseases. We keep their internal secretions artificially balanced a youthful equilibrium. We don't permit their magnesium-calcium ratio to fall below what it was at thirty. We give them transfusion of young blood. We keep their metabolism permanently stimulated. So, of course, they don't look like that...""  (111)

Revealed earlier in the story, you don't age past thirty. The topic is revisited yet again and it's shown how they don't. They literally have their bodies modified and are given things to never age once they reach full maturity. It's even considered gross by their society to grow old. ]]> 2023-05-15 15:10:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591482358 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591482441 "Oh, stuff like magnesium salts, and alcohol for keeping the Deltas and Epsilons small and backward, and calcium carbonate for bones, and all that sort of thing"(130). 

In the World State, there's a prominent caste system based on height and intelligence. Technology is utilized to successfully create this structure and differentiate lower levels from higher ones. They've discovered a method to make use of these chemicals that continually separates the different groups and makes them easier to control. ]]> 2023-05-15 15:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591482441 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591482554 ...hurrying along the path between the tall agaves was in time to receive Bernard Marx as he climbed out of the helicopter. (145)

helicopters are talked about previously in the other chapters. it seems like they're the only machines that are used to travel across the worlds-- which makes sense with the actual geography of going from london and arriving in the states. im surprised that bernard came back with just the helicopter and not some machine that's designed to bring back "exotic" items.]]> 2023-05-15 15:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591482554 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591482670 "The security and stability of Society are in danger. Yes, in danger, ladies and gentlemen. This man," he pointed accusingly at Bernard," (149)
The Director is telling everyone in the room that Bernard is a danger to everyone. He's trying to take control over everyone's judgement so they would all agree to send Bernard away and the Director's secret won't be public. He makes them want to agree with them because he said that Bernard threatens their security, and everyone knows how important their technology is and wouldn't want their technology to be gone.]]> 2023-05-15 15:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591482670 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591482805 "Fat; having lost her youth; with bad teeth, and a blotched complexion, and that figure (Ford!)-- you simply couldn't look at her without feeling sick, yes, positively sick. So the best people were quite determined not to see Linda." 

In the World State, as we learned before, no one is allowed to grow old. Linda in this case, wasn't given access to keep her youth because of being stuck in the savage reserve. To this she grew old and lost her youthfulness, which everyone thought of her as vile. ]]> 2023-05-15 15:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591482805 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591484082 "Linda," he cried out. "Oh, mother, don't!" "I'm not your mother. I won't be your mother." "But, Linda . . . Oh!" She slapped him on the cheek. "Turned into a savage," she shouted. "Having young ones like an animal... (127)

at a young age, it was clear how isolated john and linda were, especially since linda came from a different area. it's sad how john instinctively calls for his mom because she gave birth to him, but she rejects it. later in the chapter, we see how linda stops slapping him and goes to kiss and comfort him. so, she also has a conflicted relationship with john. she is still conditioned but there are small parts where we say her be similar to the savages. ]]> 2023-05-15 15:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591484082 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591484159 He wiped them on his chest, on his shoulders, on his bare arms. Delicious perfume! He shut his eyes; he rubbed his cheek against his own powdered arm. Touch of smooth skin against his face, scent in his nostrils of musky dust—her real presence. "Lenina," he whispered. "Lenina!" (143)

it's interesting to see how obsessed john became with lenina, sinking into the smell of her perfume when he thought she and bernard had left him behind. it's like he sees her as a God, an untouchable being. i wonder if his emotions will become overwhelming since he was drugged when he was born.]]> 2023-05-15 15:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591484159 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591484264 Pale, wild-eyed, the Director glared about him in an agony of bewildered humiliation. My father! The laughter, which had shown signs of dying away, broke out again more loudly than ever. (152)]]> 2023-05-15 15:11:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591484264 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591484420 The Savage," wrote Bernard, "refuses to take soma, and seems much distressed because the woman Linda, his m--, remains permanently on holiday. It is worthy of note that, in spite of his m-- 's senility and the extreme repulsiveness of her appearance, the Savage frequently goes to see her and appears to be much attached to her—an interesting example of the way in which early conditioning can be made to modify and even run counter to natural impulses (in this case, the impulse to recoil from an unpleasant object)." (160- 161)

bernard is using john as an experiment, an observational study. he's using him to bring up his statue, people don't talk about the alcohol in his system but rather his discovery. ]]> 2023-05-15 15:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2591484420 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2597809606  "from the Slough Crematorium. Death conditioning begins at eighteen months. Every tot spends two mornings a week in a Hospital for the Dying. All the best toys are kept there, and they get chocolate cream on death days. They learn to take dying as a matter of course." (164)

brave new world has a "hospital" where patients are sent to basically die. they're made to believe that their death is a blessing since they're gifted with chocolate ice cream as a treat. the children think that their death is necessary, that they're meaningless.]]> 2023-05-19 16:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2597809606 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2597809708 The golden T lay shining on Lenina's bosom. Sportively, the Arch-Community-Songster caught hold of it, sportively he pulled, pulled. (178)

we get reminded that the brave new world worships ford, having jewelry and greetings with the letter "t". in a way, we get reminded that lenina is simply like a piece of meat here. they're designed to please one another with no break in between. it's sad to see, especially since there's an indication that lenina is developing romantic feelings toward john.]]> 2023-05-19 16:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2597809708 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2597809754  "Answer me this question: do you really like me, or don't you?" There was a moment's silence; then, in a very low voice, "I love you more than anything in the world," he said.

She released his hand and flung it angrily away from her. "If I didn't like you so much," she said, "I'd be furious with you." (191- 192)

the contract between their two confessions is clear: john loves her while lenina likes him. they literally come from two different worlds. they simply don't understand each other. it hurt seeing how john reacted, calling lenina a whore when that's what's normalized in her world. in a way, it's like ownership of a person. but to john, it's a devotion, a commitment to depend on each other.]]> 2023-05-19 16:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2597809754 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2597809884 Startled by the expression of distress on his pale face, she suddenly broke off. "Why, whatever is the matter?" she asked. She was not accustomed to this kind of thing in visitors. (Not that there were many visitors anyhow: or any reason why there should be many visitors.) (199)

there's no grief when it comes to the topic of death, which i find distorting. life is meaningful because there's an end. in the book, it's like a mere inconvenience. it's hard how our lives could be barely significant.]]> 2023-05-19 16:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2597809884 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2597809926 Repeated indefinitely, as though by a train of mirrors, two faces, one a hairless and freckled moon haloed in orange, the other a thin, beaked bird-mask, stubbly with two days' beard, turned angrily towards him. Their words and, in his ribs, the sharp nudging of elbows, broke through his unawareness. He woke once more to external reality, looked round him, knew what he saw—knew it, with a sinking sense of horror and disgust, for the recurrent delirium of his days and nights, the nightmare of swarming indistinguishable sameness. Twins, twins. (208- 209)

mentioned in previous class discussions, people here look the same. they don't age or change. they're stuck with the looks they're given when they're at the ripe age of 20. it must've been terrifying seeing the same set of faces. they're basically human dolls waiting to die. ]]> 2023-05-19 16:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2597809926 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2598095381 "But that's the price we have to pay for stability. You've got to choose between happiness and what people used to call high art. We've sacrificed the high art. We have the feelies and the scent organ instead." (220)

like what john says in the later half, there's no meaning. they have no meaning because there's no value. how can there be value when there's nothing to loose? the people in BNW are being told what to do by this random old man.]]> 2023-05-20 01:56:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2598095381 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2598095624 ""And this," said the Provost a moment later, "is Hypnopaedic Control Room.""(163).

A lot of work goes into developing the hypnopaedic technology to ensure that all of the citizens are put in place. They've been conditioned for their entire lives and have the same thoughts as everyone else in their caste. This development creates different caste levels and ensures that each level is happy with who they are. ]]> 2023-05-20 01:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2598095624 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2598095732 But inexorably, every thirty seconds, the minute hand of the electric clock above his bed jumped forward with an almost imperceptible click. Click, click, click, click... And it was morning. (178)

this is the first time the book mentions time. it feels significant to me since this world is designed to be in a rush. it's like mocking toward bernard since he's forced to go through this embarrassing time slowly. ]]> 2023-05-20 01:57:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2598095732 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2598095764 "as she immediately untwined her arms, as she stepped away from him, he thought, for a moment, that she had taken his unspoken hint. But when she unbuckled her white patent cartridge belt and hung it carefully over the back of a chair, he began to suspect that he had been mistaken." (192)
John and Lenina both like each other, however, they are unable to love each other truly because of the different worlds they grew up in. John wants to love her for the rest of his life and only be with her while Lenina only knows love as sexual intercourse. Before they were born and while they were little, they made them filled with drugs and controlled them to make sure they never loved anyone. Only pure lust.]]> 2023-05-20 01:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2598095764 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2598095793 "rather to a dream of which these things, transformed and embellished by the soma in her blood," (200)
Linda was in the savage reservation for a while so she didn't have access to all the drugs she used to have. Once she left the savages, she began taking as much soma as she can to feel "normal." However, she ended up over dosing. They drugged them so much that they feel as though they cannot live without it. They did this so they can control them so they would never leave, or else they'll deal with these withdrawals.]]> 2023-05-20 01:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2598095793 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2598095814 For their own sakes-because it takes longer to get food out of the land than out of a factory. Besides, we have our stability to think of. (224)

the controller in this section is explaining how people cannot be free because of labor. the alphas don't want to do work because they're smart. like in our society, the necessary jobs needed are the ones people neglect and turn away from. why? simply because it's hard labor. that's why the controller made sure each class lacked something: intelligence and height.]]> 2023-05-20 01:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2598095814 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2598095844 "Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness. That's why I have to keep these books locked up in the safe." (234)
John keeps questioning Mond on why he doesn't allow people to believe in a God in this world. Mond answers by saying that everyone interprets God differently, and could end up leading to unhappiness. Which would cause a hassle later on. So Mond tells John that it's better to keep things the way they are so they can have control and can condition people to be happy.]]> 2023-05-20 01:58:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2598095844 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2598095887 ""No, not synthetic starch and cotton-wast flour-substitute." But when it came to pan-glandular biscuits and vitalized beef-surrogate, he had not been able to resist the shopman's persuasion. Looking at the tins now, he bitterly reproached himself for his weakness. Loathsome civilized stuff!" 

The world state had made things for ease of access of vitamins. More nutritional substances, however John hates it because of how the worldstate made it. He loathes them, despite the nutritional values.

]]> 2023-05-20 01:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2598095887 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600251123 ""Because, you see, Fanny, I like him."" (166)
In this part of the chapter, Lenina is telling Fanny that she likes John. However, she doesn't know how to feel about it because he's considered a "savage" because he was born the forbidden way. She also doesn't know how to feel because in their world, they're not suppose to like people. There are mixed emotions everywhere and no one knows what they're feeling because they never felt like this before.]]> 2023-05-22 15:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600251123 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600251621 ""what fun it would be," he thought, "if one didn't have to think about happiness!" (177)
Mustapha Mond finished reading a book titled "A New Theory of Biology." He really enjoyed reading this, however, chose to not publish it because it'll make people question their lives and want to explore more. Even though he wanted people to read this, he knew it was best to make sure it wouldn't be published because if people were to read this, there's a chance that people would begin question their happiness in this world and try to seek it elsewhere. Which is not allowed in this world.]]> 2023-05-22 15:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600251621 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600251751 ""For Ford's sake, John, talk sense. I can't understand a word you say. First it's vacuum cleaners; then it's knots. You're driving me crazy." She jumped up and, as though afraid that he might run away from her physically, as well as with his mind," (191)
In this chapter, Lenina believes that she likes John and wants to have sexual intercourse with him. However, since John was raised differently from Lenina, he wants to take things slow and get to know her and want to spend the rest of his life with her and only her. However, she doesn't understand what he means. John could've been happy, however, the way that they made Lenina, she is possibly incapable of feeling true love, which hurts John perfusely.]]> 2023-05-22 15:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600251751 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600251857 ""Pope!" she murmured, and closed her eyes. "Oh, I do so like it, I do..." She sighed and let herself sink back into the pillows." (204)
John is visiting his mother, Linda, in the hospital because she's dying since she's no longer on the drugs she used to be on to make her live longer. John wants to have a sweet moment talking with his mother, however, she mistakenly calls him Pope. He then becomes upset because his own mother couldn't recognized him. He wanted to spend a good moment with his mother before she passed, however, it all got ruined within a minute.]]> 2023-05-22 15:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600251857 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600251982 "Don't take that horrible stuff. It's poison, it's poison." (211)
They were drugging people with soma and John wanted to put an end to this because his mother died from soma. He tried to stop them from giving people soma by telling everyone it's poison hopping someone will listen to him. However, they stopped him and ended up giving him soma during this process.]]> 2023-05-22 15:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600251982 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252166 ""The day's soma ration," Bernard answered rather indistinctly; for he was masticating a piece of Benito Hoover's chewing-gum. "They get it after their work's over. Four half-gramme tablets. Six on Saturdays."(164).

The use of soma and drugs has been so normalized in the World State that the workers look forward to it. They've learned that they receive it after completing their work, which motivates them to put in their best effort. Soma is extremely common and easy to access for them as long as they do their jobs to support society. ]]> 2023-05-22 15:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252166 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252285 "Punctured, utterly deflated, he dropped into a chair and, covering his face with his hands, began to weep. A few minutes later, however, he thought better of it and took four tablets of soma"(176).

People in the World State are extremely reliant on soma. Whenever they express any emotion other than happiness, soma helps them escape and avoid those negative feelings. As a result, they consume it frequently to ensure that they're always joyful. ]]> 2023-05-22 15:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252285 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252342 "Twenty-two years, eight months, and four days from that moment, a promising young Alpha-Minus administrator at Mwanza-Mwanza was to die of trypanosomiasis"(187).

In an industry, everybody's role is important. It's vital that workers pay attention to detail and don't get distracted from their work. In this case, Lenina didn't pay attention to whether or not she had already injected the bottle. This unfortunately leads to the death of a person years later. ]]> 2023-05-22 15:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252342 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252425 "The Park Lane Hospital for the Dying was a sixty-story tower of primrose tiles"(198).

This reminds me of something I learned in history class where certain buildings would be built upward to save space. In this case, the hospital is 60 stories tall. This saves space on the ground for other industrial and manufacturing jobs that require a larger area. ]]> 2023-05-22 15:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252425 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252541 "He picked up the cash-box and showed them its black emptiness. [...] Howling, the Deltas charged with a redoubled fury"(213).

Soma is so addicting and accessible to everyone in the World State. Despite its abundance, the Deltas still got angered when John was throwing their supply away. They consume it so often that it's something that is required in their daily routines and they can't imagine it without soma. ]]> 2023-05-22 15:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252541 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252732 2023-05-22 15:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252732 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252786 "Watching them , listening to their talk, he found himself sometimes resentfully wishing that he had never brought them together. He was ashamed of his jealousy and alternately made efforts of will and took soma to keep himself from feeling it."

One of the things that plays again and again in this chapter is Bernard's jealousy and wants. Bernard wants to be this guy everyone adores, but because of his abnormalities it's harder. This and the fact when he finally gets it, he becomes full of himself. He thinks he is owed the affection from people. ]]> 2023-05-22 15:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252786 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252841 "I wanted to do something first... I mean, to show I was worthy of you. Not that I could ever really do that. But at any rate to show I wasn't absolutely un-worthy. I wanted to do something." 

To John's eyes, he is unworthy. He is unworthy because he's not from the world state, because he's not really part of the whole society. He sees himself as less because of this. ]]> 2023-05-22 15:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252841 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252899 "He had tried so hard, had done his very best; why wouldn't she allow him to forget?" (204)

John visited Linda before she died and wanted to spend some time with his mother. However, during this visit, she called him Pope. This was probably a vital moment for John; for his own mother to not even think of him, but of a man he hated while she was dying. Alas, John loses her. Combined with this and the thing with Leniina, he's a bit hysteric. ]]> 2023-05-22 15:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252899 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252977 ""But do you like being slaves?" the Savage was saying as they entered the Hospital. "Do you like being babes? Yes, babies. Mewling and puking," he added, exasperated by their bestial stupidity into throwing insults at those he had come to save." 

John states what I've been thinking about the entire book. The people are slaves to the world state, just sheep following the government because that's all they were forced to know. It for them it doesn't occur that they could have their own free will. ]]> 2023-05-22 15:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600252977 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600253280 "Two minutes later the Voice and the soma vapour had produced their effect"(215).

To shut down the riot, the government is quick to bring out the police, soma vapour, and the same synthetic voice that conditioned the citizens when they were children. The soma vapor allows the police to easily control those who aren't doing what they want, such as when Bernard was being annoying. The synthetic voice box convinces the citizens to believe what it's saying and its message becomes imprinted in their minds. ]]> 2023-05-22 15:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600253280 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600290223 "Happy and good," the Voice repeated. "At peace, at peace." It trembled, sank into a whisper and momentarily expired. "Oh, I do want you to be happy," it began, with a yearning earnestness. (215)

this part was creepy. creepy, as in, what is happening here? it's interesting how voice is capitalized, like it holds some kind of importance. maybe it's because it's their name? maybe it's because it's like a type of god. either way, the voice gives the impression of a soothing atmosphere, similar to like a parent calming down their child. but in this case, it was calming the twins so that they die happily. ]]> 2023-05-22 15:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600290223 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600290423 "What you need," the Savage went on, "is something with tears for a change. Nothing costs enough here." (239)

well, john makes it clear that anything has worth because of the journey you take: the failures, the successes, the tears, and the smiles. that is what NBW lacks. they sacrificed it in order to have health, stability, and "happiness".]]> 2023-05-22 15:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600290423 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600290573 "He said he wanted to go on with an experiment..." (243)

originally, those who are different get sent to an island where the previous odd ones go to. that decision was different for john, since he wasn't conditioned from birth. so, the controller wanted to test to see if john's will for truth will be stronger than the controller's determination for happiness. ]]> 2023-05-22 15:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2600290573 lnguyen156_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2606348630 "Beauty's attractive, and we don't want people to be attracted by old things. We want them to like the new ones"(219).

In the World State, the government controls every aspect of their citizens' lives. So many "old things" have been prohibited because the government doesn't want them to consume it and end up preferring it over their own products. The government makes sure that the content their people consume is what aligns with their ideas. ]]> 2023-05-26 16:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2606348630 lnguyen156_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2606348682 "Christianity without tears- that's what soma is"(238).

The people of the World State don't have an understanding of what religion and God are, since those aspects have been completely removed by the Controllers. Once again, soma is a reoccurring topic within the book. Mustapha Mond describes consuming soma to be far much better than religion because it makes their people constantly happy. ]]> 2023-05-26 16:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2606348682 lnguyen156_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2606348718 "Flowers and landscape were the only attractions here. And so, as there was no good reason for coming, nobody came"(246).

In the beginning chapters of the book, we are introduced to how the Controllers condition young children into doing what they want. In this case, they make them afraid of flowers, which makes them not want to explore and take in the beauty of what nature surrounds them. As a result, they don't consume those kind of attractions and resort to Electromagnetic Golf or Tennis instead.]]> 2023-05-26 16:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2606348718 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2608590250 Pain was a fascinating horror. "Fry, lechery, fry!" Frenzied, the Savage slashed again.

Orgy-porgy, round and round and round, beating one another in six-eight-time. (258)

long story short, lenina was killed by john. i'm not sure why he did that, but i'm assuming it's because of his ideal outlook of a monogamous relationship. his rage that the woman he loved was sleeping with another man which could go back to the anger he felt when he saw linda sleeping with multiple men when he grew up. his resentment was transformed into rage. he wanted to escape from the past, and it's as though he can't. not only that, the ritual that he couldn't participate in was being recreated in front of his eyes, haunting him once more.]]> 2023-05-30 04:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2608590250 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2608590432 "they're plagued with no mothers or fathers; they've got no wives, or children, or lovers to feel strongly about; they're so conditioned that they practically can't help behaving as they ought to behave. And if anything should go wrong, there's soma." (220)
The Controller is explaining to John how their live works and why it's "better" than what the savages are used to. He explains how they must have all these rules and not true happiness to have order and stability in this world. That in order to have all of these nice things for everyone, they must make sure people's emotion cannot overtake them.]]> 2023-05-30 04:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2608590432 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2608590514 "But isn't it natural to feel there's a God?" (234)
John is asking Mond this question. However, Mond responds with saying how they only believe what they are conditioned to believe. Instead of giving people free will to experience religion, which could give them true happiness, they decide it's best everyone believes in the same thing. To make sure everyone feels the same way.]]> 2023-05-30 04:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2608590514 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2608590589 "Flowers and a landscape were the only attractions here. And so, as there was no good reason for coming, nobody came. During the first days the Savage lived alone and undisturbed." (246)
John had two people that he felt connected with, however, they're leaving. So from this, John ran away as far from civilization as possible. He found this beautiful place with flowers. Which he knew they would not come since they were conditioned to hate these. He's content to live alone, however, we can tell that it's foreshadowing that his happiness of being alone will come to an end eventually.]]> 2023-05-30 04:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2608590589 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2608590696 "All the people who, for one reason or another, have got too self-consciously individual to fit into community life. All the people who aren't satisfied with orthodoxy, who've got independent ideas of their own. Every one, in a word, who's any one. I almost envy you, Mr. Watson." 

All "free-thinkers" are sent over to islands. If you're too smart and think for yourself then you literally are exiled. However it makes you think, these are probably the most interesting people. These are the people that don't follow the rules and do what they want. ]]> 2023-05-30 04:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2608590696 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2608590786 "We are not our own anymore than what we possess is our own.. We did not make ourselves, we cannot be supreme over ourselves. We are not our own masters. We are God's property." 

You can see the hypocrisy in these words because the world state does the same thing. In religion, you belong to one god, in the world state you belong to everyone (and the Controller). No one is ever for their own in either way of the spectrum.]]> 2023-05-30 04:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2608590786 lvtran105_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2608590846 "The savage nodded. "I ate civilization."
"What?"
"It poisoned me; I was defiled. And then," he added in a lower tone, "I ate my own wickedness." (242) 

In which John, who sees himself as impure for taking part in society, tries to cleanse himself. He views society as vile and evil because they are "slaves" to their own creations. His taking part in it makes him feel dirty, and so he begins to purge the evil out of him by making himself vomit. ]]> 2023-05-30 04:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2608590846 lnguyen156_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2611982037 "Evil's an unreality if you take a couple of grammes"(251).

John is living the life he wants, alone, in the countryside to escape civilization. However, that doesn't last for long because news reporters and people from the World State constantly bother him and remind him of what he hates the most. Soma is a reoccurring topic, and the news reporters just don't understand why John refuses to consume it since they find it to be so strange. ]]> 2023-06-01 15:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2611982037 igonzalez103_4 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2611984176 "At the sight of the young woman, the Savage started, recoiled, turned pale." (257)
John used to be so excited to see Lenina, however, seeing her now sends him over the edge. He starts hitting her with the whip and ends up killing her. Then once he realized what he did, he took soma then took his own life. John was excited to see this new world, but this messed him up so badly that he ended up taking his life.]]> 2023-06-01 16:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2611984176 ammccarthy1021_2 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2611988834 "A few helicopters came and hovered inquisitively round the tower"(251).

Helicopters play an essential role in the World State. They are an efficient means of transportation that allows people to save time. Even though John tries to escape civilization, he is still being controlled by other people with their helicopters and reminded of what he lost. ]]> 2023-06-01 16:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2611988834 ammccarthy1021_2 https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2611989292 "Drawn by the fascination of the horror of pain and, from within, impelled by that habit of cooperation, that desire for unanimity and atonement, which their conditioning had do ineradicably implanted in them, they began to mime the frenzy of his gesture, striking at one another as the Savage struck at his own rebellious flesh..." (258)

In which the people are so fascinated with John, that they begin to stalk him. When he begins to lash out, with them being so conditioned and recognizing queues, begin to have an orgy. This makes John finally tip over, and in the end he decides to take his own life. This just really shows how evil he thought the world was, that after seeing all this horror he decided that there was no use in living anymore. ]]> 2023-06-01 16:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ammccarthy1021_2/r4i3w6nu8nm6xjqw/wish/2611989292