Chapters 11 & 12

1. Chapters 11 & 12 By : Kathleen Bailey and Amy Miller

2. Chapter 11 Vocabulary • Carping—Faultfinding • Malthusian Belt—A device worn to discourage sex in the unsterilized women to avoid pregnancy • Malthusian Drill—Another device meant for the unsterilized women to avoid pregnancy • Hypnopaedia—Sleep-teaching to inculcate prejudices into the subconscious of the sleeper

3. Chapter 11 Characters • Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning—Directory of the hatchery; gives the students a tour of the facility • Linda—Conditioned woman raised in civilization but left by accident in the Reservation by the Director years before; has son, John, who grows up as a half-breed • John—Son of Linda and the Director • Bernard—Alpha plus successful psychologist who has an inferiority complex due to his small height

4. Characters (continued) • Helmholtz—Emotional engineer, friend of Bernard, also an outcast but due to his great physical beauty and muscular strength and mental excess • Mustapha Mond—Resident controller of Western Europe • Lenina—Woman who tries to persuade Bernard to take her to the reservation

5. Chapter 11 • The Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning resigned. • The rest of society finds Linda obscene because she had a child and was “bottle born”. • Linda goes on Soma holiday to escape civilization • “Soma may make you lose a few years in time”

6. Bernard’s New Life • For the first time in his life, John is important. • Bernard uses John to improve his social life. • Bernard’s new acquaintances include: • Chief Bottler • Director of Predestination • 3 Deputy Assistant Fertilizer Generals • Believes that Helmholtz, his only “true friend”, is jealous. • Success goes to his head

7. Tour of Civilization • Bernard takes John on a tour of civilization • Bernard writes reports for Mustapha Mond • They visit the Electrical Equipment Corporation • They discuss how things are assembled and who assembles what • Bernard then reports to Mustapha Mond again • Bernard notes that John has “an attraction” to Linda (they don’t understand the mother to son relationship)

8. Tour of Civilization • They visit the Upper School—exclusive to uppercaste boys and girls (1 egg, 1 adult) • John witnesses the end of a Malthusian Drill • John sees a lesson on savage reservations • They catch a glimpse of the hypnopaedic control room • Also learn about how the students are put through death conditioning

9. A Night Out • Lenina takes John out for a night • Lenina shared in Bernard’s fame after bringing back the Savage • Lenina feels that John doesn’t like her • She confides in Fanny (the two seem to be close friends) • Lenina takes John to the feelies • John finds this horrible whereas Lenina loved it • Lenina gets dropped off at her appartment and John leaves her

10. Chapter 12 Vocabulary • Magnanimity—Generosity • Mollified—Calmed, allayed

11. Bernard Throws a Party • John refuses to come out of his room • Bernard informs the party that the Savage won’t be joining them • Lenina had planned on telling John that she liked him • She believes that John doesn’t show up because he doesn’t like her • Bad comments are made regarding Bernard • Once the Arch-Community Songster of Canterbury decides to leave, everyone leaves • Bernard takes some soma to escape his problems

12. Scene Shifts • John spends his time reading Romeo and Juliet • Lenina is with the Arch-Community Songster • Bernard wakes up and rejoins the world and his problems • Bernard blames the Savage for his decline in popularity • Bernard remembers Helmholtz and asks for his friendship

13. Helmholtz is in trouble with authority • He was giving a lecture in his Advanced Emotional Engineering on the Use of Rhymes in Moral Propaganda and Advertisement. • He gave them one of his own rhymes about being alone. “Yesterday’s committee, Sticks, but a broken drum, Midnight in the City, Flutes in a vacuum,…”

14. Bernard Introduces John to Helmholtz • They like each other instantly • John reads part of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare to Helmholtz (Rhymes) • He reads Romeo and Juliet • Helmholtz is repulsed by the idea of mother and father (grotesque obscenity) • The idea of Tybalt dead and not cremated was outrageous • Helmholtz states that Shakespeare was a great propaganda technician.

15. Questions • What causes the director to resign? • The news that he has a son and is a father! • Why would Bernard be jealous of the relationship between Helmholtz and John? • Bernard does not have the same relationship with either of them. • Why does Helmholtz get in trouble and why would there be a problem with his poem? • Reciting his poem to a class and the poem talks about being alone.