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Brave New World

Brave New World. Jessica, Victoria, Lisa. Structure. Introduction Book Brief overview of Aldous Huxley Summary of the Plot First Chapter Caste – System Bokanovsky Process Persons Movie Director Scene Conclusion Dystopia or Utopia?. The Brave New World.

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Brave New World

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  1. Brave New World Jessica, Victoria, Lisa

  2. Structure • Introduction • Book • Brief overview of Aldous Huxley • Summary of the Plot • First Chapter • Caste – System • Bokanovsky Process • Persons • Movie • Director • Scene • Conclusion • Dystopia or Utopia?

  3. The Brave New World • 2049 a. Chr.  war for nine years with chemical and biological weapons • Propaganda against natural reproduction  artifical reproductive technique • Intention: Freedom and happy people • In year 632 After Ford ( Henry Ford = God) • Totalitarian system • control

  4. Aldous Huxley • * 26 of July 1894 in Surrey (Great Britain) • † 22 of November 1963 Los Angeles • Famous author • Degeneration of eyesight

  5. Summary of the Plot • Brave New World  „The World State“ • Cold, dead and sterile atmosphare • No different countries • „Community, Identity, Stability“ • Humans: • conditioned to fit in the world state  Social System • Produced by „Bokanovsky Process“ • No own thoughts • „Soma“  drug, produce a joyfull effect

  6. First Chapter • Guide tour through the „Central London Hatchery“ and „Conditioning Centre“ • Director  leading a tour group of young students around a lab, explains scientific process • Creating people for particular castes in society • Bokanovsky Process • Feed the embryos with special substance

  7. Alphas Betas Gammas Deltas Epsilons • Highest case • Highest level of intelligence and attractiveness Caste – System • Human intelligence, but not like Alphas • manual workers • No social function • Workers • Twins, dressed in mandatory khaki • no human intelligence • workers

  8. Bokanovsky Process • Eggs „bud“  creates up to ninety – six embryos from each bud • Grow into a human being • One of the major instruments of social stability • Epsilons and Deltas • Solution of the whole life problem

  9. Persons • Lenina Crowne: • She‘s a Beta, perfect citizin of the Brave New World, ambitous • Red hair, very pretty • Bernard Marx: • Alpha, intelligent, physically smaller as „normal“ Alphas  more or less no respect from the others • Has his own thoughts  social problems, respect • Melancholic • Helmholtz Watson: • Alpha, very good looking, high intelligence, „chill mood“ • Support Bernard and a good friend of John

  10. Persons • John: • „the wild“ , son of the Director and Linda • Outsider • He was born in the reservation • He loves Shakespear • Linda: • Johns Mother and a Beta • Storm  got lost  Indians found her, while she was pregnant • Desperate to return to the Brave New World • Director: • Father of John  scandalous in the Brave New World

  11. Movie - Director • Burt Brinckerhoff • * 25th of October 1936 in Pittburgh, Pennsylvania • Actor, director, producer • Movie: • Filmed in year 1980 • For the first time shown on NBC on 7th March 1980 • It was released to the public 1998

  12. Scene • the teacher shows a film about the past • they have a perfect society now • all the human thoughts are negative and repulsive • End: they make a discussion about the complex sexuell versions • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLhCh-BX3GE

  13. Utopia or Dystopia What do you think… ?

  14. Links • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World_(1998_film) • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World • http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldous_Huxley • http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/bravenew/ • http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sch%C3%B6ne_neue_Welt#Figuren Pictures: Google  Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Book

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