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Brave New World CHAPTER 13

Brave New World CHAPTER 13. Tosha Reynolds And Jennifer Barnes. VOCABULARY. Soma: a drug that dulls the passions and understanding of the people and creates a false sense of happiness.

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Brave New World CHAPTER 13

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  1. Brave New WorldCHAPTER 13 Tosha Reynolds And Jennifer Barnes

  2. VOCABULARY • Soma: a drug that dulls the passions and understanding of the people and creates a false sense of happiness. • Pregnancy Substitute: this medical procedure allows utopian women to experience the psychological benefits of childbirth without actually undergoing it. • Violent Passion Surrogate(V.P.S.): a chemical intended to give the body the psychological experience of having had normal sexual relations.

  3. Vocabulary • Ford: the Utopian idol, the nearest equivalent to God • Fanny: • Feely:

  4. Characters • Lenina Crowne: Beta-Plus, Vaccination- worker at the Hatchery; loved by John (the savage) • Vladimir Lenin, the Bolshevik leader during the Russian Revolution • John (the savage): son of Linda & Thomas (Tomakin) an outcast in both modern and primitive society

  5. Characters • Henry Foster: Alpha, Administrator at the Hatchery and Lenina’ current partner Figure: William Shakespeare: his banned works are quoted by John (the savage)

  6. Summary • Lenina has been rejected by John and she is depressed, absent-minded and unhappy with John ‘s decision. Due to her unhappiness she turn downed Henry Foster’s offer to go to the feely.

  7. Bibliography • Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. Perennial: New York, 1998. • “Brave New World.” Wikipedia. Org <www.wikipedia.org>.

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