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            Although there are many differences in the two novels, Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World have the same goal as far as society goes; the central government just wants everyone to be socially safe.

            When a society in these worlds are socially safe, they usually have to maintain three things; people have to be clueless of history or old literature, they have to be content all the time, and they have to be emotionless and not passionate for anything or anyone. 

            How these societies on both if these novels keep people clueless if very different, but along the same lines. In Fahrenheit 451 they simply take books away completely. And the talk of these books is frowned upon and if you were caught with books, then your house was burnt down. But in Brave New World people just don’t even know what history is and don’t understand it. Like when John was talking to Mustapha about why there was a movie about a modern day Othello, Mustapha said it was because they were to stupid and they wouldn’t understand it. Which is not their fault because that’s how they are conditioned and raised.

            The people in these societies are kept happy all the time, and if they aren’t happy are feeling like they have to deal with emotional situations, they just take have routines that make everything all better again. In Brave New World soma was their escape from reality. Whenever Lenina had to sit through a boring meeting, or deal with John calling her a whore, she would always take soma so she would be happy again. And they even had a plan just incase a riot broke out, which it did when John was throwing out the soma. The police would just take a bunch of gas soma and stray it over everyone until people were so high that they could be mad and just passed out into a soma holiday. In Fahrenheit 451 they use giant televisions to keep people happy and entertained. Mildred would think is TV programs as her family because that’s what would make her happy.

            They last thing the central government does to keep social stability is make sure no one is passionate toward anyone or anything, in Fahrenheit 451 although there was marriage, is a woman’s husband died in war or died at all they would go and find another significant other. And if they were to become passionate, like Montag did about books, then people go and break the rule and rebel. In Brave New World No one is passionate towards anyone else and if they are it is only the physical attraction, nothing emotional. Like when Lenina first went after Bernard, she thought he was so odd, but he was physically pleasing, so she went to the reservation with him.

            The central governments in these two novels are very similar as far as their goals for the people go. 

Book Summery

 The Brave New World starts with an overview of the society and how it functions. It shows all of the different styles of how the children are brought up and how they are taught how to like certain things depending on which society they are from. There are five major social groups, the Epsilons, Betas, Gamma, Deltas, and Alphas. Alphas being the top dogs, and Epsilons being at the bottom of the food chain. People get out put into their social groups even as an embryo, and the conditioning is carried out until they are adults. People who are in a lower social group work for people of a high social status. In the first section of the book we are introduced to a lot of characters, but Lenina Crowne and Bernard Marx are the most important. Bernard was an outsider because he thought that the society was rubbish and he didn’t like soma. He had a friend with similar beliefs named Hemholtz Watson. We also learn that in this everyone belongs to every and there are no exclusive relationships. Also, the thought of being a mother was disgusting and only a joke to be a father

The next part of this book is about Lenina and Bernard going to the Savage reservation on vacation.  In this section we meet a woman named Linda who was in love the Director and they went on the same vacation that Bernard and Lenina are on but she was left in the reservation and she was pregnant. So we also meet the son that was born. His name is John and he had a rough childhood. He was also mad fun of and beaten up for being white and also have a mother who was a whore. On top of that, him mother would beat him because she blamed him for ruining her life. So, Bernard went to Mustapha Mond, one of the ten world rulers, if he could bring Linda and John back to London with him for a science experiment. Mustapha approved what Bernard was doing so they all went back to London together.

In the third part of this book, it was about how John worked in the society that his mom had talked so much about. He was really only show cased around by Bernard. John had also developed feelings for Lenina and she thought that she was sharing those feelings, but neither one of them knew how that other felt. Meanwhile, Linda was so unattractive and disgusting because she was a mother she was kept in Bernard’s apartment with endless amounts of soma to keep her happy while she wastes away. So, Bernard invited everyone who was important or of high social status to this revealing of the savage from the reservation, but then, he didn’t come out of the apartment. Everyone left and Bernard was instantly judged again and was an outsider again. Then, Lenina told John about her feelings and he told her his feelings, but she only wanted a physical relationship and not an emotional one and John wanted the opposite. So that didn’t work out and then John’s mom died. So he went crazy and started a riot by throwing all the soma away. Then, because John and Hemholtz here with the savage, they were both exiled to islands to do research was it was socially safe. Then John went to a lighthouse and whipped himself and Lenina went there and he whipped her. Eventually he hanged himself.
 I really enjoyed this book other then the ending. I thought by John killing himself it was the easy way out and society didn't really change by it. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to think about the what ifs in life. Also a person who is started to analyze books and pick them apart would enjoy reading this because there are some easy allusions to pick up and it is good for starters. 

Chapter 16 Journal Entry

1. Bernard, John, and Hemholtz are meeting Mustapha to see what their punishment you be for the riot. Mustaoha began with asking John if he like society and of course he said didn't and Bernard was horrified. The they talked about books and how people weren't aloud to read them except for Mustapha because he was the one who makes the laws so he can break them. Then, John was asking why they didn't have any modern day plays like Othello or Romeo and Juliet. Then the controller explained that no one would understand what was happening. They wouldn't know what was happening because on the story Othello there are things like wives and children and families and that would only confuse the people of that society. The John went on to tell how the feelies are pointless and dumb, and even though Helmholtz writes them, he agrees. Then john asked why there were different social groups, and Mustapha said because no one would want to do the little jobs, and the lower class citizens are glad to do it. Then, Mustapha admitted to the fact that he was an outsider as well and he was almost exiled until he decided that he would just accept the society. Then he discusses the future of Bernard and Hemhotlz. As soon and Mustapha mentions anything of the sort, Bernard starts crying and pleading for him to stay and he'll behave. He was reacting so violently, that he had to he had to be escorted to a bedroom and knock him out with soma. Then Mustapha started saying the being sent to an island can be a good thing because you get to experiment and meet lots of new people. Mustapha was almost went to an island myself, until he learned that dealing with the society would be better. The Hemholtz said that he would like to be sent to an island with bad climate so he cam focus on him studies, and then went to go check on Bernard, 
2. This chapter is important because it wraps up a few loose ends. Like we know the fate of  Hemholtz and Bernard. He also see that Bernard has lost his marbles. The minute an island is mentioned, he goes bonkers. 
3. Characters
1. John didn't really make any emotional changes. He was, however, informed more about why things happen in society the way they do. Like why they don't have more dynamic movies and plays and why there are different levels in society. 
2. Bernard has a major nervous breakdown. And, the fact that he has gone from mostly soma free to popping pills left and right shows how unstable he is. 
3. Hemholtz and very collected and calm. He also is very accepting. Instead on revolting more, he makes a request an islnad to go to and then goes on his way.
4. Literary Elements
1. Allusions 
1. There is a lot of talk about Romeo and Juliet and Othello 
5. New Words
1. Deprecating Adj. express disapproval of
2. Ingenuity N. the quality of being clever, original, and inventive.
3. Paroxysm N. a sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity

Chapter 15 Journal Entry

1. John ran out of the hospital to find lots of people standing around their soma. A man went our in front of the crowd and held up a box full of soma for everyone. People started for the soma one at a time until things got out of hand. Then, the man with the box shut it, and threatened that no one was to get their soma. Then John thought of how Linda was a slave to soma and he yelled at everyone to stop. The He went up and stared telling everyone that they were being freed and he was throwing the soma away. The people were horrified and a riot broke loose. Meanwhile, Hemholz and Bernard were waiting for the savage at their normal meeting place. Then they got a phone call, and they were informed of that was going on with the savage. Then it went back and it showed the savage giving a speech about how they were all slaves and he was only freeing them. Then the police come and start their crows comtrol and Bernard starts to panic because Hemholtz and John are both rebelling.  
2. This is in important chapter because it is the climax of the story. It is the peek of John's internal problems and where he can't really hold back anymore and he does that he feels is right.
3. Characters
1. John has an emotional breakdown in this chapter. If his mother hadn't of died and Lenina practically attack him, he might have actually though about what he was doing. Although he was doing what he thought was right, the outcome here and more severe. 
4. Literary Elements
1. Simile 
1. "...LIke maggots..."
2. Metaphor
1. ..."To have become mere sticks of jello..."
3. Allusion 
1. "Lend me your ears..." Julius Caesar 
5. New Words 
1. Dolychocephalic Not Found
2. Derisively Adv. expressing contempt or ridicule
3. Delirium N. an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech.

Chapter 24 Journal Entry

1. John arrives at the hospital for dying people, and he asked the nurse about how his mother was doing. He said that there was no hope, and then John got noticeable upset, and the nurse was confussed. John finally got the nurse to take him to Linda. She was very distant because of all the soma, so she saw that he was there, and then she fell  alseep. The a but of twins came and started looking and laughing and Linda. John didn't so he hit one of the kids. The nurse saw this and then she got mad and threatened to get him thrown out if he disrupted their death conditioning again. The nurse was scared so she made the children go away anyhow. Then, John went back to looking after his mom. He started thinking about all of the good times while he was growing up, but with the good memories, came the bad ones as well. Then, while she was still in her some holiday, she mumbles pope's name, and John was outrages with jealously that Pope was the one in her dreams, not him. He was shaking her, so Linda woke up, and remembered John, but then, she couldn't breath and she died with a look of terror in her eyes. JOhn tried to get a nurse and he thought he had killed her, The only thing that nurse was worried about was them being unconditioned, so she distracted the little boys and then the savage walked out pushing one of the kids over, 
2. The importance of this chapter is that is shows that no one deals with emotions and the meaning of duty is shown more. An example of the emotions is that people in this society are conditioned to have death not faze them. So when John acted out, it was so strange to everyone. And, the nurse wasn't thinking about how JOhn might be feeling, instead she was worried about her job. 
3. Character
1. John goes through a dramatic experience in this chapter, and he really has no one to talk to. No one in this society has ever cared if anyone else had died, because they really don't attach to anyone. So he has to grow up and move on all by himself
4. Literary Elements
1. Irony
1. It was ironic that Linda was dying in heaven because she was surrounded my luxuries and in a never ending soma holiday. 
2. No one that was dying had withered faces, only hearts and brains. 
2. Simile
1. "... like fish in an aquarium..."
5. New Words
1. Sexagenarians N. a person who is from 60 to 69 years old.

Chapter 13 Journal Entry

1. Henry asks Lenina if she would like to go out tonight, but she turns him down and Henry tries to think of why that could be. Lenina sends him away because she is fed up with all of his talking, and then goes back to work, thinking about John. She even screws up her job because she can't stop thinking about him. Then, in the girls changing room, Fanny is baffled that Lenina is still hung up on John. At first, Fanny tries to tell her that John isn't worth it, but then she realizes that is doesn't work and goes about a different approach. She tells her to just go and take John, be confident and firm. John was on the roof, waiting  for Hemholtz to tell  him about his feelings for Lenina. When the door opened, instead of Hemholz, it was Lenina. He was so happy that it was her that way he could tell her how me felt. Also, Lenina was planning on telling John how she felt. John confessed his love, and Lenina confessed how bad she wanted John. So of course Lenina starts taking off her clothes, and John takes this the worst way possible and started calling her a whore and she freaked out and ran into the bathroom. Bernard handed her the clothes she had left on the floor, and then he got a phone call about his mother. She had gotten very sick and so he had to rush to the hospital.
2. This chapter pretty much solves the whole internal conflict the Lenina and Bernard had. They both wanted completely different things out of the relationship. It also provides some comical relief. 
3. Characters
1. Lenina really got her confidence way up and went to talk to Bernard, only to be shot down. This is the closest thing she has ever felt to actual feelings. And even how she has taken soma. But she does make progress as a person i think because she is humiliated in a way that she had never felt before.  
2. John, in this chapter was extremely disappointed I think. He spent all this time trying to be a gentleman to Lenina and do things the right way, but once she knows that he likes her back, she rips her clothes off and terrifies John. He reacts the only way he knows how by yelling at her and calling her a whore. 
4. Literary Elements
1. Symbols
1. In this chapter, when Lenina and Fanny are talking in the changing room, Lenina represents Juliet, Fanny symbolizes The Nurse, and John represents Romeo
2. Allusion 
1. "A doctor a day keeps the jim-jams away." Allusion to modern day saying. 
2. The part in the changing room is an allusion to the scene in Romeo and Juliet where the nurse is telling Juliet to marry Paris because there is no point in marrying Romeo. 
5. New Words
1. Trypanosomiasis N. any tropical disease caused by trypanosomes and typically transmitted by biting insects
2. Sanctimonious Adj. making a show of being morally superior to other people

Chapter 12 Journal Entry

1. Bernard needs John to come out and show himself to all of the people Bernard had invited to see the savage. Bernard didn't tell John that he needed to do this, so John didn't want to come out. Bernard tried and tried to coax him out, but John wasn't having any. He was just cursing native at Bernard. So Bernard had to go back out, and tell all of those people that they could see the savage. They weren't just any people ether, they people of important status. As soon as the words came form Bernard's mouth, everyone started judging him again. Bernard tried to get people to stay and maybe the savage would come out, but the citizens were to outraged, that they just left. Bernard felt as though he was deflated, so , he took soma to take his mind off things. Mustapha was once again, reviewing Bernard'd report on the savage. He thought is was very dangerous and made sure that it was not to be published. Also, he thought it necessary for Bernard to be transferred. Mustapha felt that that Bernard was unstable and dangerous to society. Then it jumps to John reading Romeo and Juliet. Then  it jumps again to Lenina and the Arch-Community- Songster, and Lenina feels she needs to take soma. Then it goes full circle back to Bernard. He was happy in his soma holiday, until morning, the he had to deal with reality again. The savages was trying to cheers him up, but really only making it worse. Bernard was unhappy again, aka his own self. He tried to blame his misery on the savage, then he realized that savage was the victim, along with Hemholz. So made up with the tow of them. Bernard was actually embarrassed by his ignorance. While Bernard was venting to Hemholz, he found out that Hemholz had also gotten himself into a pickle with the law. He was made is own rhymes about being alone and read them in the class he was teaching and now he is a "marked man." Hemholtz and John had begun talking about literature and Bernard was instantly jealous, he was jealous of what they had but then realized it was stupid. So he took soma. The savage and Hemholtz had many meeting in which John would read Romeo and Juliet to Hemoltz. This gave Hemholz more power in a way. 
2. This is an important chapter because it shows Bernard's downfall and how he deals with it. Like i stated in previous journal entries, there was no good to come of Bernard's power. It also shows internal conflicts with both Lenina and John. And he learn more about what has been happening with Hemholtz.
3. Characters
1. Bernard's power was taken away just as quick was it was given to him. And of course, the only way to cope with the fact that we no longer was thought of as normal, was to take soma. Once he realized that he wasn't the victim in the situation, he apologized and made friends with Hemholtz and John again. Then, when he saw John and Hemholtz buddy up, he got jealous. So he really has the best of two bad situations. 
2. John felt as though he had been cheated by Bernard cause he didn't warn him when Bernard was bringing John to see everyone, so he locked himself away. Also, John still has feelings for Lenina, but he wants to be a gentleman about it. and by the end of the chapter, he was helping Hemholtz. 
3. Lenina had feeling for John, but doesn't know what to do about it, so she does what she knows best, take soma to mask the feelings.
4. Literary Elements
1. Symbols
1. Lenina and John symbolize Romeo and Juliet. They are both from two different worlds and they aren't meant to be together. 
2. Allusion 
1. Oh! She doth teach the torches to burn bright." Romeo and Juliet
5. New Words
1. Indignation N. anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment
2. Sepulchral Adj. of or relating to a tomb or interment

Chapter 11 Journal Entry

1. After the reviling of Linda and John, the director was so humiliated that he quit his job, as expected. Then, it goes on to explain how even the sight of Linda made people sick. So, the plan was to give her so much soma that her respiratory system will become paralyzed and then she will soon die after. The doctor estimated about a couple months. John protested and said that would shorten her life. The doctor then told him that it would be for the better. Sure her life would be shorter, but that short amount of her life would be spent in a non-stop soma holiday. John wasn't convinced, but they still proceeded to give her twenty grammes of soma each day. He was put in Bernard's apartment with a continuous patchouli tap and endless amounts of soma with in reach. Now that Bernard had brought back a savage, he was treated normally. People weren't talking bad about him behind his back, and he was treated like a normal person in society. And now that he is accepted into the society, Lenina and Fanny don't think he is so odd now, but they think he is sweet. Then, Bernard was bragging to Hemholz, and he was only listening with a disappointing glare. Bernard got offended and said that he was never going to talk to Hemholz again.  Days went by and Bernard was only getting more and more popular and more and more full of himself. So full of himself in fact that people started thinking he was going to have a bad end. Bernard was talking John around and showing him the different castes and such. Then it jumps to Mustapha reading Bernard's report on the savage. He was not very impressed. Then it jumps back to bernard and John, and john was being explained how their system works as far as the twins go and the different social statuses. Then it jumps back to Mustapha and he reads a part of the report that states that the savage in attracted to Linda, and that it is odd. Then it goes back to John and Bernard, and John is being shown the school for double alpha pluses. Then John asks if they read any Shakespeare, and the Dr went on about how they wouldn't understand anything of the sort. Then they go in to explain how death doesn't really phase them because they were conditioned sense they were eighteen months old to be fine with it. Then they go threw the soma radiation process. Then Lenina had the privilege of taking the savage out and take him to a feelie, but Lenina was worried because he had feelings for him. Once the feely was over, John didn't like it. and Lenina took him back to her apartment, she wanted John to come with her, but he didn't and she took three grammes of soma. 
2. This chapter is important because there is a lot of character deveopment. Also it moves the story along and we know where people stand now. Like Bernard is now thought of as a normal person in society and the direct is off the grid. 
3. Characters
1. Bernard makes huge changes in this chapter, and not in a good way. Yes, good for him he finally fits in, but he is getting dangerously full of him self. He is so cocky, that he even threatens to never talk to Hemholz again only because he wasn't having any of his bragging. Also, he is forgetting about all of his morals he had before. Like he is talking girls to bed almost every night, unlike before when he thought it was childish. 
2. John doesn't really change as a person in the chapter, but he changes his views of the society. When Linda would explain it to him back at the reservation, she would always put it as the perfect place to be. But since John's bible is a Shakespeare book, there is no literature here, so he feels like everything lacks emotion in this society, which is true. People would rather take soma then deal with real feelings. 
3. Lenina develops feeling for John and doesn't know what to do about it. She is also worried about him liking her.  
4. Linda just goes into a soma holiday for the rest of her life. He would rather live a shorter drugged up life rather then a longer real life. 
4. Literary Elements
1. Allusions
1. "Eternity was on our lips and eyes." Antony and Cleopatra 
2. "Ariel could put a girdle round the earth in forty minutes." Shakespeare
2. Foreshadow
1. "That young man will come to a bad end."
5. New Words
1. Intrinsically Adv. To come naturally 
2. Cinematographic Adj. the art of making motion pictures.

Chapter 10 Journal Entry

1. This chapter begins in the Bloomsbury and it explains the difference rooms, then it goes into anther room where the director and Henry Foster and chit chatting. The director was tell Henry how he was going to make an example of Bernard. Henry mentioned that Bernard does his job very well, and the director went on to talk about how he is an unfit citizen outside of work and that is dangerous. When Bernard arrived, the director talked to the whole crowd about his "painful duty" and how the society was in danger. Then he pointed at Bernard and said that he has an unhealthy sex-life, he doesn't believe in the use of soma, and his behavior outside of work hours are unorthodox. So, the director said he was forced to send bernard to Ice-Land to protect society. Then the director gave his a chance to defend his honor. That is when Bernard call Linda and John into the room. Bernard pointed them in the director direction, and started babbling about how he was a father, the John went and knelt at the directors feet and saying, "My father! My Father!" Overwhelmed with humiliation, the director ran out of the room, covering his ear. 
2. This chapter is important because this is where Bernard starts to have power, which isn't a good thing. Also, this is the first time John had ever been in a society like this, and this is where John begins to change as well. Also it is the last time we see the director, which means Bernard's plan worked. 
3. Characters
1. In this chapter, Bernard, who has never really had power before, get a lot of power. A few things can happen from a person obtaining to much power in so little time. Either he can go crazy with power, he can abuse his power, or his power will be taken away form him just as fast as he gets it. 
2. The director's life in now ruined now that he was so humiliated. 
3. Linda is now back in the society that she missed so much, but now she won't be accepted into the society because of her appearance. 
4. John is finally introduced to his father. Although they don't get much bonding time. he also is finally in the society that his mom always talked about and he can experience all the wonderful things she had talked about. 
4. Literary Elements
1. Symbol
1. I think the director symbolizes a snake. They are both known to be devious and untrustworthy.
2. Forshadow
1. "Yes, I can."
5. New Words
1. Imperceptibly Adv. impossible to perceive
2. Subverter N. undermine the power and authority of (an established system orinstitution)

Chapter 9 Journal Entry

1. When they got back to the pueblo, Lenina was so stressed from her encounter with Linda, that she treated herself to six half-gramme tablets of soma, and she would be out for another eighteen hours. But Bernard just couldn't go to sleep and so he thought up a plan with John and Linda for the director. At ten the next morning, the helicopter had arrived to pick up Lenina and Bernard. Bernard told the the pilot that Lenina was on holiday an they would return after Bernard had done some business to pick her up. So while he was gone, Bernard went to Mustapha Mond to see if he could take Linda and John back for scientific research. Mond approved Bernard project. Meanwhile, back at the reservation, John went to Bernard and Lenina's pueblo to see if they were still there. When we arrived, he was yelling for Bernard, but there was no answer. He tried to open the door, but it was locked. He was sure they were gone until he saw a suitcase with the initials L.C. on them. Filled with joy, he broke into the house, and started going through all of Lenina’s things. He would take her clothing and sniff them and fill with more and more joy. When he realized that Lenina was actually there, he crammed all of her stuff back into the suitcase, quietly open the door, and found himself looking across the landing at another door, but this one was open. He gently opened it and saw Lenina on her holiday. He wanted to just touch her, then he thought that all it would take to see her naked was to take hold of the zipper on her neck and give  long pull. He pulled away and herd the helicopter coming and saw Bernard walk out of it. 
2. This chapter is important because it shows that John loves Lenina and that he is a very curious person. For example he snuck into the pueblo to snoop thew Lenina's suitcase, and then when he actually saw her, he thought she was so beautiful that it brought him to tears. It also shows that Bernard's plan is falling into play. 
3. Character
1. Bernard doesn't really change in this chapter, but it shows how devious he can be. By taking Linda and John back it will ruin the directors life. 
2. John is a very curious guy. He broke into a pueblo just to sniff Lenina's things. He also seem to be rash because is seem as though he already loves Lenina.
3. Lenina is a person who always wants to be conferrable, so when she had her encounter with Linda she felt that she deserved a soma holiday. 
4. Literary Elements
1. Foreshadow
1. "His heartbeat wildy: for a moment he was almost faint.
2. Simile
1. "Joy flared up like fire..."
2. "...Certainly herd something-something like a sigh, something like the creak of a board."
3. Allusion
1. "Her eyes, her hair, her cheek, her gait, her voice..." Troilus and Cressida
2. "On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand, may seize..." Romeo and Juliet 
5. New Words
1. Agave N. a succulent plant with rosettes of narrow spiny leaves and tall flowerspikes, native to the southern US and tropical America.
2. Gait N. a person's manner of walking
3. Cygnet N. a young swan.

Chapter 8 Journal Entry

1. This chapter is all about John's childhood and what it was like growing up in a society that was the complete opposite of the one that his mom grew up in. Night after night John would be awoken by big native american men wanting to go to bed with his mother. He would be yanked out of him bed and thrown out of the room so they could get busy. He also remembered Pope bringing his mother what to him looked like water but burned like fire when you drank it. When Linda would drink it, she was pass out and John wouldn't be able to wake her. He also hated all of the men that would come to spend the night with Linda, but Pope the most. One afternoon John was playing with hid friends when he herd a disturbance coming from the pueblo. When we went inside he saw three women holding down his mother and beating her with a whip. When he tried to help her, the women whipped John. When they all left, John asked Linda why they wanted to hurt her. She felt she didn't do anything wrong but she has slept with all of their husbands which was normal in her society but obviously frowned in the reservation. John also had to deal with his mother beating him and other kids throwing rocks at him because he is white. One night John got so fed up with Pope, that he grabbed a knife and tried to kill him. After John was done telling Bernard about his childhood, Bernard felt connected with John because he too had been an outsider. Then he offered to take John and Linda back with him so that he would have leverage with the director. 
2. This chapter is important because it gave us a lot of information about John, because he is going to become a central character. It shows us how strong he can be and how protective he is of him mother even though she doesn't return those same feelings.
3. Characters
1. This whole chapter is mainly about John. It shows how he had a rough childhood mainly because he was white and his mom was a slut. But all he really wants it to prove himself worthy. For example, whenever we would try and play with the kids, they would throw rocks at him. He also, despite his mothers resentment that she really is a mother, is very protective of her and love her unconditionally. For example when she was being beaten by the other mothers, John went and tired to help her, but he just got himself whipped. And after they left and John was checking on her, she started hitting him and saying she wasn't his mother. Even she did things like this to John, he was still there for her to comfort her and make sure she was ok. 
2. This chapter hardly features Bernard, but when it does we find out the he is quit devious. Because there was word of the director sending Bernard to Iceland, he is going to use John as leverage and try to get he director out of his job. 
4. Literary Elements 
1. Foreshadow
1. "I wonder if you'd like to come back to London with us?"
2. Irony
1. John asked Bernard if he was married. Married or even feelings are frowned upon and he is a love child. 
3. Simile
1. "...like a black snake trying to strangle her
4. Allison
1. "When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage. Or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed." Hamlet. 
5. New words
1. Lecherous Adj. having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire

Chapter 7 Journal Entry

1. This chapter starts off with Lenina and Bernard going to the pueblo with the native guild. Lenina doesn't like her guild because he smells funny. When they arrive there are natives that are painted and were doing different chants and dances. The guild was waiting for instructions on what they were going to do. Then, there was an old man that disgusted Lenina because he was old and had wrinkles all over his body. Then the guild came back and summoned them to come with him. The native lead them to place where there were flutes are drums playing. It reminded Lenina of the synthetic music back home and it calmed her down a bit. Then, there were men in masks dancing and chanting. There were snakes in a square, then, a young man stepped out of the crowd and started walking around the square when another man came with a whip and stroked him repeatedly. The young man was whipped until he collapsed on the floor, unmoving. Then, the danced gathered the snakes, and everyone was gone. Lenina was, of course, terrified at the sacrifice she had just witnessed, and she wished she had her soma. Then, a young man by the name of John came over and introduced himself. John explained that eh wished that he was the one being sacrificed. Lenina was confused as to why he would want to put himself in pain, then he told her that is would prove the he was a man. Then, John started talking about his mother and how she had come from the other place outside the reservation with the man who was his father. Then John took them to to his pueblo. There, they met Linda. She had gained a lot of weight and lost her sense of personal hygiene while she had loved there, but you could tell that she was the society that Linena was from. Linda was going on about how she missed everything back home and how she just wished she had some soma. Also she was ashamed of having a son. Then she was explaining how it was so weird that people were devoted to one person, instead of everyone belonging to everyone. 
2. This chapter is important because it gives some background about the savage reservation and how things were done there. Also it showed a more modern society in some ways but totally different in others. Like there are families in the savage reservation, unlike the society in the book, but they have sacrifices for water to make the crops grow big. You don't see very many sacrifices these days. Also, we are introduced to two new characters, John and Linda. Linda just so happens to be the woman that the director took to the savage reservation and she got lost. John is Linda and the director's son.
3. Characters
1. After the soma wares off, Bernard sees and starts to think about what it would be like to have a family and what it would be like if he had a mother. 
2. Lenina has forgotten her soma, so she was there mentally for the whole tour. She liked the drums because they reminded her of the synthetic music form back home, but when she sa a mother breast feeding, and the sacrifice, she went bonkers. Also, when she met Linda, she was so disgusted she was almost sick. The way she smelt and the way she looked was revolting to her. Not to mention that Linda was a mother. 
3. Linda and Lenina are very similar in some ways. Such as the thought of being a mother is horrifying and they are both materialistic. For example, even though Linda had the chance to have a baby, which in most cases would change a woman's whole perspective on children,  didn't really seem to faze her very much. It did in little ways, but in the big picture, she is ashamed of having a child. Also, after having to live in the reservation, she tried to find a replacement for soma. But, this drink had horrible side affects after it had worn off and made Linda gain weight pretty rapidly. 
4. John is an honorable young man. He wanted to be sacrificed so that he could show that he was a man and that he could take a hit without screaming in pain. He also has to put up with Linda, and although he loves her and protects her, some of the things she does he doesn't like. 
4. Literary Elements
1. Allusions
1. "But cleanliness is next to fordliness"- Old saying in modern day
2. "And pointing to the bloodstains in the center of the square, 'Do you see that damned spot?'"- Allusion to Macbeth
3. "The multitudinous seas incarnadine"- Allusion to Macbeth
2. Simile
1. "... the tall houses rose like stepped and amputated pyramids into the blue sky."
5. New Words
1. Indefatigable Adj. (of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly
2. Emaciated Vb. make abnormally thin or weak, esp. because of illness or a lack of food 
3. Innocuous Adj. not harmful or offensive

Chapter 6 Part 3 Journal Entry

1. In this section, Lenina and Bernard start off heading to a hotel that they stay the night at. It had everything that Lenina could want on a hotel. Lenina was so content that she suggested that he might want to just stay at the hotel and not go to the reservation at all. The Bernard warned her that she won't have any of those luxuries and is she wants to stay, that would be fine and he'll just come back to get her when he come back from the reservation. She said she really did want to go and that was the end of that conversation. The next morning, they had to get the signature of the warden of the reservation for the permit before they could go. The warden was going on about how things work on the reservation and some background information. While the warden was giving his speech, Bernard remembered that he had left his cologne tap on and that if he didn't get someone to go turn in off, that it would coast him a fortune. Also, so Lenina didn't really have to listen, she took a half a gram of soma and nodded when it was appropriate.The warden was talking about how people are actually born there and people who are born in the reservation, will die in the reservation. As the warden finished up, Bernard went to go call Hemoltz to see if he would go turn off his tap. While they were on the phone, Hemholz informed Bernard that the director was looking for his replacement and that Bernard might be sent to Iceland. Then, they were off to the reservation. They saw skeletons of dead animals that tried to get out and once the touched the fence, they died. They landed and then the warden hopped back into the helicopter and was going to be back tomorrow.
2. This chapter is important because there is another foreshadow about Bernard's future. Also it gives some detail about what the reservation is going to be like. Like there are families there and viscous animals like porcupines and such. Also there is another foreshadow about what is going to happen at the reservation. 
3. Characters
1. Lenina doesn't really show much in this section. She seems like she really doesn't care what is going on because she would rather sit there and be high then listen to the risks of the reservation. 
2. Bernard shows his panic side in this section. When he got the bad news he took soma to calm down even though he tries not to. It also shows how he is still connected to society. When the warden was talking, Bernard couldn't help but think about the cologne tap. 
4. Literary Elements
1. Foreshadows
1. "Remember that, in the Reservation, children still are born, yes, actually born, revolting as it may seem."
2. "Those, I repeat, who are born in the reservation, are destained to die there."
5. New Words
1.  Indefatigable Adj. (of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly

Chapter 6 Part 1 Journal Entry

1. Bernard went to the Director's room to go get a permit signed so Lenina and him could go to the savage reservation. Just as he was going to hand Bernard his paper back, he noticed that it said he was going  to New Mexico. Then the director went on about the time he went to New Mexico with a Beta-Minus. One day she went on a walk by herself, and was never found again. They search and searched but they never found her. The director still had dreams about the thunder and her being gone. Then, once he realized that he had shown Bernard some sort of emotional connection to this woman, the director started yelling at Bernard. The director started telling Bernard that he wasn't pleased with the reports he has gotten about Bernard's out of work behavior. The director practically threatened that he was going to send Bernard to a Sub-Center in Iceland if his behavior outside of work didn't change. Bernard went to find Hemholz and told him what had happened. Then Hemholz thought about how he hated when Bernard boasted that he had done all of these things, 
2. In the section, it showed the uneasy side of the director and that even people in the highest power had doubts about their feelings even if they go against the rules of society. There also if a giant foreshadow about Bernard's future. 
3. Character
1. The director is shown in this chapter as a sensitive person. He fas in love with a woman of a lower status, and then she goes missing on a trip he took her on. Now he still is havong nightmares about it. Then once he realizes that he showed his emotions toward her, he got all defensive and started yelling at Bernard. This just shows that even though people may have a life time of conditioning, you can't help but to fallow your heart.
2. Bernard doesn't show very much of anything in this section. All he really gets from the directors speech is that Bernard scares him and that he is showing that Bernard sees past all of the conditioning and social classes. 
4. Literary Term 
1. Symbol
1. The directors reaction to his feelings kind of symbolizes that love is so pure that even nights and nights of conditioning can't even keep people from falling in love. 
5. New Words
1. Solecism N. a grammatical mistake in speech or writing.
2. Indecorous  Adj. 

3. Not decorous; not in keeping with good taste and propriety; improper

Chapter 6 Part 1 Journal Entry

1. In this chapter, it starts with Lenina rethinking her trip with Bernard because he is so odd. He insisted that she had many different options, but she had been everywhere else and this might be her only chance to go to the savage reservation. The she was remembering a conversation that she had with Henry and that he compared Bernard to a rhinoceros and that if Bernard wasn't so good at his job, then the director would just get rid of him. Then the first afternoon that Lenina and Bernard went out, Bernard suggested that they go on a walk a be alone. Lenina was confused because she thought that they would have plenty of time later to be alone and Bernard was intending to go to bed with her now, but just go on a walk and talk. Lenina persuaded Bernard to go to a wrestling match instead. Lenina was taking soma, and Bernard didn't want any, he would much rather be himself. They were getting into the helicopter when they noticed the weather had gone bad. Then Bernard started to go on a rant about he just wanted to be himself, not some conditioned robot. Lenina, being blinded by her conditioning, was confused and didn't knew why Bernard was talking like this. They flew back and went to bed and Lenina was relieved that 'he was alright now.' They got back to the helicopter and Lenina was asking Bernard if he thought she was to plump, and Bernard, uninterested, answered all of her questions the way she would want to hear. The Bernard went an another rant about how he wished things were different in society and that by going to bed the first night was like they were acting like children and they should have waited like adults. Lenina took that as he thought she was to chubs after all. Then she was talking to fanny about how she liked his physical features, but she didn't like his personality. 
2. This chapter is important being it shows how and outsider, Bernard, and a person who fit in to society so well, Lenina, act when they are together. I found that Bernard and Lenina are dramtic foils because when they are together, Bernard really shows his rebellious side and Lenina shows her loyal side. They obviously had to completely different ideas about what they were going to do with their evening. Bernard wanted to be alone with her and just talk and Lenina wanted to Be i a big crowd and then they were alone, go to bed with each other, not talk. Also, their points of view on a lot of things were different too. Bernard thought that the right thing to do is wait and have a bigger connection when you go to bed with someone. But Lenina thinks that it is some sort of activity and everyone does it with everyone. Also she stated, "Never out off till tomorrow the fun you can have today." 
3. Characters
1. In this chapter, you really see how shallow Lenina is. It isn't entirely her fault because of the way she was created to think. But in the end of the part, she clearly stated that she only liked Bernard for his physical features, but his personality. Also, she almost cancelled her trip with Bernard if it wasn't for the nasty hotel she stayed at in the North Pole. She is also very innocent when it comes to talking about the society, she is very loyal to the rules. 
2. Bernard is really shown as a rebel in this part of the chapter. He is continuously bashing on the government and on how thing really should be done. Honestly, i think in some ways he was trying to scare Lenina with his rebellious talk. 
4. Literary Elements
1. Foreshadow
1. "...what would it would be like if I could, if I were free- not enslaved by my conditioning."
2. Allusion
1. Habibullah Khan
5. New Words
1. Besought- vb. ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something
2. Pneumatic -Adj. informal (of certain body parts, esp. a woman’s breasts) large, as ifinflated 
3. Voluptuous- Adj. relating to, or characterized by luxury or sensual pleasure

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Chapter 5 Part 2 Journal Entry

1. Every other Thursday Bernard when to a Solidarity Service. He was running late, so he called a cab and got on his way. He wasn't the last one there and so  he sat down next to a woman with a uni bro, which distracted him. After every one had arrived, the president had begun. There were twelve of them becoming one. They were passing around a cup of strawberry ice-cream soma and everyone got some. Then they started singing hymns. Bernard was trying to focus on letting the music melt him, but he was too distracted from the woman with the uni-brow. People kept singing and singing until finally people started chanting "He is coming, I can here him!" Although Bernard didn't feel or hear anything, he joined in with the chanting. Then, as the music got faster and faster until everyone because one. Then they started chanting orgy-porgy. As the music came to an end, everyone was discussing how wonderful the experience had been and of course, Bernard went along with everything. The only thing he could think about was the woman's Uni-Brow.
2. This chapter was important because it goes further into what people do in the evenings. This certain activity was like their form of religion. Although religion is totally wiped out, this is some sort of substitute. 
3. Characters
1. There are several new characters who appear in this chapter, but Bernard is the only won who really matters. He does things that shows that he just wants to fit in. He fakes the chanting and pretends that he feels the same way as everyone else, in hopes that he could just fit in. 
4. Literary Elements
1. Allusions.
1. Morgana Rothschild- N M Rothschild and Sons
2. Big Henry- Big Ben
3. Twelve disciples (some = blood)
4. Sarojini Engels- Indian politician. 
5. New Words
1. Agitation n. a state of anxiety or nervous excitement

Chapter 5 Part 1 Journal Entry

1. All of the courses were closing, so Lenina and Henry got in to helicopter and flew over the crematorium. Then Henry explained to Lenina that after people die, they are cremated and their ashes are used to help grow plants. Then Lenina's hypopaedia training kicked in and she told herself over and over again that everyone works for everyone  else. Everyone is important. Then, they went to some sort of party and they each took some somma, as did everyone else at the party. There was music about somma and there was dancing at this party. The somma made it hard to tell what was real and what wasn't. 
2. This is important because it shows what higher class people do in their spare time. You also start to see how somma can be addictive because Lenina only takes a half of a gramme tablet and Henry took three. This chapter is still setting up for the big inciting event and we are still getting to know the society. 
3. Characters
1. The only characters that are featured in this chapter are Lenina and Henry and they didn't change in any drastic ways, the chapter just went into the kinds of activities they are interested in during the evening. It gave a sort of background to theui social life. 
4. Literary Elements
1. Henry Foster
1. (scientist) (1796–1831), British naval officer, explorer and scientist
5. New Words
1. Perennially abv. lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time

Chapter 4 Part 2 Journal Entry

1. At the beginning of this chapter, Bernard was walking across the roof, thinking about how he was upset that Lenina was so comfortable with talking about their date in public and then went off to go on a date with Henry. Even though he knew is was the normal thing to do, he was still upset about it. Then, when he tried to give and order to a couple of Delta-Minus attendance, but they didn't listen to him at first, because he didn't look like an Alpha. He had this problem a lot and was jealous of people like Henry because everything was so easy for them. He didn't like how women would laugh at him whenever he would ask them out and that made him feel like an outsider, so he acted like one.  The Bernard got into a plane and went to southward to see Helmholz Watson. Helmholz was thought to be a very successful man, because he was a writer, very strongly built, and got around with a lot of women. Although he was successful, he was very happy, he thought there was more to life then women and was interested in that. The Bernard and Helmholz talk, Bernard talks about his date with Lenina, and then Hemholz goes on about how he has given up girls for the last couple of weeks. Then he describes how he feels like he was this voice and he feels he has to share this voice of extra power to everyone. He, like Bernard, is not content and is an outsider. 
2. I think this chapter is important because we get a good look at the life of an outsider. The first part of the chapter was all about people who fallow the rules and go through life easy, but Hemholz and Bernard aren't content, and are socially unstable. There is also some foreshadow that Hemholz might be up to something. 
3. Literary Elements
1. Simile
1. "... men who moved through the caste system as a fish through water..."
2. Foreshadow
1. "...He was interested in something else..."
4. New Words
1. Hypocritically
1. Abv. a person who indulges in hypocrisy.
2. Plaintive 
1. Adj. sounding sad and mournful 

Chapter 4 Part 1 Journal Entry

1.     In this chapter, Lenina accept Bernard to the savage reservation in New Mexico for a week in July. She told him that she would go with him in front of a crown of popular Alphas and it made him a little awkward. Lenina thought to herself that she was proving to unfaithfulness to Henry in a public area so it would make Fanny happy. He asked if they could talk about it later because of all the people around, so they went to the roof, but Lenina had to go because she was late to seeing Henry.  When she got to Henry, he mentioned her lateness then they went off to an obstacle golf course about 6 kilometers away. They see the different social groups and Lenina mentions their clothes from her hypnopaedia. Then they began their first round of obstacle golf.

2.     This chapter in important because it is still giving the audience more of an insight of the inter workings of the society, mostly from the Alpha’s poit of view. For example, Lenina kept commenting on the clothes of the other social groups and how the weather was perfect for obstacle course. Also when Lenina accepted Bernard invitation to the savage reservation, she een mentioned that he had to go be with henry and it was totally normal.  We see how Lenina really is like in this chapter. For example, when she walked into the changing room it said that she had been with almost every guy in the room. And, she wanted to prove her unfaithfulness to Henry by talking to Bernard in a public area. This was a good thing that needed to be done and Lenina thought it would make Fanny happy. Also, we learned that Bernard is a gloomy person, and that he doesn’t take soma.

3.     Literary Elements

a.     Irony

                                               i.     “Anyhow, she was publicly proving her unfaithfulness to Henry. Fanny ought to be pleased, even though it was Bernard.”

                                              ii.     “… Asked him who is mother was, or something like that.”

b.     Metaphors

                                               i.     …”The twilight of his own habitual stupor.”

                                              ii.     “The summer afternoon was drowsy with the hu of [assing helicopters…”

4.     New Words

a.     Annihilating- V. destroy utterly; obliterate

b.     Imperiously- Adv. assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering

c.      Caste- N. the system of dividing society into such classes.

d.     Incandescence- Adj. emitting light as a result of being heated