Lit 12 - Nov. 25

Complete scene notes for II i, and II ii

Writing 12 - Nov. 25

Complete Movie Review Package!

Watching movie #1 on Thurs.

Eng. 9 - Nov. 25

Ch. 10 - #1,2,3: Thurs. 26
Ch. 11 - #1,2: Tues. 1
Ch. 12 - #1,2: Tues. 1
Ch. 13 - #1,2,3,4: Wed. 2
Read Ch. 14: Wed. 2

CHARACTER SKETCH DUE: Mon. Nov. 30

Eng. 12 - Nov. 25

Complete your scene notes for I scene i, I scene ii, and I scene iii.

You may complete all three sections for i and iii, only three are necessary for ii - question, quote and your choice.

Try hard with your literary devices!  (Exam prep!)

Eng. 9 - Nov. 24

Complete Ch. 9 #1,2,3

Eng. 12 - Nov. 19

Don't forget to study for your VOCAB TEST!

Lit 12 - Nov. 19

Do scene notes for I scenes i, ii, iii, iv

Study for VOCAB TEST!

Eng. 9 - Nov. 19

Have 35 Vocab Words

Complete Ch. 7 #2,5,6 for Fri. Nov. 20

Complete Ch. 8 #2,3,4,5,8 for Mon. Nov. 23

Writing 12 - Nov. 17

Peer Editing 3 Poems: Thurs. Nov. 19
Workshopping/Due Date: Fri. Nov. 20

Eng. 9 - Nov. 17

Read and complete Ch. 5 # 1,2,3,5,6,7

Ch. 6 # 1, 2,4, 5

Eng. 12 - Fishbowl - Nov. 17

Compare and Contrast any tow characters and show what they reveal about theme

 

-Bernard and Lenina - "ignorance is bliss" these two reveal the theme of happiness

• Bernard = not happy

• Lenina loves soma, social order

• The two are very different

• Bernard does not want to conform "the greater a man's talent, the greater [the chance for suffering]" (128)

• Lenina an example of how conditioning works

• Bernard an example of how conditioning fails

• "everyone belongs to everyone" - Bernard doesn't conform - he's his own person
• "happiness can only exist in acceptance" (outside source) - seems true in this novel
• Lenina is incapable of thinking creative thoughts (outside the box)

 

 

John and Lenina- sexuality - John totally monogamous

-Lenina's only way to show love is through sex

-John threatens to kill her

-[John also thinks he has to perform tasks as a courting ritual]

-Lenina experiences (144) unhappiness when John doesn't return her affection

 

 

Bernard and DHC - being an outcast or power - knowledge is power

-DHC and Mustapha Mond - John, Helmholtz all different - all lonely

-[power also makes them unhappy]

-Bernard says he'd rather be himself and nasty (77) - doesn't want to succumb to taking soma

 

 

Conformity - "everyone likes you except yourself" (outside source)

-Bernard and other Alphas don't want to conform

-Bernard grows up not liking himself

-Mustapha also feels this way

-soma can't take away the unhappiness

 

Linda and Lenina-  Linda grew up in BNW - can't fit in

-"cleanliness is next to Fordliness"

-Lenina is scared of wrinkles and fat

-Linda probably would have been similar to Lenina before she moved to the reserve

-both use sex and love soma

 

Mustapha and John - we see Mustapha's personality in later chapters

-both enjoy freedom

-Mustapha chose to give up his individual happiness

-Mustapha and John both feel trapped

-John had a hard time wrapping his head around everything Mustapha says

-BNW "tragedies cause social instability" - Mustapha agrees with John, but he chooses the greater happiness over individual happiness

-John wants truth and beauty

 

Helmholtz and Bernard

-Bernard is more dynamic - starts off deep, goes shallow, gives up what he believes in, goes back the way he started - had trouble deciding between individuality and conformity

-Helmholtz does not need to be accepted

 

Loneliness/outcasts

 

John and Bernard

• Both prefer to be alone

• John is disgusted by the BNW

• Bernard attracted to fitting in
• John is different in the reservation because of his mom

 

Choose one of the following themes: sexuality, politics, scientific progress, truth and beauty, knowledge, happiness, freedom, religion, oblivion, control

 

Sexuality - reproduction completely controlled by world state

-encourage sex to separate it from love

-love creates unhappiness - also competes for loyalty from the state

Savage reservations - John feels one must compete for love

-no LGBTQ in BNW

-kids are encouraged to have sexual play

-(27) - mention of LGBTQ

-alphas interested in less intelligent women (this seems true today as well0

-human nature - women want more dominant men

-alpha male/beta woman (not the other way around - what is Huxley pointing out)

-comparing our world and their world - we are trying to improve objectifying women

-in BNW - everyone is an object of sex - can use each other

-usually sex has feelings, but it has been conditioned out [look at our media - hook-ups and not knowing each other before sex is very common - what about "Tinder"?]

-Huxley pointing out that morality is changing about sex - our world could become totally detached from sex [what about us?  Why is it seen as wrong for women, but not for men? Still?  To what extent is this true?]

 

Freedom  - no jealousy between the hierarchy and class - no movement - everyone is born into who they are

-people are conditioned to enjoy what they do (Epsilon in the elevator)

-money is barely mentioned - almost seems not to exist

-"a government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take everything from you"

-government giving happiness, but taking away freedom and joy

• "those who deny freedom from others deserve it not for themselves" (outside source)
• "our journey's not complete until our gay brothers and sisters…" (Obama) - equal rights - government can't make everyone happy - but majority rules
• Government tries to make everyone happy - but there's always going to be outliers

• No such thing as perfect government or world
• "The Destructors" - T. was born into the higher status - he knows better - affects his happiness - destroys someone else's home - BNW - don't know the pain of hierarchy because people enjoy what they do

• "everyone belongs to everyone else" - separation between boundaries and races may not be a good thing - pros and cons to separation

 

Scientific progress

 

 - science could be taking things too far

• Creating classes and limiting intelligence

• What might Huxley be warning us about

• "Science never solves a problem without creating ten more" (George Bernard Shaw) - Bernard is named after George Bernard Shaw
• Genetically modifying embryos - dangerous

• If there was less war, there would be more science - this society is highly advanced

• Humans are always trying to advance our technology

• Reservation has no technology

• [are we closer to reservation or BNW]

 

Relgion

 

God isn't compatible to universal happiness or science (207)

 

Truth and beauty

 

• Mustapha would rather have happiness than truth [truth isn't happy at all!]

• "history is bunk"

• Mustapha knows the truth -has all the books (chapter 16 - believes) - chose general happiness over truth

• 200 "universal happiness keeps the world turning"

• 201 "whenever the masses seek political power...happiness wins"

• We don’t want people to be attracted to old things - Mustapha explains why there cannot be any Shakespeare

• This book, published in the '30's = depression - is Huxley promoting happiness or satirizing the pursuit of happiness?

 

"Happiness is a hard master"; apply this to BNW and our world

 

• Mustapha Mond is talking to John - "particularly other people's happiness"

• Technology is key
• We cannot accept happiness if we want truth as well
• Truth is even harder

• BNW isn't a true reality

• Soma and conditioning is false happiness

• Happiness is short lived (in our world)

• There's always going to be something better in our world
• In BNW there's no nobility or heroism - this would create drive or passion

• Nobody knows about God

• "that's the price we have to pay for stability" (194)

• [stability is more important even than happiness]

• BNW limited to living until 60

• The more you think, the less happy you are

• Feelies - are sensational - don't make anyone think at all - just feelings

• God isn't compatible with happiness -

• "smut" - people would be shocked (Shakespeare, Bible)

• Religion creates instabiltiy

• God is for hope
• Hope is for an unstable society

• No crime in the BNW

• Immediate gratification

• BNW - nothing to look forward to - God is irrelevant for them
• Can't worship God more than the State
• Do they worship Ford?
• "Oh Ford" - reminded where they come from - factories
• Mustapha Mond has dedicated his life to the greater good (happiness) of the world

• If we were to choose - would we choose Epsilon (super happy, but dumb), most of us would choose Beta or Alpha - they didn't get to choose - they are ignorant but they aren't happy

• Been conditioned to think they have the best

• "happiness is relevant to the person" (other source)
• Managing a bunch of people's happiness - much harder than managing one's own

• Government/parents = Mustapha figure
• "don't anger your parents to impress other people; those other people didn't spend their lives …" (other source) - parents make executive decisions even if it's not want children want
• Parents manage all the burdens (bills etc.)

• Government = state - managing our world - someone is going to suffer

• "happiness has got to be paid for" - eg. Paris bombings - ISIS is happy, but rest of world suffers

• Eg. [stock market = when people gain, someone loses]

• "in order to achieve happiness, others must suffer" (outside source)
• [Lord Farquard "some of you may suffer, but that's a risk I'm willing to take"]
• Dumb everyone down [do we do this? - taxing books, underfunding schools - sometimes, depending on the government]

Lit 12 - Fishbowl - Nov. 13

[square brackets indicate my additional comments]

NARROW YOUR THEIS

*you may bring in secondary quotes - but make sure you credit them

-quote sheet allowed and encouraged

-don't bring notes into essay

 

Societal Values/Structure

 

-Mr. Collins - satirical - pple fawn over upper class Lady Catherine- loves being at the top of it - Mr. C. - feeds into that

 - "the death of your daughter would be better"

• "she likes to have the distinction of rank preserved"

• Idea that lower class people should be ruled by upper class

• Bridge between Bennets' and Darcy's class
• Is happy that Darcy even looks his way

 

Jane - has class, upper middle class - ideal - pretty, pure, demure, feminine

• Won't talk back - smart, but not smart enough to outsmart a man

• Submissive

 

Darcy - strong views

-people tolerate him because of his status

-expectations on him as well - but class system doesn't determine character

-breaks up Bingley and Jane - ironic/hypocritical when he decides he loves Lizzy - character growth

 

Mrs. Bennet- her need to get her daughters married shows the values of society

• Chapter one "the business of her life was to get her daughters married"

• Immediately drops her notions about Darcy when she finds out Lizzy is marrying him

• [could follow how the town views Darcy throughout the novel]

 

Lady Catherine- allows herself to judge and rule others - near the end - her speech to Lizzy- "your name will never be mentioned by any of us"  (338)

• Feel like they should have the best in society (rest of society supports that)
• Daughter will probably never get married because she is sickly

 

Wickham  - he'll never marry (268) a woman without wealth (Mrs. Gardiner says this)

• Affection for Lydia = not equal to Lydia's affection to him

• Needed to marry well to raise his status

• Stops talking to Lizzy as soon as Miss King's inheritance came in
• Need to step up in society and marry as high as he can

 

Charlotte - marrying Collins shows us how little power women have

-but she protects herself from becoming a spinster

-makes the best of it

 

Lydia - "ah, Jane, I take your place now"(301) - marriage is important

 

Lizzy - doomed if Lydia didn't get married

-does she really stand against her society

-how much does she conform?  [talks back to Lady Catherine]

-conforms when embarrassed of her family

-being civil

-polite - acts classy

-[doesn't want to be "born into" a class]

-cares more for her sister than rules - walks to the Bingleys' in the rain

 

"where does discretion end and avarice begin?" (148?)

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife" (1)

 

 

• Upper class is dependent on lower classes' support [reminds us of how our society's politics work - everyone in our society buys into the idea that everyone can get rich, so our politics supports that view a lot of the time]

*[fantasy element - in real life Lizzy would marry Collins or not marry at all]

-money = power - true today and then

• One percent - we don't know what the servants feel
• Class system rigid
• High class does not equal classy behaviour ["this must be your mother" - not classy]
• Character growth
• Wealth - is money all you need?
• Money versus happiness
• Family's reputation ["all your daughters out at once?" - Lady Catherine]
• Marriage = good subtopic - why people get married - in the movie - to procreate and avoid sin
• Marry within class - Lizzy marrying too far out of her class is a scandal
• Jane marrying Bingley not as big of a deal [except the Bingley sisters weren't completely excited]
• Love can overcome the societal structure [Austen's fantasy]
• Lack of marriage = family weakness

 

Gender Roles

 

• Overall - expectations - strict - realms - scandal

• Societal structure supersedes gender roles (eg. Lady Catherine rules all in the novel)
• Complex betrothal process - woman and man had to have permission (and encouragement) from family
• Women and men couldn't be alone in a room together
• Why are gender roles less specified now?
• Women are largely not seen as commodities in our society

 

• Men - being a gentlemen - chivalrous - objectified because of money and status [different today?]
• Inheritance laws favoured men - in charge of finances - "manly"
• Not judged for sexual impropriety

 

Women - entertaining guests

-virginity utmost important

• Miss Bingley, Darcy etc "accomplished woman" - Lizzy thinks she doesn't know any accomplished women - challenging society's standards

• "a woman must have a thorough knowledge….tone of voice, dress… extensive reading"(37)

• Appearance is important

• Expectations are superfluous - drawing, painting, languages - but not politics!

• Get married, have sons - two main functions of a woman

 

 

 

Lady Catherine - (158) "I see no reason why entailment…" - [great quote!] - she, in fact, might be a little bit of a feminist regarding herself

-Mr. Collins and Lady C's roles are switched

-who will connect themselves with such a family

"all five out at once" (160) - society is rigid in expectations

 

Lizzy - defies her gender roles somewhat -

-she understands why Wickham has to go for Miss King

-understood in society what a man's role

-rebellious, free thinking

-devastated by Lydia's behaviour (reflects on her)

-independent thinker

 

Mary - [will she get married]

 

Lydia - doesn't follow the social rules [modern?]

 

Jane

 

Kitty - goes along with who she's with

 

Mr. Collins - "the death of your daughter would have been a blessing" - women must be virginal - reputation must remain untarnished [different now?]

 

Wickham - not too harshly judged for all of his [rapey] actions -

 

Mrs. Bennet - sole purpose is to marry off her children [she succeeds!]

-better parent than Mr. Bennet?  -she carries her role better

-does her job as a mother

-does hover a bit

 

Mr. Bennet - does he succeed as a father?

-too distant

-doesn't fulfill his role as a parent (Lydia! - Lizzy tries to keep her from going to Brighton)

-no sons = he has a less active role

-lost his role somewhat

-favours Lizzy - she's the one who betters the family [interesting!]

-relationship may inspire Lizzy to be a free-thinking

 

Charlotte - past expiration date - 27 - very willing to marry Collins - has to take what comes to her

-shows the truth about the society

-shows the rule of "woman as commodity"

 

Seven Deadly Sins

 

Pride - Lizzy and Darcy

• Pride influences prejudice
• Miss Caroline
• Acceptable
• Mrs. Bennet's pride is looked down upon (when mentions how the country is better than the city)
• Town encourages pride

 

Envy - Miss Caroline - most of her comments directed at Lizzy - so jealous

 

Lust - Miss Caroline, Lydia, Mr & Mrs Bennet married over lust [Lydia is repeating the cycle]

-encouraged by marriage being so important and love being less important

 

Greed - Wickham

-to some extent is encouraged

 

Sloth - Wickham, Mr. Hurst, [to some extent Mr. Bennet]

 

Wrath - Wickham taking Georgiana away to get at Darcy, Lady Catherine

 

Gluttony - [Mr. Hurst]

 

Mrs. Bennet - seems horrible, but most of her actions are justified

-ignores the rules once Lydia is married

-greedy

-completely over her prejudice when Lizzy marries Darcy - greed

 

Lydia - ignorance and social faux pas - could be because of her father and mother's marriage - their marriage doesn't show love by the time she's born

 

Lizzy - P. 198 - realizes her pride

 

Darcy- also realizes his pride "please a woman worthy of being pleased"

 

Mr. Bennet - failed to provide an heir, didn't look after his daughters = ashamed

-congratulates Jane

-favours Lizzy

-ignores Mary (closes the piano)

-has some awareness at the end

-tells Lizzy that she doesn't have to marry someone she doesn't love

-realizes he married for lust (doesn't want Lizzy to make the same mistakes)

-"I'll get over it soon enough"

 

Lady Catherine - pride, wrath (think about when she talks to Lizzy near the end) [important to note that Lady Catherine doesn't want Lizzy to leave when visiting Rosings, but then when Lizzy wants to marry her nephew - she's disdainful]

 

Jane - easily persuaded, but no real sin

 

Bingley - along with Jane - seems without sin

 

-social structure encourages some of these sins: pride, greed, envy

-"where there is superiority of the mind.. Pride" (47)

• Do these characters realize their sins

• Darcy and Lizzy learn from each other - less prejudiced and less proud by the end
• [Mr. Bennet realizes that he's been ineffectual "allow me to feel bad, it will pass"]
• Which parent influenced his/her children more?
• [character growth - dynamic - do any of these characters get over their sins?]

• Prejudice seems to stem from all of these sins

• When pride is injured - prejudice sets in ["the whole town decided they hated Darcy"

• [relate the sin to what it shows about human nature]
• Marriage and lust - must marry - but love doesn't matter as much
• Societal roles, gender roles, deadly sins - related
• Mary = obtuse - no real sin

 

 

 

 

 

Eng. 9 - Nov. 13

Ch. 3 #2,3,4
Ch. 4 # 1-7

Eng. 12 - Fishbowls - Nov. 13

Evan	Lucille	Lizzy
Holly	Kenner	Daniel
Ray	Natalie	Chloe
Blair	Pedram	Rio
Dani	Kate	Danial
Ian	Nick	Arjay
Sydney	Cassidy	Taig
Morgan	Minami	Taichi
	Lily

Dayna, Paulo

1. Compare and contrast any two characters and show what they reveal about theme.  For example:  Lenina and Bernard

John the Savage and Mustapha Mond

Bernard and the DHC

The DHC and Linda

Linda and Lenina

Helmholtz and Bernard

Your character choices should reveal your thesis - the differences between the characters will inform your analysis.

 

2. Choose one of the following themes: sexuality, politics, scientific progress, truth and beauty, knowledge, happiness, freedom, religion, oblivion, control

and discuss how Huxley presents  the theme in the novel and what he is saying about our world today.

 

3. Mustapha Mond says, "Happiness is a hard master - particularly other people's happiness."  What is he saying in relation to Brave New World, and how does this statement apply to your life as well.

 

 

Eng. 12 - Nov. 3 - Nov. 23

Ch. 9/10 for Wed. Nov. 4
F.13: Vocab Festival

M. 9 - 11/12
T.10 - 13/14
T.12 - 15/16
F. 13 - 17/18

Fishbowl: Tues. 17
In-Class Essay: W.18
Vocab Test: F. 20

Project Day: M.23

Writing 12 - Nov. 2

Peer Editing Day: Thurs. Nov. 5

Workshop/Due Date: Haley, Jessica, Cleo