Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Brave New World : 7

I always thought of soma as a drug that just made you feel happy, but now I'm starting to get the feeling that soma is some sort of hallucinagen to make you see happy things in place of unhappy things. For eample, Lenina saw ropes instead of snakes at first.

I can see the signifcance, plot-wise, of the director telling Bernard an ancedote. From what I just read, Linda was the girl l that the director couldn't find, and she got picked up by the reservation and she got placed in that society. Linda was saying how difficult it was for her to adjust. I'm getting the vibe of foreshadowing from Linda because I don't know if i should call it coincidence that Linda and Lenina have small similarities both in their name and personas.


Monday, March 4, 2013

Brave New World : 6

Bernard Marx- Karl Marx? I figured that there would be a connection there because the names are too similar to be unnoticed. How about George Bernard Shaw? The playwright/economist. He was also into the whole socialist movement and advocated for equal rights for women.

Bernard and Lenina's difference of opinion in way they see the sea, moon, and night. Lenina cried because it was horrible, but Bernard got reminded of himself. *this disturbs me* Just how different is Bernard even though he is still an Alpha? Beyond just a mix of alcohol in his test tube.
Then immediately after that, (suddenly) Bernard fondles Lenina's breasts and sleeps with her. I'm confused

Malignant- very dangerous in influence
Solecism- a breach of good manners

Lit Terms Applied

I walked out of the classroom thinking that I did the best that I could. But I know I could have done better now. I need to get over all the pressure that I am under in those circumstances because I know the terms, but i couldn't put it on paper when I needed to. The test did frustrate me because roughly a minute and a half on each slide to read, identify, and analyze was too short and frankly it was unrealistic. Granted the fact that if we trained under that pressure for the rest of the year, the AP test would be over in an hour.

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Brave New World : 5&6

On page 64, I found indirect and direct characterization of Bernard.

On page 78, there is an allusion to the clocktower in London, but in the case of the book it is called Big Henry

On page 85, personification of Big Henry by saying the clock sung 11

On page 85, synesthesia by saying the night was calm and warm

Those were the only terms I caught while reading