Scribe 4/22

Jessica Sotwick

Started out class by turning in Summary Response 1-6.
Then Fishbowl for chapters 1-6!
Some main points:

• "Community, identity, stability"
• social stability
• Purpose of the director tours
• for the reader to learn about the process of the society
• shows that it's not a weird thing
• Why do they all wear white?
• clean color, perfectly pure society
• Significance of the class system?
• No one can work up to a higher class, you're born into your class
• They are all happy with where they are
• due to conditioning
• Reaction to the process to the alcohol process?
• no reaction really, just part of the process
• How do you connect the plot to creator vs. creation?
• Ford is controlling
• creator never stops; creation conditioned at birth
• Bernard is the hero; breaks away from typical thought
• flawed in "perfect" system
• Conditioning?
• they don't know anything else
• Will the world ever come to this?
• no, too far fetched
• Parallels between our society today
• all our wants
• deal with consequences later
• Why is sex so prevalent?
• it's a want
• it's what they're raised with
• (we then went on a tangent about teen pregnancy and media involved in sex)
• More civilized to be with multiple people; never the same one for a long period of time
• everyone wants everyone
• Take away all morals: no jealously, love, anger, etc
• What's their purpose? They aren't striving for anything
• live for pleasure
• connect to Dorian Gray
• Connections to religion and Government:
• no religion or government
• they just worship Ford
• government plays God
• What are they held accountable to do?
• to do what they're told
• Huxley focuses on the downsides of our society and makes them the highlight of Brave New World
• No consequences for things such as sex, drugs, etc
• Even without all morals and feelings, they still have the way to judge 
• Are these people capable of thinking for themselves?
• yes, they just don't know how to handle emotion
• There's a pill to fix everything now
• soma fixes everything
• Who is responsible? Creator or Creation
• depends on class rank
• Will there be a revolt?
• compared to Fahrenheit 451

Homework: Read 7-9, LL Conference, LL3, Montage due Wednesday