Weekend Studies                                                                     NAME:____________________

Winter Quarter Social Science and English                  Anschicks/Monnier

 

 

BRAVE NEW WORLD

CHAPTER ____

 

1. Summarize the plot in no more than 2 sentences. That is, summarize the events that occur in the chapter: what happens, what seem to be set into motion that might unfold as the story goes on.

 

 

 

 

 

2. What is the setting of the chapter? If more than one main place, list all.  Setting refers to where the actions take place as well as the significance of that location.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Identify the significant characters, what part they play, what you learn about them, and what ideas are associated with them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. What topical themes emerge in the chapter?  That is, what issues seem to be addressed by Huxley—what does he make his characters think about, and what does he seem to want us to think about?

 

 

 

 

 

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5. How is language an issue in the chapter? For instance, there might be particular names of places and people (all the people names have important historical references) that stand out. What terms are important, and why?