april 15

JOURNAL TOPIC:
What does the word modern mean to you?  Has the meaning of the word changed over time?

(*Build on yesterday's entry.  Does modern mean cutting edge technology, and everyone flying around in jet packs? Does it mean politically correct, or showing an "advanced" mindset?  Does it mean "something that doesn't suck as much as things used to"?)
 OR (thanks, Nathan!)
Imagine you're in a box.  How do you get out?

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Review Chapters 1 & 2 of Brave New World
3. Modernism (continued)
4. Chapter 3 of Brave New World

HW:
1. Finish reading Chapter 3 of Brave New World and answer the following questions on your course blog:

1. How do the children play together? What is childhood like?
2. How is our world depicted? How do we get from here to there?
3. Why must games be so complex in this society?
4. Why are strong emotions dangerous? Family relationships? Romance? Religion? Art? Culture?
5. How is sexuality used in this novel? Do you see any problems with it?
6. What does Mustapha Mond do? What is his relationship to history?
7. Is there anything unusual about Lenina Crowne? Bernard Marx? What? Why?
8. How does Huxley use the cinematic technique toward the end of this chapter?
9. What is soma? What are its uses?
10. How do people age in this society?