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JOURNAL TOPIC: (Today's tunes: "Sing for the Moment" by Eminem)

Eminem once said, "Rap is my drug."  What did he mean?  How was his experience with rap similar to or different from Bernard's experience with Soma in Brave New World?

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. BNW test on Chapters 1-4 (after the jump)

HW:
1. Read Chapter 5


 Exam: Brave New World Chapters 1-4

1. How are the ideas of consumerism and government involvement in production symbolized by the Hatchery in Chapter 1?
2. Why is it so important for the children to be taught "class consciousness" in their sleep?  What effect does this have on the different classes?
3. Why are children taught to hate Nature?
4. Why are the concepts of motherhood, home, and family considered taboo?
5. Why is Bernard considered different?  What factors do the other characters assume cause him to be different?
6. How is the Hatchery described in Chapter 1?  Why is this ironic?
7. What is the Bokonofsky process?  Why is this considered a good thing in the World State?
8. Why is the structure & writing style in Chapter 3 so different than what we see in Chapters 1 & 2?
9. What is the point of the children playing sexually?
10. What is the drug everyone uses to forget their troubles?
11. What is hypnopaedia?
12. How are the characters in the World State different from or similar to the zombies who drink/smoke pot/etc. and shuffle through RHS hallways?
13. What are the five castes in the World State?
14. Where are Bernard and Lenina planning a trip together?  Why?
15. Who is Mustapha Mond, and how does he explain the transition from a family-based past to a World State-dominated present/future?  
16. What was the tone of Chapter 1?  How did this "set the scene" for the rest of the novel?
17. Is it normal for someone in the World State to have an individual opinion or is this discouraged?  How does this compare with your experience in school?  Are students encouraged to think for themselves or do what they're told?
18. Why is "Ford" used in place of "Lord"?
19. Why are the Epsilons given less oxygen and nutrition when they're in the embryo state?  How does this suit the purposes of the World State?
20. What is the World State motto?  Why is it written on a shield?