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Brave new world book annotations
Brave new world book annotations





brave new world book annotations

However, note that Huxley also here sets up Bernard’s visit to America, which is the basis for the main conflict.įirst Plot Point: On his date with Lenina, Bernard struggles against his casually profligate conditioning, desiring a more meaningful courtship with Lenina. Since Bernard and Lenina’s relationship is actually little more than a plot device, it’s their coming together within the story, more than their actual date that signals the start of the main conflict. It shows them functioning (and disfunctioning) in the world being concurrently described by the teachers. Then, in a brilliant series of intercut scenes, we reach the First Act turning point, which swivels the story around to find its first set of main characters-Bernard and Lenina.

brave new world book annotations

The reader is put in the shoes of the listening students, learning along with them. It’s all set-up, with an extremely minor character basically narrating important facts about the utopian world of the story. The first half of the First Act is particularly interesting.

brave new world book annotations

Inciting Event: The beautiful Lenina makes a date with the restlessly depressed Bernard, who has never quite fit into this perfect society.







Brave new world book annotations