Brave+New+World

Here I sit, a lonely, blank, naked page exposed to the harshness of the universe. Be my Shackleton! Provide me with guidance and purpose in this world. Also, 3 pictures of various book covers for Brave New World



(One person per set of 3 please. Please include name after post for credit. Use the aforementioned subjects as the headings for your facts. Bold them please) References/Allusions - (Please post 3 references from the book. Please include the passage, a pict of the historical reference, and 3 bio points that shed light as to why Huxley chose to allude to these people) Further extra-EXTRA credit. Bonus for first 3 students who can prove with a picture that their Facebook status said, "Excited to embark upon an intellectual quest with Huxley's __Brave New World__." Proof must be posted at the bottom of the page in the form of a photo.

This page now contains up to 12 extra credit opportunities. The diction discussion thread has innumerable others-no repeats please. Insert research between each heading.

**All Posting should be below...They are almost all take. Fill in info under bold headings.**
-Mikayla Prince p.4
 * 3 Photos at various ages of Aldous Huxley (DONE)**

He married Maria Nys (10 September 1899 – 12 February 1955), a Belgian he met at Garsington, in 1919. They had one child, Matthew Huxley (19 April 1920 – 10 February 2005), who had a career as an author, anthropologist, and prominent epidemiologist In 1956 he married Laura Archera after Maria died of breast cancer -Tanna Green
 * 3 facts about his Personal Life (DONE)**

He took 100 micrograms of LSD as he laid dying. Huxley took his first dose of LSD on December 24, 1955. He encouraged Ray Bradubury to take psychedelic drugs. - He published papers and worked odd jobs in the early 1920s. - He worked as a screenwriter (he was involved with the making of Pride and Prejudice) after moving to the US and settling in southern California in 1937. - At one point in his life, he experimented with hallucinogens, specifically mescaline and LSD. Sam Chenoweth
 * 3 facts on his drug usage:**
 * -**Sarah Hamilton p.4
 * 3 facts on his working career:**


 * 3 facts on his writing life: (DONE)**

Huxley established himself as a major author in his first two published novels, //Crome Yellow// (1921) and //Antic Hay// (1923).

//The Doors of Perception// (1954), a book about Huxley's experiences with the hallucinogenic drug mescaline.

//Those Barren Leaves//(1925) and //Point Counter Point// (1928) are works in a similar vein. Huxley's deep distrust of 20th-century trends in both politics and technology found expression in //Brave New World// (1932), a nightmarish vision of a future society in which psychological conditioning forms the basis for a scientifically determined and immutable caste system.

Ra Vaughn Jarrett

An allusion to Ford on page 4 and on page 29.. A.F. (After Ford) Who rationalized and put to use the assembly line. In the novel "//Brave New World//" by Aldous Huxley, the assembly line is combined with biological reproduction of humans but with a twist. In many stages, like an assembly line, the human embryos are developed and altered for specific functions. Ford is seen as we see Jesus. Their calendar is based on the Ford assembly line; 1 A.F (After Ford) representing the year after the first Model T car rolled off the assembly line in 1908. Angela Hinkle Chapter 2-
 * 1- Reference/Allusion**
 * 2- Reference/Allusion**
 * There was a violent explosion.Shiller and shriller, a siren shricked. Alarm bells maddeningly sounded. The children started, screamed; their faces were distorted with terror..."Offer them the flowers and books agian." The nurses obeyed; but at the appoarch of the roses, at the mere sight of those gaily-coloured images of [kats] and cock-a-doodle-doo and baa-baa black sheep, the ifants shrank away in terror, the volume of their howling suddelny increased.
 * The Refrence in this passage is to Ivan Pavlov. In the late 1800's Pavlov discoverd classical condintioning with the help of dogs.
 * Based on his observations, Pavlov suggested that the salivation was a learned response.. Unlike the salivary, salivating to the expectation of food is a conditioned reflex; therfore, the babies associted the pain with books and flowers.

Talea Chenault p7


 * 3- Reference/Allusion**
 * On page 24 there is an reference to Reuben Rabinovitch. He was a polish boy who fell asleep while listening to an english Radio broadcast, he woke and he was able to recite all of a George Bernard Shaw speech. The idea wasn't completely understood until it was studied by Charles Simon and William Emmons. They concluded that learning took place when your brain was giving off alpha waves and since the only time you give off alpha waves was when you were either awake or in an awaking state so sleep-learning was very ineffective.**
 * Damon Jenkins p.6**
 * 3 pictures of various book covers for Brave New World:**

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 * -** Jordan Browning


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Emily Ly

- Tanna Green



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