Q8

put entry of your choice


The novel Brave New World is an interesting book that is extremely hard to understand the contents. Brave New World talks about the world in the future, where the majority of people are living in a new world, called the Society. In the Society, the people are actually made, and they are manipulated by the technicians to have high knowledge or low knowledge. Depending on their abilities, the people are divided into a caste system. From the most talented to least talented, the people are distributed to Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Epsilon. Depending on what caste you are in, you have different kinds of jobs. If you are an Alpha, then your job is high quality job that needs a high quality mind. If you are an Epsilon, then your job is low quality job that doesn’t have special requirements. After the working hours are done, the people in the Society have free time, usually spent to have relationship with others. In the Society, there is a motto that drives everyone. The motto is that ‘everyone belongs to everyone else.’ Thus, there are no private things whatsoever. Anything that is private, the Society thinks that it is dumb and should be made public. Thus, even in relationships, everyone goes out with one another. In the Society, sex life is a thing that everyone started ever since they were kids. Spending a night with someone is more of a matter-of-fact thing for the people in the Society. Then, when the people are going through hardships or are depressed, they take soma, which is a type of drug that sends you to your own land where the mind is filled with happiness. Sadness doesn’t exist when you take soma. However, the sadness comes again when the effects of soma are gone. However, basically, the people are like people who were educated up to junior high school. They believe whatever they believed since they were young and they have no desire to stop believing it. However, there is one Alpha that refuses what he used to believe and wants answers to his questions. Later on, he finds the answers but he finds himself kicked out of the Society.
There are more details that are crucial in the novel but that is the basic summary of the story, which is confusing. To the people in the present world, the Brave New World doesn’t make sense. However, as the story goes on with Bernard meeting new people and going through many events, the novel tells the readers many things in the Society are happening in the world and some of them might happen soon. Brave New World is like a warning to the people in the present world to what might happen in the future. It’s difficult to understand but once the meaning of the book sinks into your mind, the novel is very interesting.

Q7

Are there any settings in this novel which you have found to be beautiful? or disturbing? or memorable?Describe these settings and comment on why they were meaningful to you.

The whole setting of the story is disturbing to me. The Society has rotten all the way and I don’t remember any settings in the novel which I found to be beautiful. However, there is one scene that is memorable. The setting is the setting where the Savages or the Indians live. I don’t like the traditions of the Savages or the people living in the place but the place is perhaps the last place where the Society didn’t take over, which is the reason why the place is memorable. In some way, the Society can be called as ‘contaminated area’, where people are contaminated by the drug soma and locked away from the freedom. The place where John lived, however, isn’t so wealthy or has good environment like the Society but it’s free from the rule of the New World. It is quiet. It is peaceful, the people living peacefully in the nature. In the Society, everything is artificial and it is loud with people talking and interacting with each other. I really don’t like the New World and I think that the concept of people are ‘made’, people relieving stress by taking drugs, and people being mind controlled by the Society. The New World may be perfect, with an easy way to forget hard times, and the happiness will never stop. However, I choose the world with hardships, pain, and with sadness. Instead of choosing the Lie, I would rather take the Truth, even though it may be painful because I seek for it and I think it’s more worth than accepting things that aren’t true. So, I think that the place where John used to live is the Truth and the Society is the Lie. Thus, the place where John used to live is more meaningful to me.

Q6

Please choose one passage from the novel that is significant to you.Why is this passage meaningful?Please type it into one of your entries and comment on what you think about the passage.

One passage from my novel Brave New World that is significant to me is ‘Everyone belongs to everyone else.’ When I read this passage, I was shocked. First of all, it didn’t sound right at all in my point of view and standards. To me, the passage ‘Everyone belongs to everyone else’ meant something like ‘Everyone owns everyone.’ In addition, in the novel, the people in the society start to have sexual relationships with different people every day since they are elementary kids. Some people have relationships up to four or five relationships a day, according to the novel. I am irritated about the fact that I have to read this book about people having sex daily with different people multiple times. The reason why the passage is significant is because it is wrong and very interesting in many ways. Nowadays, people say that they rule their own life. I agree with them and I am very proud to say that I am the one who’s in charge of life. However, the passage contradicts the concept of people in charge of themselves. Everyone belongs to everyone else meant that someone is a property of somebody else and that somebody else is a property of someone else and the someone else is a property of some other person, for example. Some weird people around the world would agree with the passage from the novel but they are some people who have mental retardation. I think that the passage is another way of saying the title of the novel, Brave New World because the passage ‘Everyone belongs to everyone else’ is like a law that exists in the society. The novel has an idea of everyone belonging to everyone else and becoming one big union of people. I once watched an animation called ‘Evangelion’ and the animation deals with people trying to be themselves, unique and special, while a director of a special organization bring an event which makes every single person in the world becomes a type of liquid called CLC and becomes united. The director himself became part of CLC but his intention was to change and unite humans in a form which they won’t harm the nature anymore. Thus, I think that the passage ‘Everyone belongs to everyone else’ has similar meaning from the animation that I watched.

Q5

What is the mood of this novel?What happens?How do the events of this novel make you feel?

The mood of the novel starts out as rather heavy mood although the first five chapters are merely explanations of the Society. However, the descriptions of the Society, at least it made me feel heavy mood because it was so outrageous and made no sense if you were human being. Babies were electrocuted to be educated, people were manipulated to become either stupid or smart, and no moral existed. Then, the mood changes into a shallow but thick mood as Marx is introduced and the life in the Society is described. The shallowness of the mood and the Marx’s life takes the story to Marx almost getting kicked out of London. At that point, the mood is very dark, with the Marx’s actions going under the laws of the Society. Marx breaks some rules such as lack of sex life and not taking soma periodically. The director of the Society calls Marx and then tells him to watch his steps or he will be out of the Society. Alarmed, Bernard immediately looks out for anything that will make him to regain the reputation and goes over to the town of Savages. The mood of the story changes to almost like a mist, as the story goes deep into how the Director and Linda are related and how John was born. Then, the flashback describes how John learned to read, write poems and literature, learn spiritual things, gain human qualities, and morals of life. Then, John goes to the New World with Bernard, when the mood changes to a very chaotic mood. John’s trying to adjust to the new environment but he’s interrupted by many meetings arranged by Bernard and Bernard goes on enjoying his authority. Later, Bernard gets kicked out of London and John commits suicide at the end of the novel, which the mood is rather sad and hard.

Q4

What is the climax of this novel? What happens?How do the events of this novel make you feel?

The climax of the story is at the end of the novel, where Bernard is finally kicked out of the Society and John tries to persuade the new Director to stop what he’s doing and spread the truth. The Director calls Bernard, John the Savage, and Watson. Then, He explains that he is the one who created the rule of the Society and he is allowed to break them. However, he tells Bernard that others in the Society are to obey the rules and orders people to send Bernard to somewhere else. Bernard struggles and begs to the Director to give him one more chance but he’s forced out of the Director’s room. Then, the Director turns to John and starts to talk about the Truth of why the Society was formed. The Director, from the safe, takes out the Bible and other books such as Shakespeare that hold the Truth to meaning of life. He tells John that he read the books and exactly understands the content of the books. Stunned by what the Director said, John asks why he locked everyone from the Truth and the Director says that there are many factors that make the world unstable. He tells John that in order to form the perfect world, or the utopia, that the factors must be erased. The Society is the only way to erase the factors, the Director tells John. John tries to make the Director change his mind and tries to convince that the people will be lifeless. Then, the Director calmly fights back against John by arguing that if he does allow the people to know the Truth, then everything will be ruined including the utopia.
This event is very interesting to me because I like the way how the author described the argument and how carefully he wrote the struggle between knowing the Truth and denying the Truth. John thinks that humans need to know the Truth and the Director thinks that the people will lose the ‘freedom’ given by the Society if Truth is exposed. In the end, John fails to convince the Director but at he doesn’t allow himself to be merged by the Society.

Q3

Who are the main characters in the novel?Do you like them?Why or why not?What is special about them?What do they reveal about the universal human experience?

Bernard Marx – Bernard Marx is the character that carries out major events throughout the novel. In the novel, Bernard is carefully described as a social outcast. Unlike the rest of his group, the Alphas, he’s short, and he thinks differently. Most of the time, Bernard spends his time alone, trying to answer all of the questions that he has, starting from the main question ‘What is the thing that is missing in this Society?’ Endlessly, Bernard pushes himself to find the Truth and the answers. However, his life starts to collapse since the beginning. Bernard is an example of how humans can not live without getting loved and he himself answers why he feels something is missing in his heart but he doesn’t realize it. Also, Bernard is an example of how humans can be greedy, proud, and start lust and wrath. After he brought the Savage to the Society, Bernard becomes a start and is respected by the Society. He gets pride and greed as his fame increases and shows uncontrolled wrath and other times, he desires lets himself controlled by sexual desires. Further in the novel, Bernard collapses and his life get corrupted. Bernard regrets what he has done over and over again but nothing helps him. Bernard is the character that is second closest to a real human being but I don’t like him very much.

Lenina Crowne – Lenina Crowne has perfect physical appearance and all men desire to spend a night with her. According to my comprehension and terminology, Lenina is simply a big prostitute. Lenina shows stupidity of being a coward to see new things. She is trapped in the Society’s standards and she only knows how to deal with situations that are in the standards. She’s a complete robot controlled by the Society. Lenina is an example of how weak humans can be if they are placed in low standards. In my opinion, Lenina is totally useless and I don’t like her because she’s corrupt.

John the Savage – Unlike Bernard and Lenina, John was actually born and has parents. John grew up in a tribe and learned human qualities. He went through many hardships and realized that humans do need to go through it. Once he meets Bernard and goes to the Society, he’s shocked by how corrupt the New World is. He tries to make the people realize what they are doing but he fails. While he’s in the Society, Lenina tries to spend a night with him and John refuses. John later steps out of the Society and commits suicide, after finally admitting that he has been contaminated by the Society and he can not handle it anymore. I like the way how he struggles to solve problems.

Q2

Are there any current situations in the world that relate to the novel?What are they, and how do they relate?Does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved for "fixed"?

The world itself is slowly becoming a type of ‘Brave New World’. Today, many people are becoming like robots, turning away from the morals. In general, everyone in the world is craving for happiness. They want to be away from hardships and take the easy way out, and they don’t care whatever happens as long as they get what they wanted. It would be strange for someone not to have any desire at all, but, however, people are starting to desire for more than enough. For example, let’s say a kid wanted a toy car. Let’s say that he got his toy car on his birthday and as he grew up, he wanted an actual car. One day, he becomes a millionaire and buys his dream car. Once he gets the car, he wants to get the latest model of the car. He would buy it again and spend more money on cars. What I’m saying is that people today have way too much money and they don’t know how to use it. While they are wasting money, they lose their human qualities. They turn self-centered and don’t care about others. The novel doesn’t show any solutions to solve the problem, the expansion of dystopia. However, in the novel, through John’s struggle to fight against the Society, it is shown that if there is anyone who has a slight idea that something is wrong and has hope to change the world, then, dystopia can be changed and take a step towards utopia. Of course, the world never can be utopia, but it is possible not to be a total dystopia.

Q1

what is the major theme of this novel? why is this theme important to a teenger living in 2007?

I’ll get to the point straight away. The major theme of the novel, Brave New World, is that no such thing called utopia can exist in this world. The Society in the New World thinks that their society is perfect and is the ultimate utopia. Everything is perfect and everyone is happy, according to the society. When someone is not feeling good, they can take care of the problem by taking some soma. Everyone has their job and they get the reward they have worked for. It seems nice, everyone is happy, everyone gets what they have worked for, and there’s nothing wrong is the society such as murders. However, away from the Society’s perspective, the society itself is the problem. First of all, there’s a problem with the people. The people, since they were young, they were taught that only facts are important. No morals exist. The people heavily depend on a type of drug called soma to relieve their stress. They are encouraged to take some frequently. Since there are no moral, they give no honor when they are having relationships whether it’s dating or sexual. To be correct, the point of having relationship is to fulfill their sexual desires. Second, the leaders of the Society are the problem. They are no different from the people living in the Society but they just have better jobs. The whole society is corrupted and it’s more of a dystopia, a perfect dystopia, to be correct. To summarize the ideas, the major theme of Brave New World is that no such thing as utopia can exist in this world but if there is someone out there with a hope, then it can bring the world close to utopia.

The theme gives a major impact to teenagers these days because it forces the teenagers to see the world differently even if they don’t want to. To put in it other way, it’s a horrible way to make the teenagers change their perspective. Teenagers are hungry to have freedom. A type of freedom which they can do whatever they want whenever they want. They don’t want to go through hardships and want to take the easy way as solution to every problem. The situation is presented in Brave New World and it shows no utopia but a dystopia with no hope. The theme doesn’t make the teenagers to think back and go ‘Wow, I should start thinking more deeply about this moral and world,’ it forces their mind to think and go ‘Don’t be like this or it is yourself who will suffer for eternity.’ So, I think the theme can help the teenagers to grow mentally in a very good way.

Q8

Put entry of your choice.

The novel Animal Farm is not much of a great book to read but it is one of the best books for reading in an English class because it has many tricky, thoughtful and deep meanings that you have to fish out of the book, and talk and discuss with the class and I have failed to do get the meanings and the major points that the book is trying to say because I never got to enjoy the book and I think it is one of the most boring books I ever read. There are infinitely many reasons why I hate this book but first of all, I heard another part of me in mind saying, ‘Hey Brian, I bet twenty thousand dollars that this book is going to be boring,’ when I read the whole idea of animals uniting themselves and causing a revolution and driving out the evil farmer out of the farm. Just like when people stop listening to a person giving a speech with a weak attention getter, the book failed to get my attention from the beginning of the book and all the way to the end of the story. I also do not like books with very weak credibility of something happening that is totally illogical. For example, the idea of pigs walking on their hind legs is exaggerated way too far. The idea of a hero and an army of 200,000 troops defeating the enemy of 450,000 troops in a realistic setting sound pretty awesome and catches the attention of the readers immediately, however. For instance, Splinter Cell would be a fiction work with high credibility and supported with facts. Thus, I really do not like the novel Animal Farm.

Q7

Are there any settings in this novel which you have found to be beautiful? or disturbing? or memorable?Describe these settings and comment on why they were meaningful to you.

There is one setting which I found very disturbing and made me sigh. The setting is when the animals that tried to assassinate Napoleon were slaughtered on the spot when they got caught. Since this novel was written based on the Russian Revolution and Stalin did slaughter people right on the spot, it made me, once again, realize how pathetic can humans be. Humans, when they get themselves controlled by their greed and selfishness, they act in such an evil way that it sometimes makes me feel sick. Just to add in something, I also know that I do that occasionally too, so it makes me feel worse and frustrated whenever I spot humans doing evil things while they are controlled by selfishness. They do not care or think about what would happen if they act the way they want to at the moment. Sometimes some people are smart enough to come up with a back up plan such as eliminating the witnesses but most of the time they do not. An example would be people shooting people in the public. In the states, there are many cases where some kids brings his dad’s gun and shoot the other kids that didn’t sell the drugs on time to him. A similar example would be stealing money for drugs. In the novel, Napoleon did act impulsively and slaughtered the pigs that tried to kill him. But he knew he could have done it and did not matter very much to him because he knew that he was in charge of the farm and was ruling the farm. He also had the furious dogs guarding him so he didn’t have to worry about getting assaulted by some other animal. Thus, the setting when Napoleon slaughtered the assassins was the most memorable setting in the novel.

Q6

Please choose one passage from the novel that is significant to you.Why is this passage meaningful?Please type it into one of your entries and comment on what you think about the passage.

‘All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.’ When I read this passage it didn’t make any sense to me so I had to finish the book and then think about it to get the meaning of the message. All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others. I get the part where it says all animals are equal but the next part didn’t make sense. Some animals are more equal than others. I was thinking if something is equal, than it’s equal. How can something or some animals be more equal than others? Then I connected the statement with the story. The animals that were more equal than others were the pigs and the dogs and since they were more equal than others, they had more privileges than the rest of the animals that were normally equal, which does not make any sense because it should be all animals are equal and there should be no other additional statements to it. The passage ‘All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.’ is the only thing I can remember clearly from the story because it is the statement made by pigs and they allow themselves to be like the gods of the Animal Farm, or Manor Farm, which the pigs change the name eventually when they finally decide to interact with the humans. ‘All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.’ is not so meaningful but it left some sort of a trace in my memory because I do not like this statement at all. If you take this statement and put it to the human world, then it states ‘All people are equal but some people are more equal than others.’ which sounds like a commandment from the KKK. Thus, I hate the passage ‘All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.’ because it is outrageous and illogical.

Q5

What is the mood of this novel?What happens?How do the events of this novel make you feel?

The mood of this novel is generally positive at the beginning and changes to negative and heavy mood as the story goes on and turns to lightheadedness at the end. In the beginning, the animals cause a revolution and take over the farm, feeling happy and content about the fact that they have freed themselves from the evil farmer. Then, the animals work and produce many crops in the farm, more successful than the farmer. The plan to develop the farm was based on building the windmill and Snowball almost had the animals to agree with him and start the construction when Napoleon orders his dogs to attack Snowball. Snowball runs away and Napoleon takes over the farm by power and terror, which the mood started to get heavy and dark. The animals had to work harder and their portion of food had been reduced. The construction of the windmill started and the because of the construction, the farm produced less crops each year. Unlike the Seven Commandment said, the pigs and the dogs were treated like the special rulers and the rest of the animals were treated as the workers. As the time went, Napoleon reduced the food ration each year and made animals to work more. Some of the animals hooked up with Snowball and tried to assassinate Napoleon but they were caught and slaughtered at the spot. The dogs killed the animals that were associated with the assassins, too. After the execution, the animals got scared of getting killed by Napoleon so they started to work harder. Exception of a few bright animals, the rest of the animals did not notice that the pigs were changing the Seven Commandments little by little. Later on, Napoleon started to sell the animals to the human and at the end, he decided to interact with the humans and act like humans. The events of this novel do not influence me or make me reflect because these are the events that happened during the Russian Revolution and I do not care about it. Thus, the events are events and they do not have affects on me.

Q4

What is the climax of this novel? What happens?How do the events of this novel make you feel?

The climax of the novel Animal Farm is the revolution inside the revolution, which the time when Napoleon drove out Snowball and took over the animal farm. Napoleon called his security dogs to attack Snowball and Snowball ran out of the farm before getting slaughtered by the dogs. The events of this novel, Animal Farm, are very pointless to me. Literally, the message that the book is trying to give is pointless to me. At least that’s how I feel about the novel because the novel criticizes all the horrible events and incidents that happened during the Russian Revolution and it does not give any impacts or even influence my life. The novel is merely showing how Stalin used terror and communism to rule over the Soviet Union and it is not like I am going to be a communist and become a ruler like Stalin. The future that I am thinking to achieve has nothing to do with what Stalin did or the morals that people are trying to fish out. What morals are there? It is just part of the history. People or teachers say history is important part of my life but I do not care. They say you should not become a person like Stalin or let yourself be ruled by greed and obsession over power. To be honest, I hate the novel because I do not like history except for wars and I especially hate stories involving politics and political problems. Thus, this novel Animal Farm makes me feel bored and agitated.

Q3

Who are the main characters in the novel?Do you like them?Why or why not?What is special about them?What do they reveal about the universal human experience?

The main characters of Animal Farm are Napoleon, Snowball, and the rest of the animals in the farm. Napoleon and Snowball might seem like antagonists but the novel is telling the story in a way that tells typical events that happened during some amount of time. Thus, there is no an actual antagonist or protagonist that you can tell and nobody can argue about it. I, personally, do not like any of the main characters or characters of Animal Farm since they are all stupid and their actions are nothing but imitation of Stalin, Stalin’s rivals, and the Russian civilians during the Russian Revolution. I also do not like any stories that are out of mind because they have no credibility. What am I talking about? I am talking about that pigs can not walk on their hind legs, and speak and interact with humans, for example. The whole story of the novel is retelling and criticizing the events that occurred during the Russian Revolution in more simpler and different form, by using humans as the tsars and animals as the communist leaders and the civilians. The characters may not have any special facts about them, however, through their actions, they do reveal some universal human experiences. For example, Napoleon’s obsession over power and his craftiness of changing the Seven Commandments are examples of human wanting more power and untruthfulness. In addition, the idea of the revolution is an example of humans not wanting to be ruled over. Moreover, the animals plainly following Napoleon’s orders shows part of how stupid can humans be.

Q2

Are there any current situations in the world that relate to the novel?What are they, and how do they relate?Does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved for "fixed"?

I have just finished the first set of questions of this fun blog project. I have thought and decided not to consider the bad example of Napoleon’s greediness and become a humble person. Anyway, I will stop writing about the first set of questions and get started on the second set of questions, which are: Are there any current situations in the world that relate to the novel? What are they, and how do they relate? Does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved for "fixed"?
The answer to the first question, ‘Are there any current situations in the world that relate to the novel?’, is, of course, yes. There are many current situations in the world that relate to the novel Animal Farm. For example, our neighbor country, North Korea is an example of the novel. The mean, greedy, evil Kim Jung Il can be an example of real life scale figure or representation of Napoleon. First of all, the physical characteristics, both Kim Jung Il and Napoleon are FAT. Second, both of them are very greedy and they took over their country or farm slowly and very intelligently, slowly manipulating the thoughts of the citizens or the animals. The answer to the second question, ‘Does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved for "fixed"?’, I really do not know but I think, personally, the book clearly criticizes the communism. The book does not clearly pick out all the criticisms but the details of the events that are just not good are clearly emphasized and tell the readers that this kind of event should not happen. Although the book contains many criticisms about the communism and greed, it does not show the solutions of the problems.

Q1

what is the major theme of this novel? why is this theme important to a teenger living in 2007?

I have finished the book called ‘Animal Farm’ after the deadline but I really do not care because I still finished it anyway. Therefore, since I have finished the book, I will go on and answer the questions ‘What is the major theme of this novel? Why is this theme important to a teenager living in 2007?’
What is the major theme of this novel? I, personally, think that the major theme of this novel is about how greed can snatch the power and use the power in evil uses. In Animal Farm, the pigs first take over the leadership of the farm. The two leaders, Napoleon and Snowball, come up with an idea of all animals being equal from the Old Major’s idea of the rebellion and animals living and cooperating along with the nature. Of course, both Napoleon and Snowball’s idea of all animals being equal is a bait of their plan to slowly take over the farm. Napoleon’s evil-er thoughts cause him to force Snowball out of the farm and take over the farm for himself. Napoleon rules over the farm and slowly manipulates the Seven Commandments of the farm by take the advantage of pigs being literate and rest of the animals being illiterate. Later on, Napoleon acts and dresses like humans saying that all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. So, the major theme of this book, Animal Farm, I think, would be greed may make you powerful for sometime but you would get nothing out of it except for greediness and big reputation of being greedy and evil.
The theme of this book is very important to a teenager like me. The theme asks the question to me saying that I have choices to be greedy and gain bad reputation and power, or become a humble person and gain good reputation and learn what it is like to be a good person and example.

i have not brought my book to the class and i only read up to page 36.







i think.







im pretty sure. yes. yea so mrs. lavender told me to look up other people's idea of the theme.

so far, the book animal farm is EXTREMELY BORING.
the story is pretty lame in my opinion but ill read it anyway.
and yes, that's all i got to say.

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