Brave New World: Ch. 3 questions

1. How do the children play together? What is childhood like?

• The children happen to play along nude. They are "taught" at a young age the way to mature as they grow, when in fact they are being forced to do so along with mostly everything else.

2. How is our world depicted? How do we get from here to there?

• As I see it, today we tend to build and create new objects in order to "fix" things that need to be fixed. However, this tends to leave a pile up of thee old. Think of it as over printing a piece of paper, you only need a few but are left with a stack that you do not even know what to do with.

3. Why must games be so complexed in this society?

• The adults in the novel want to mature and teach the children new things, therefore approach the topics with complex games.

4. Why are strong emotions dangerous? Family relationships? Romance? Religion? Art? Cultural?

• If shown, one is viewed as abnormal and may be treated as if you were psychotic.

5. How is sexuality used in this novel? Do you see any problems with it?

• Sexuality seems to be a way of life in the world they live in. It seems to be a huge factor towards life. I do not see anything wrong with sexuality because it's normal thing throughout life. However, in the novel, they seem to be much more open causing us to see it as strange and weird.

6. What does mustapha mond do? What is his relationship towards history?

• Mustapha Mond is a history teacher. Once the children grow older, they tend to seek him out in order to learn how the world was in the past.

7. Is there anything unusual about Lenina Crowne? Bernard Marx? What? Why?

• The rules of their society, or world, do not seem to be followed by the two. At times they can be rebellious. They express themselves freely, unlike the other people in the world who just do as they are told.

8. How does Huxley use the cinematic technique towards the end of the chapter?

• Huxley tends to use the cinematic technique, for the reader to realize some main stories from the past certain characters. They're important because they help describe a character and we can also see the main obstacles they've faced in the world they live in. This being said, it also helps unveil more about the world they live in, in order for the reader to understand it clearly.

9. What is soma? What are its uses?

• Soma is a substance used to relieve the stress from being unhappy.

10. How do people age in this society?

• The people age by knowing physiological knowledge and becoming wiser. They do not age physically.