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13 Cards in this Set
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Bernard
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*Alpha
*not good looking -therefore fails to fit in *radical thinker -holds unorthodox beliefs about sexual relationships, sports, and community events |
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John
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*savage
-grew up outside of the World State -his entire worldview is based on his knowledge of Shakespeare's plays |
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Linda
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*John's mom (dies)
-got lost during a storm -suffered a head injury and was left behind -group of Indians found her and brought her to their village -could not get an abortion on the Reservation and was too ashamed to return to the World State with a baby -her World State–conditioned promiscuity makes her a social outcast -is desperate to return to the World State and to soma |
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Fanny
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*Lenina's friend
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Lenina
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*John's "girlfriend" (violent passion for him)
-object of desire for many -dated one man for several months (unorthodox) -primary means of relating to other people is through sex, -she is unable to share Bernard’s disaffection or to comprehend John’s alternate system of values |
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Mustapha Mond
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*World Controller
*keeps a collection of forbidden literature including Shakespeare |
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Helmholtz
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*Bernard's friend
-they are friends because they find common ground in their discontent with the World State -Helmholtz’s criticisms of the World State are more philosophical and intellectual than Bernard’s more petty complaints *radical thinker *looked more like an Alpha |
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Soma
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*"happy drug"
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DHC
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*John's dad
-resigns |
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World State's Motto
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Stability, Community, Identity
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Hypnopaedia
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*slogans said during sleep for conditioning
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Alphas
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*top of social
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Shakespeare
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*provides the language through which John understands the world
-Shakespeare’s plays provide many examples of precisely the kind of human relations—passionate, intense, and often tragic—that the World State is committed to eliminating |
