Questions : Brave New World

 

Brave New World : Questions

 

A)    Main facts

®  (Wh- questions : who, what happens, where, why...? + who is the narrator?)

 

® Let’s focus on the  characters:

 

-      What do you know about the director? Why?

 

-      What can you guess about the students? Justify?

 

 

B)    The references:

 

-      Who does “Bokanovski” refer to? How many babies can a single egg give?

 

-        When does the scene take place? Explain…

 

 

C)   What sort of text is it? Why?

 

 

D)   Focus on the details:

 

a)    Pick out expressions showing the students are ridiculous.

 

b)    Give equivalents:

-        “scribbled” (l.9

-        “straight from the horse’s mouth”(l.18)

-        “scurried” (l.25)

 

c)     Comment on :

-        that sentence : “Not philosophers but fret-sawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone of society”.

 

-        that passage : “ Still leaning […] Bokanovski’s process”(l. 25 to 33)

 

 

E)    Going further:

-        When did Huxley write? Which political system(s) did he denounce?

 

-        Why is this text still relevant today?

 

-        Find information about Prometheus. To what extent can it be compared to this story?