10 questions on plot, characters, and themes. Free to take, so you can see exactly what to review before class.
1. What is the primary method the World State uses to ensure that citizens accept their assigned social roles without question?
2. Why does Bernard Marx bring John and Linda back to London from the Savage Reservation?
3. What does John's inability to accept Lenina's casual approach to sexuality reveal about the conflict between his values and the World State's?
4. What happens to Linda, John's mother, and why does her death matter to the plot?
5. How does Mustapha Mond justify the World State's elimination of art, religion, and genuine science?
6. What is Bernard Marx's primary motivation for resenting the World State, and how does this affect his character?
7. How does John's upbringing on the Savage Reservation shape his response to the World State?
8. What is the significance of the fact that the Director is publicly identified as John's biological father?
9. How do Bernard and Helmholtz respond differently to their exile, and what does this reveal about their characters?
10. What does John's final act of suicide reveal about Huxley's view of what the World State has done to human beings?
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