Huxely’s Brave New World – Study Questions
Study Questions for Chapters 6 – 12
Chapter 6
What do Lenina and Bernard do on their first date? Why is the ocean important? The moon?
Why does the Director threaten to send Bernard to Iceland?
Chapter 7
How are Linda and John different from the other savages? Why is Lenina disgusted by Linda?
Chapter 8
Why doesn’t linda want to be called a mother?
What social positions do Linda and John hold in Malpais?
What do John and Bernard have in common?
Chapter 9
What happens when John watches Lenina sleep? What does he think or feel?
Chapter 10
How and why was the DHC planing to make an example out of Bernard?
How does Linda act in the hatchery? How does the DHC react? The spectators?
Chapter 11
How does Linda spend her time?
How does Lenina feel about John?
What does John think about the feelies? Why?
Chapter 12
How does Lenina feel at the party? Why does she feel this way?
How does John feel? Why is he reading Romeo and Juliet?
What does Helmholtz think of Shakespeare? Romeo and Juliet?
What does Helmholtz think is necessary for good writing?