bnw notes, 7-8 shmoop Flashcards

1
Q

why doesn’t lenina like their guide

A

he smells

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2
Q

______ is next to fordliness

A

cleanliness

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3
Q

lenina is horrified by the old man because

A

he is old

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4
Q

in the controlled world, people stay young until ____ and then they ____

A

60

die

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5
Q

lenina realizes that she left behind her

A

soma

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6
Q

what are some of the savage doings

A

breast feeding

combing for lice

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7
Q

lenina is reminded of ______ by the pounding drums

A

orgy- porgy

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8
Q

a boy of _____ is brought out next to the snakes

A

18

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9
Q

what does the boy do

A

circle around the snakes while being beaten by a whip from a man wearing a coyote mask

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10
Q

the pueblos are praising

A

Jesus
and
Pookong

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11
Q

pookong is an

A

eagle

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12
Q

the boy makes how many circles

A

7

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13
Q

who greets bernard and lenina

A

john

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14
Q

what does john say about where the boy was whipped

A

“Do you see than damned spot”

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15
Q

why is john upset

A

he wanted to be the sacrifice

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16
Q

why is he not the sacrifice

A

because they never give him the chance to do stuff because he has white skin and is not dark skinned

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17
Q

does john like lenina

A

yes

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18
Q

who is john’s mother

A

Linda

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19
Q

who is john’s father

A

tomakin
tomas
the director

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20
Q

what happened to linda

A

she fell into the reservation and hit her head

21
Q

describe linda

A

old and very stout
wears tattered clothes
plump and fat

22
Q

linda does what to lenina

A

gets very close to lenina and touches her clothes

23
Q

linda came into the reservation still operating under the

A

controlled world’s rules

24
Q

linda became the village’s

A

prostitute

25
how did the people's wives feel about linda
hated her
26
did john like his mom sleeping with many men
no
27
can linda make blankets
no
28
who is the man that brings alcohol
pope
29
what does pope bring
mescal,
30
what does pope do at john's house
has sex with linda
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what do the women in town do to linda
whip linda
32
why does linda hit john
she resents being his mother.
33
what does john mainly remember
about linda telling him about the other world
34
what does john hear from the locals
legends and their mythology of Jesus and Heaven
35
how does linda teach john to read
by writing on the wall at first
36
what book does linda give john
the chemical and bacteriological condition of the embryo.
37
why do the boys make fun of john
he always wears ragged clothing because linda does not know how to mend
38
what does john think about when the boys call him rags
that he can read and they can't
39
what book does john get from pope
the complete works of William Shakespeare
40
John avidly reads shakespeare's book so much that he is able to
recite whole quotes
41
what does john do to pope
while he is sleeping, he stabs him twice in the shoulder
42
what does pope do to john after being attacked
nothing, laughs and calls him brave
43
who teaches john how to make clay
Mitsima
44
what age does the coming of age ritual happen
16
45
does john get to participate in the coming of age ritual
no
46
what are three things that john discovers
time, death, and God
47
how did john deal with his unhappiness once
act like he was being crucified
48
what does john say when he learns that he could be going to the controlled world
O Brave new world