were those strange What does this reveal about Mustapha Mond, the Controller? “There rumours of old forbidden books hidden in a safe in the Controller’s study. Bibles, poetry Ford knew – what” (35) Why would the Controller have access to banned material? The Controller describes home as What do the Controller’s words reveal about the attitude of his society with emotion” and full of toward family life? “reeking intimacies” and “suffocating relationships” (37) “dangerous Freud had been the first to What has this new world put in place of marriage and parenthood? “Our reveal the appalling dangers of family life” (39) monogamy, romance. “Family, Everywhere exclusiveness, a narrow channeling of impulse and energy” (40) belongs to everyone What is the connection between Mustapha Mond’s comments family life “Everyone else” and this motto of the new world? social stability without Explain this quote, i.e., what do you think the Controller means by “No “individual individual stability” (42) stability” and why is it vital to social stability? What is ironic about this notion? How is individual stability achieved in the ? Find two quotes from p.44-45 to support your answer. Do you agree with the quote about stability? Explain the reason(s) for your position. We have all The Controller thinks such obstacles are bad and that life is better without “encountered insurmountable obstacles”, had them. Do you think your life would be better if you were exempt from such strong had to wait a emotional challenges? Explain the reason(s) for your answer. “emotions”, long time between having a and its fulfillment” (44-45). “desire say somebody made a To whom does this comment refer? “’They mistake when he was in the bottle-thought he was a Gamma Why do people say this about him/her? and put alcohol into his blood surrogate’” (46)
“There were those strange rumours of old forbidden books hidden in a safe in the Controller’s study. Bibles, poetry – Ford knew what” (35) What does this reveal about Mustapha Mond, the Controller? Why would the Controller have access to banned material? The Controller describes home as “reeking with emotion” and full of “suffocating intimacies” and “dangerous relationships” (37) “Our Freud had been the first to reveal the appalling dangers of family life” (39) “Family, monogamy, romance. Everywhere exclusiveness, a narrow channeling of impulse and energy” (40) What do the Controller’s words reveal about the attitude of his society toward family life? What has this new world put in place of marriage and parenthood? “Everyone belongs to everyone else” What is the connection between Mustapha Mond’s comments family life and this motto of the new world? “No social stability without individual stability” (42) Explain this quote, i.e., what do you think the Controller means by “individual stability” and why is it vital to social stability? What is ironic about this notion? How is individual stability achieved in the ? Find two quotes from p.44-45 to support your answer. Do you agree with the quote about stability? Explain the reason(s) for your position. We have all “encountered insurmountable obstacles”, had strong “emotions”, had to wait a long time between having a “desire and its fulfillment” (44-45). The Controller thinks such obstacles are bad and that life is better without them. Do you think your life would be better if you were exempt from such emotional challenges? Explain the reason(s) for your answer. “’They say somebody made a mistake when he was in the bottle-thought he was a Gamma and put alcohol into his blood surrogate’” (46) To whom does this comment refer? Why do people say this about him/her?
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