Brave New World Name___ Activity #1: Anticipation Guide Use Before Reading ANTICIPATION GUIDE Use the scale below to rate your reaction to each of the statements. Discuss the reasons for your responses in a small group. After you read the novel, look at your answers again to see if you would change any of them. 1 2 3 4 5 Agree Agree No Disagree Disagree Strongly Somewhat Opinion Somewhat Strongly Human beings in the 20th century have only two choices: insanity or lunacy. Scientific progress is the only route to improving quality of life. Social stability should be the number-one goal of a country's leaders. Artis incompatible with happiness. Beauty is incompatible with science, Sometimes what seems like a punishment can turn out to be a reward. Seeking truth can only make you unhappy, because you can never find it. Life is “a tale told by an idiot, signifying...nothing.” Modern production techniques reduce the dignity of factory workers. Se eNaAYAwWN Progress should never be halted. 11. A society that encourages everyone to produce and consume as much as possible cannot help but succeed. 12. We are not our own masters. 13. Fear of death and the hereafter are what cause most people to adopt religious beliefs, 14. Accivilized society has no need of heroes. 15. Everyone has the right to be unhappy if he/she chooses. © Novel Units, Inc Al rights reservedBrave New World Name, y Activity #7 Distribute Before Reading Directions: The characters in Brave New World represent ideas that “fight” one another in the novel, Your initial reaction to characters may change as you read on. As you meet each of the characters below, record your intial reaction. When you finish the novel, finish this activity by recording your concluding reaction and indicating the idea(s) for which you think each character stands. Initial ‘Concluding Character Reaction Reaction Bernard Marx D.H.C. Mustapha Mond Helmholtz Watson Lenina Crowne Fanny Crowne John (the Savage) Linda Henry Foster Benito Hoover © Novel Units, Ine, All rights reservedName__ i Brave New World Activity #8: Character Analysis Use After Reading Chapter ill Directions: Huxley used the fst three chapters of Brave New World to describe the setting and to explain the creation and conditioning of shaded balloon; then add supporting details from the novel inte plain balloons. Feel free fo add more balloons with your own thoughts and ideas, citizens. In the diagram below, finish each Ideal Brave New World Citizen © Novel Units, Inc. 10 All rights reserved