Brave New World Characterization

Objectives:
Understanding character motivations
Analyzing character traits

Using role-playing

Activity

The conflict of individuality versus conformity remains constant throughout the novel. Very little conflict is seen between the conforming members of the World State, but conflict becomes evident between members who are concerned with individuality and personal emotion.

Conduct a mock trail based on John’s refusal to attend the party Bernard Marx is throwing. Clarify and state the charges brought against John by his host, Bernard. Use the other characters (Lenina, Helmholtz, the Arch Songster, the Head Mistress of Eton, and Henry Foster) as character witnesses to defend or incriminate John and Bernard.

the answer is b and c

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

well if you have a lion for example it will kill you and that's why you shouldn't have and exotic animal