Bernard reminds me of Dr. Treves because he is trying to introduce John, a savage, a freak (like John Merrick), into conventional society. He is also like Dr. Treves because he believes that what he is doing is the best for John. However, Bernard is also like the nightwatchman, in that he wants to show John off for his own benefit, to make him more successful and popular.
2. Why does John have to use Zuni to express how he feels?
John has to use Zuni to express how he feels because there are no adequate words in English to describe how he feels.
2. Why does John have to use Zuni to express how he feels?
John has to use Zuni to express how he feels because there are no adequate words in English to describe how he feels.
3. Why does Lenina feel "a sense of dreadful emptiness, a breathless apprehension, a nausea." (p. 174)?
Lenina feels a"sense of dreadful emptiness, a breathless apprehension, a nausea," because she is worried that John doesn't like her, because he is not coming to the Party. It is evident that Lenina has strong feelings for John.
Lenina feels a"sense of dreadful emptiness, a breathless apprehension, a nausea," because she is worried that John doesn't like her, because he is not coming to the Party. It is evident that Lenina has strong feelings for John.
4. Why doesn't Mustapaha Mond want "A New theory of Biology" not to be published? Does the work remind you of anything that we have studied recently?
Mustapha Mond doesn't want "A New theory of Biology" to be published because it is "heretical," and "dangerous and potentially subversive " to the social order. The work reminds me of the idea of Creationism and the messages of the Bible, that what we do on Earth is determines what our afterlives will be like.
Mustapha Mond doesn't want "A New theory of Biology" to be published because it is "heretical," and "dangerous and potentially subversive " to the social order. The work reminds me of the idea of Creationism and the messages of the Bible, that what we do on Earth is determines what our afterlives will be like.
5. Do you agree with Bernard's belief in the "principal functions of a friend" as described on p. 179? Why does he feel this way toward John and Helmholtz?
I do not agree with Bernard's belief in the "principal functions of a friend," because although it is nice to have a friend to vent and rant to, that should not be a main reason why you have a friend, but simply a bonus. Also, it seems to me, cruel that one would inflict symbolic punishment on a friend instead of an enemy. Bernard feels this way towards John and Helmholtz because they are accessible to him, and they give him superiority over others, or at least John does. Both Helmhotz and John "forgive and forget," as friends would do.
6. What does Helmholtz think of Shakespeare?
6. What does Helmholtz think of Shakespeare?
Helmholtz is delighted at Shakespeare, because it presents such foreign concepts to him, in a way which makes him laugh. He does not understand some of the social commentary that Shakespeare is making.
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