Brave New World Quotations- Group Discussion April 12th.

Brave New World has a number of significant quotations. 

They are listed below with their page numbers. For each quotation, respond with your reactions, observations, and reflections.

1. “Community, Identity, Stability” (Huxley 1).

2, “That is the secret of happiness and virtue—liking what you’ve got to do” (16).

3.  “Civilization is sterilization” (110 and 121).

4.  “What fun it would be if one didn’t have to think about happiness” (177).

5.  “As a victim, the Savage possessed, for Bernard, this enormous superiority over the others: that he was accessible. One of the principal functions of a friend is to suffer (in a milder and symbolic form) the punishment that we should like, but are unable, to inflict upon our enemies” (179).

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6. “You can’t make flivvers without steel—and you can’t make tragedies without social instability” (220).

7.  “Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery” (221).

8. “Every change is a menace to stability. That’s another reason why we’re so chary of applying new inventions. Every discovery in pure science is potentially subversive; even science must sometimes be treated as a possible enemy” (224-225).

9. “God isn’t compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice” (234).
10. But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.. . I claim them all" (240). 

After your discussion, you will move over to Google Classroom, and an individual, you will pick one of these quotes that you feels embodies and reveals Huxley's meaning and purpose of Brave New World... and why you feel this way. 

EOC Practice for Friday:
Posted also on Google Classroom are two sets of Quizlet flash cards. The first is a review of literary and test terms. The second is a set of comma rules and examples. Please review these for Friday, April 15th.