A Brave New World Chapter 12

1. In what ways does Bernard remind you of Dr. Treves or the nightwatchman in The Elephant Man?
-He reminds me of the nightwatchman in the Elephant Man because he is trying to force the savage to come out and meet all of the people, despite the fact that the savage doesn't want to. He reminds me of Dr/ Treves because he is concerned about his reputation, rather than the feeligns of the savage.

2. Why does John have to use Zuni to express how he feels?
-Because that is the only way in which he could express how he felt. Maybe it was because nobody else could understand him, or maybe it was because it was his native language. I'm not quite sure exactly why this is the only way he could express his feelings though.

3. Why does Lenina feel "a sense of dreadful emptiness, a breathless apprehension, a nausea." (p. 174)?
-Because she was expecting to get to see John, the savage, and tell him how she really felt... that she loved him more thna she had ever loved anyone else.

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 Why doesn't Mustapaha Mond want "A New theory of Biology" not to be published?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?
-Because he thinks that it is dangerous and potentially subversive. He thought that it would change the feelings of people, that people would no longer feel happy. This reminds me of the case of the creationists vs. Darwin, with the Dover school board.

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 don't know if I agree with this statement or not... it depends on the friend I suppose. He feels like this towards John because he is trying to be his friend, while aslo use him to his advantage for publicity and popularity, something that he could never do to someone who he didn't know, or wasn't friends with. Also, he plans on taking revenge on Helmholtz for his generosity of becoming his friend again..

6. What does Helmholtz think of Shakespeare?
-He enjoys them... it says that he listens to them with excitement. I think he enjoys them because they are something he can relate to, becuase he also enjoys writing poetry.
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