Brave New World

creative connection- drawing a picture

Brave New World #9 and #10

Summary: Bernard and Lenina go back to their hotel room. Lenina takes three soma, which is more than usual, but she needs it after the time on the reservation. She is out for about 18 hours, giving Bernard enough time to go to Malpais and ask the World Controller for permission to bring Linda and John back to London. His reasoning for this is due to "scientific interest". He goes to speak with the warden and acts like he is friends with Mustapha Mond and that getting this permission is not a big deal. JOhn sneaks to Bernard and Lenina's hotel and thinks no one is there. He breaks in and starts rummaging through Lenina's bag, going crazy over her perfume. He sees her sleeping in bed and marvels over her beauty.

In London everyone at the Hatchery is hard at work, the Director and Henry discuss Bernard. Henry thinks the BErnard does good at his job, but the controller says it is better for one man to suffer than to subject many others to his corruption because of his great intelligence this is his greater social responsibility. Then Bernard shows back up and the Director has everyone stop the work they are doing and listen to him. He makes the announcement to everyone that Bernard is not living his life right, he has "heretical" views on soma, has an unorthodox sex life, and refuses the teachings of Ford. Linda comes running inside and throws herself at the Director saying how he made her have a child, but he denies it. John comes in saying, "My father!" repeatedly. The Director then runs away.

Interpretation: Rising action. Bernard's future is looking bad for a minute there when the director calls him out, but then he turns right around gives him a slap in the face with his revelation of John and Linda. Lenina's taking os all the soma shows yet again, how much control it has over people. It is like the illegal drugs we have today. You take it and are out, which isn't good, but in Brave New World it isn't bad to be out that long.

Literary Devices: Allusions: "My Father!" that is an allusion to God it's also an irony because there is no religion in this world,
Irony: the director scolds Bernard for living an "unFordly" life, then Bernard brings out his love child who is calling him father,

Vocabulary: 
pensive- (adj) dreamily thoughtful; peritoneum- (noun) membrane lining abdominal cavity; ignominy- (noun) disgrace; coquettish- (adj) flirtatious woman

Brave New World #8

Summary: Bernard and John sit outside and talk. John tells him stories of his childhood, which are unlike anything anyone else has to say because he a) had a childhood, and b) wasn't created in a test tube. He remembers a man coming over to be with his mother but she won't with John there, so he his forcibly removed. He has images of being in a room with women making blankets and his mother being upset because they were such savages. Linda sleeps with a man named Pope' who brings over lots of alcohol. Then there was a wedding in the village that made him sad because he was in love with the bride. John feels alone in the village because he can't partake in the village ritual. bernard understands feeling alone in your world because he feels the same way. He asks John to go back to London with him. John is so excited and then Linda wants to come too, but Bernard thinks she's repulsive. then he decides that he can use it to his advantage to bring both savages.

Interpretation: This chapter begins the inciting event, John is going to London. Bernard is probably going to try and use the two savages to get back at the director for trying to locate him to iceland. This chapter shows that John had a childhood, it wasn't great, but it was something that most people in this world didn't have at all, because they were created. Most people when describing their life would be describing almost the same thing as someone else, but not John.

Literary Terms: allusion to Macbeth "...to-morro, to-morro...", an allusion to ROmeo and Juliet- the first sonnet Romes says to Jules,

Vocabulary: lecherous- (adj) excessive sexual desire; precipice- (noun) nearly vertical;

Vocab Words

Superfluous
(adjective)
needless

Prodigious
(adjective)
extraordinary in size

Pallid
(adjective)
pale, faint in color

Vivacious
(adjective)
lively

Pituitary
(adjective)
abnormal size

Viviparous
(adjective)
bring forth living young

Abject
(adjective)
hopeless

Indefatigable
(adjective)
untiring

Apoplectic
(adjective)
intense enough to threaten

Ruddy
(adjective)
healthy red color

Brave New World #7

Summary: Lenina and Bernard are on the reservation. Lenina doesn't like it, the guide is smelly, and "cleanliness is next to Fordliness". She sees an old man and is horrified, Bernard has to explain that they prevent people from getting like that. She has had enough and wants some soma but doesn't have any so she has to face this without it. They witness a whipping ritual where a boy is whipped as he walks steadily around a pit of snakes. Lenina is crying because this is just terrible when a white savage approaches them. He knows about the outside world and can speak to them, thus shocking Bernard. He complains about not being able to partake in the activity because he's white, then he see's Lenina and he's smitten with her. The savage tells a story of how his mother, Linda, came from the outside world and had a child with a man (the director?). This means Linda is the girl who was lost (that foreshadow happens). Linda still has ways of the outside world in her and was mistreated on the reservation for sleeping with all the women's husbands.

My interpretation: This chapter is part of the rising action. This savage is the child of an outsider and not just any outsider, but the Director. I believe that this could also be a potential foreshadow, his mother tried to condition him but it didn't work.

Literary Stuff: allusion- "...that damned spot..."- alludes to Shakespeare, situational irony- sleeping around in the outside worl is okay, but not on the reservation (which is just like our world)

Vocabulary: undulating- (verb) move with wavelike motion; ophthalmia- (noun) eye inflammation; innocuous- (adj) harmless;

Brave New World #6 part 3

Summary: Lenina and Bernard go to the reservation after staying in a very nice hotel that she liked. While on the tour Bernard worries that he left the cologne tap going and that it was going to cost a fortune. Lenina was on some soma and listened absently to the reservation warden talk about it. They keep talking aimlessly and Bernard is worried about the cost of the cologne. He calls Watson to ask him to shut it off, he agrees, and tells Bernard that the director is looking for his replacement. Bernard  is shocked that Iceland would really happen. Lenina convinces him to take 4 soma which is more than is normal. They get in a plane and cross the border, Bernard sleeps. then when he is getting the tour he laughs at the fact that animals never learn to avoid the electric fence, even though he wouldn't normally laugh at something like that.

I think that this chapter kicks of the inciting event, because now Bernard is like "Oh imma be fired!" so everything after this will be the actions building up to the climax. We also see that while he is an individual he can't get through this without soma.

Literary Terms: Irony- on the reservation people still have children the old way, which is the way that people in our world have children, but to them this isn't normal.

fulminated (verb) explode with loud noise

inexorably (adj) unalterable

Brave New World #6 part 2

Summary: Bernard is at the Director's office afraid that he will get into trouble for asking to visit the Mexico Reservation. The Director signs off on it and starts to reminisce about his time spent there, which isn't something that you do in this world, you don't look back at the past. Bernard is curious so he doesn't point out the errors in his way. When the director was there he went with a girl who got lost, but when Bernard expresses sympathy he is quick to say that he wasn't attached to her at all. The Director then begins to scold Bernard and says that if he keeps acting like a child he will send him to Iceland. Bernard isn't scared of this threat, he feels like a rebel and he goes to tell Helmholtz what happened. Watson likes Bernard but hates that he boasts. 

My Interpretation: The section is foreshadowing something that happened a while ago to the Director. Also shows how Watson feels about Bernard that he doesn't really like his boasting and self pity. Could hint at a potential conflict between the two later on. Still the exposition. 

Literary Elements: Foreshadow- the Director's lover that he lost and "didn't have feelings for";

Also him threatening to send Bernard to Iceland; Watson's distaste for Bernard's personality. 

Vocabulary: Abject-adj- bad, unpleasant; Infantile- adj - of or occurring around babies; Indecorous - adj - improper

Brave New World #6 part 1

Summary: Lenina thinks that Bernard is very odd and doesn't know if she should vacation with him, but decides to anyway. They have clearance to go to the Savage Reservation because Bernard is a Alpha-Plus psychologist. They go on the date and Bernard wants to do things like walk around which Lenina finds ridiculous, they go watch some wrestling, then leave. In the helicopter Bernard hovers over the water because he just wants to look, Lenina doesn't like the empty looking ocean. Bernard won't take soma, Lenina thinks he is weird. But then he takes 4 soma at his place and the two sleep together. Bernard regrets it because he wonders what it would be like to delay the impulse.

My interpretation: This chapter is showing Bernard's individuality. In this society it isn't normal to just walk around and think about things. He wants to see what would happen if he delayed the impulse instead of acting on it like a child. He wants to be an adult in a world where everyone is basically a child just acting on their impulses without any thought at all. This is just how much the government controls them.

Literary Elements: I don't know what this would be called but the book says, " A gramme in time saves nine." I'm pretty sure its a stitch in time saves nine...so thats something;  Bernard loves Lenina but needs to take Soma to sleep with her  situational irony, perhaps;

Vocabulary: blasphemy- noun- action concerning God or sacred things; cajolery- noun- persuasion by flattery or promise

Brave New World #5

Summary: Henry and Lenina finish off their date. To return to Henry's they have to walk through the lower caste barracks, and the Crematorium, where we learn that death isn't a big deal in this world. You are burned in the crematorium and then used as phosphorous to make the plants grow. Henry makes the point that everyone is made equal chemically so even the Epsilons are useful. Henry and Lenina have dinner together where they both take a lot of soma and head downtown to listen to music. In Part 2, Bernard has to go to his bi-weekly meeting of "Solidarity Service Day". He goes to a large building and sits around a circular table with 12 spots. When everyone arrives they take soma and sing songs and chant. People think that Henry Ford is coming, Bernard feels absolutely nothing and thinks they are waiting for no one.

My Interpretation: This chapter was full of many allusions pointing to religion, landmarks. it also shows us just how much soma controls these people. They are being controlled by pleasure. You take this magic drug and everything is fine, you don't even care because you can't think. 

Allusions: Big Henry- Big Ben clock in London, The 12 spots- alludes to the 12 disciples 

Vocab: galvanic-adj-energizing; exultant-adj-highly elated; 

ironies: gathering in Westminister Abbey (a church) to do non religious things, pretty much worshiping Ford in this world with no religion

Brave New World #4

Summary: Lenina has just gotten on the lift and Bernard is there. She very publicly discusses that they will be going on a date to New Mexico. Bernard is uncomfortable. And Lenina then leaves for her date with Henry, leaving Bernard with Benito Hoover who says that she is nice to have. Bernard is upset because he wants Lenina to be different but she isn't; she's like everyone else. He is feeling insecure about his caste postition because he is shorter than other people in his group. Mixing with lower classes reminds him that he is an outsider. He goes to visit his friend Helmholtz Watson. Watson has greater intelligence than most Alpha-Pluses so he too feels like an outsider. This is what makes the two men such good friends. They both realize that they are individuals, which is what sets them apart from everyone else.

My Interpretation: This chapter is still setting up the rest of the story. But we see that Watson and Marx are both different from others in their caste. They are individuals. We also see that Bernard is jealous of Watson because he is a lady magnet and he makes it a point of telling him about his date with Lenina to boast. I see that he is insecure in his social standing because he is a little shorter than the others.

Allusions: Benito Hoover- Italian WWII leader
Bernard Marx- Karl Marx communist party founder
Helmholtz Watson- American Psychologist

Irony:  In this world people openly discuss their unfaithfulness- situational irony; Asking someone who their mother is, is a dirty joke, mother is derogatory in this world- situational irony;

Vocabulary: ruminating- verb, to ponder; cordiality- noun, courteous and gracious; waylaid- verb, intercept or attack from ambush;

Vocabulary Words 10/30/14

Palliate 

verb 

to make less severe

Confiscate 

verb  

to seize

Inundate 

verb

to overwhelm

Deprecate 

verb 

express disapproval of

Exonerate 

verb 

free from blame or guilt

Capitulate 

verb 

to surrender unconditionally

Svelte 

adj

elegant and slender

Diurnal adj

of during the day

Canopy 

noun

a cloth hung over something

Patrimony 

noun 

something inherited by a male ancestor

Canopy and Patrimony

In the mossy green forest, towering trees hung over the hikers like a leafy canopy.

The patrimony left to the deceased man's family, was utterly disappointing to them; instead of a nice house they got a shack on a lot by the city dump.

Canopy- noun- cloth or blanket of something draped over an object

Patrimony- noun- estate inherited from one's father or ancestors

Brave New World Journal 3

Summary:  In this chapter it shows us that children are running around naked, engaging in erotic play. In this world it is quite normal. this is an example of situational irony because in today's world that is frowned upon and children are sheltered from such things. History does not matter and they take quotes from Henry Ford and use them out of context. At the end of the day Lenina Crowne is off work and getting ready to go out. She reveals to her friend Fanny that she has been in a relationship with Henry Foster for 4 months. Fanny is shocked and doesn't want her to get in trouble because in this world it is unheard of to be in a long relationship. You "try" different people all the time and are open about being unfaithful. Bernard really likes Lenina and doesn't want to be with other people. Bernard is an allusion to Karl Marx and the communist party and how they rebelled. the same way that he doesn't think the same way as everyone else in the world. This idea of being unfaithful is situational irony because in our world that isn't acceptable.


pneumatic- adj; filled with condensed air...

allusion: to no crosses, they became T's,

The Nine Year's war alluding to the 100 years war?

Foreshadow- when fanny tells Lenina to be careful otherwise she'll get in trouble?

Brave New World chapter 2 journal

Summary: In the second chapter The director shows the students the infant nurseries. They show how they condition babies by showing them books and flowers and then shocking them so they learn not to like those things. Lower Castes used to be conditioned to like nature and pretty things, but since they weren't consuming they had to change that. They explain the process of Hypnopaedia and how you can remember what it is that you learned, but you don't know what you learned. So that system is flawed.

This chapter gives an overview of this world and how it uses consumerism and kinda promotes it. There is Allusion to Henry Ford, who is pretty much god in this world because he came up with mass production, which pretty much paves the way for consumerism.

the word mother is derogatory in this world.

viviparous- adj; bringing forth live young that developed in the parent's body

Svelte and Diurnal

The young, svelte girl stood motionless on the stage after reciting the beautiful eight page poem in front of everyone.

Brittney's diurnal activities at school included slacking off and eating in class.

A Brave New World Reading Log Chapter 1

In chapter 1 the Director is giving students a tour of the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre. All the students take copious notes on what the director is saying. They will begin work the next day. The director doesn't tell them a lot of information, just tells them what they need to know to do their jobs correctly. What doesn't he want them to know? He explains how they surgically remove eggs from women and then dispose of any bad ones and only fertilize the good ones. They use a system called Bokanovsky's Process, which uses X-rays to make an egg keep dividing, giving us 96 copies of one person. This Hatchery basically takes eggs and then grows them into humans from inside test tubes. Everyone is created with a predestined social class that the creators get to decide. The people are conditioned to love whatever job they are given and the stupid people are born that way because the creators deprive them of oxygen.

I think that this new world is very strange and I want to know what made them think that mass reproduction of people was a good idea and why everyone has to be "bred" a certain a way.

Vocabulary: Bokanovsky's Process = using X-rays to make eggs keep dividing

Sentences

loose sentence: Her grandmother died, after a long battle with cancer, brain surgeries, and diabetes.

periodic sentence: After many years of long hours, no overtime, and exhaustion, Chris was finally promoted to manager.

sentence with parallel structure: I like shopping, shopping gives me a sense of purpose, a feeling that one store can make any bad day better.

inverted order sentence: At the house cleans Karen.

split order: At home, Karen cleans.

interrupted order: "Yes, that's true --oh well actually might not be, but that's not important--I did once dance with Michael Jackson at a club back in the day!" Elizabeth told her astonished children.

compound: The day of shopping left her restless, but Linda went to another mall after the first one.

complex: None of the kids wanted to read aloud, so the teacher had to take over.

compund-complex: Even though she was greatly missed, Annabelle didn't return home, and people stopped hoping for her return.    ?

Zealously and Fecund Sentences

When her daughter decided to join the History Club, Kathy began to zealously quiz her so she wouldn't forget her facts.

The fecund plants produced so many flowers that year, that everyone in town had beautiful blooms in their windows all year long.

Quizlet Vocab

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Caprice and Aberration Sentences

When Johnny's mother died he couldn't control the caprice onset of depression.

The aberration that came with lying to her mother so she could skip school didn't make Melanie feel any better about what she had done.

The Lottery vs The Possibility of Evil

The Lottery and the Possibility of Evil are both similar in their themes. In the Possibility of Evil you have this woman who is trying to protect her legacy and keep her town pure. While in The Lottery you have this tradition that people have been following for generations and now no one really knows why it's necessary anymore. People in the village are blindly following what they consider tradition even though they don't know why. In the Possibility of Evil Miss Strangeworth does everything she can to protect, "the tradition" so to speak, of the town that her family built, keeping alive the tradition of innocence that is in her town, or so she thinks. Both stories have a central theme that there is evil in all of us whether or not we realize it or not.

The Possibility of Evil Sequel

Miss Strangeworth held the green piece of paper in her hand shakily. How did this happen? A fire burned inside her. Those. Roses. Had. Been. In. Her. Family. For. Generations. This was low even for someone trying to get revenge. She paraded outside in her nightgown and slippers to find all of her roses chopped and strewn about her front walk. Everyone who was anyone on Pleasant Street saw this. Miss Strangeworth realized that people were staring. She quickly regained her composure. 

Mrs. Harper was walking down the street, but stopped when she saw the scene in front of Miss Strangeworth's house. "Oh my, what happened here, Miss Strangeworth?" she asked. 

Miss Strangeworth gave a weak smile. "I'm afraid it must've been those Gallagher boys from Unpleasant street. They just need the stability their mother couldn't provide from them. I don't blame them. It's not their fault their mother loves wine more than them." 

By mid-afternoon Miss Strangeworth had cleaned up all the remains of her beloved roses. All that was left were green flowerless bushes. Miss Strangeworth had sat inside all day. Children passed on the sidewalk looking cheerful. She hated it. Adults would walk by and stare at what used to be her roses. Miss Strangeworth closed her drapes to block out the happiness that seeped inside. For dinner she sat alone at her table and slowly slurped her soup. She did not have her afternoon tea that day. She didn't read her favorite poems before bed. She quietly slipped back into her unmade bed, still wearing the same nightgown from the evening before. Miss Strangeworth couldn't sleep. The shattered image of her roses lying on her front lawn, cut and torn, kept haunting her. It took a very real kind of evil to destroy someone's legacy. 

At 12:03am there was a quiet knock on her door. If she hadn't been awake she wouldn't have heard the nearly silent rapping. She threw on her bathrobe and quickly padded down the stairs. Who would be coming over at such an early hour? No one on Pleasant Street was ever up this late. When she opened the door, there stood Don Crane. He looked very unhappy. "Don, what are you doing out so late?" 

"Something has been bothering me. I just needed to get out," he said coldly. 

"Well, I don't know why you're here, Don." 

"Oh, I think you do, Miss Strangeworth." As he said those icy words she knew. She knew it was he who had discovered her note. She knew what godforsaken thing he had done to her roses. Rage boiled inside her and this frail, old woman wasn't so weak anymore. 

Miss Strangeworth grabbed her silver letter opener from the entryway table. She plunged the opener into Don's evil little heart. He clutched his chest in shock, pulling the letter opener out of his body. Blood poured out of him like a river that had just broken through a dam. His skin was a ghostly pale. Miss Strangeworth calmly went to the upstairs bathroom, removing the vinyl shower curtain from its hooks. She spread it across the living room floor and drug Don's limp body over it. Not a hint of remorse went through her as she rolled his body up into the curtain and dumped his body in the rose bushes. The blood had been cleaned from the floors, the letter opener was polished and no remnants of blood were anywhere.

Miss Strangeworth laid in her bed silently. She had protected her town. She was just doing what was right for her family's legacy. That evening, Miss Strangeworth slept soundly and when the whole town was looking for Don Crane she would act just as surprised as everyone else when they heard of his disappearance. 

The Possibility of Evil paragraph bout that

Students need to write a blog entry of an least 1 paragraph explaining the protagonists motivations for her action in “The Possibility of Evil”.  Students need to cite at least three pieces of evidence to support their analysis


In The Possibility of Evil, Miss Strangeworth has lived on Pleasant Street all her life. Her family started the town that everyone is living in. Her roses have been around for generations. She is still living in the family house. Everyone likes Miss Strangeworth. Everyone says hello to her in passing. They ask her about why their babies aren't doing something the way they should. She acts concerned about people's problems, but Miss Strangeworth has a secret. Every week she writes a few letters to people in town anonymously. She wants to keep the town pure and free from "the possibility of evil". She tells wives their husbands are cheating, even if it might not be true. She tells parents that their daughter's good friend has dirty thoughts and that the two might be more than friends. She never really knows if this is true or not, but if she thinks something bad could be true she takes care of it. She wants to keep her town free from evils, keep Pleasant Street pleasant. Miss Strangeworth does what she does all on this "possibility of evil" lingering, if something bad is in the air she takes care of it for the sake of the town that her family built. 

Voluble ans wizened sentences

"I swear I didn't do it. I am too smart for a crime like that. I'd never do that...I-" the man spoke volubly and the police knew that his rambling was a giveaway for his part in the crime.

The flowers sat in the heat for hours with no water before they wizened right before Carly's eyes.

Rudimentary and Savoring sentences

On Thanksgiving Day, Charles's mother made a turkey, a ham, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie; he stuffed his face savoring each piece of pie.

The rudimentary knowledge of the doctors in Africa led to the deaths of many ill elders.

Commiserate and indomitable sentences

After his best friend's grandmother died, Carl commiserated her death by sending flowers and food to the her family.

On Monday, at the Atlanta Zoo, a great white shark broke its tank and was indomitable as zookeepers tried to recapture it.

Pg 339 Questions 1-4

1. The house creates a to-do list when you say aloud to remember something. The house would turn up the heat automatically at 6:15 because it knows how much time it takes to warm up. It would also begin the coffeemaker and start the shower when your alarm went off.

2. The elderly would benefit from living in these types of homes as well as people suffering from memory. This is because the house would create a to do list or fill up the groceries. The oven would prevent people from eating spoiled food. Elderly people would also have greater independence because the house would help them with things while still allowing them to live on their own.

3. In Ray Bradbury's stories the houses cook for the people, they automatically warm up the beds, and  remind you of birthdays, holidays, and what bills need to be paid. The houses currently being developed have audio notes where you just need to say aloud what you need to remember and the house adds it to the list. Researchers are imagining a smart house that turns the heat on automatically and turns on the coffee maker for you. Much like what Bradbury describes in his stories of the future.

4. The most useful innovation described in the article would be the floor that weighs you and creates a meal plan based on that. This would be helpful because America has an obesity problem and having something that created a better meal if you were a little heavier one day, might help the problem. This would also give people healthier meal choices and maybe they'd want to eat healthy on their own, too.

Daily Life of the Family in "There Will Come Soft Rains"

The house was silent. The two children were tucked away in their beds murmuring quietly in their sleep. Their parents slept soundly in their room, the only thing that could be heard were the father's soft snores. Everything was peaceful. Then at 7:00 am the house sang. "Tick tock, seven o'clock, time to get up!" Everyone emerged from their beds like robots, not even thinking about what they were doing. It was routine, branded in their minds. They would eat breakfast when the house told them it was ready.

"Seven-nine, breakfast time, seven-nine!" Breakfast waited patiently on the table. There were four plates filled generously with food. Two cups of fresh pressed coffee and two glasses of cold milk all sat, waiting to be drunk. The kids scrambled down the stairs first ready to eat. They sat at the table chugging their milk and eating their eggs. The parents came down shortly after, both dressed in their work attire, ready to start the day. The mother drank her coffee. The father bit into a slice of bacon listening to the house. "Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Tomorrow is Mr. Greene's birthday. The insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." 

"It's eight-one o'clock, off to school, off to work, run, run, eight-one!" The children grabbed their backpacks and headed to the front door. The parents held their briefcases and walked out to the car. The weather box quietly sang out, "Rain, rain, go away; rubbers and raincoats for today!" The children listened and quickly put on their rain jackets and boots. They ran outside to wait for the bus to take them school. It arrived at the same time as always. Ready to take them away for a day of learning. The garage door opened. The car was waiting inside. The parents climbed in and drove off to work for the day.

After everyone was gone, the house had taken their dishes off the table and cleaned them in the sink. At nine-fifteen, the clock sang out that it was time to clean. Little metal mice came out of the wall sweeping up microscopic pieces of dust in the house.

At two thirty-five, the parents were home from work. They immediately went to the waiting bridge tables on the patio, sipping martinis and having sandwiches. They played a few rounds of card listening to the quiet music that hummed in the background. When four o'clock came around they were finished with the cards. The tables folded up into the paneled walls.

"Four-thirty, time to play, time to play, four-thirty!" The children were home from school. They ran to their nursery ready to see what adventure the walls would bring them. Today they were in a jungle. Lions purred, zebras raced, and the grass blew in a soft breeze. Eventually the image dissolved and playtime was over. Five o'clock sang through the house. The bathtub filled with warm water. Bubbles cascaded into the clear water. The children cleansed the dirt from the day off themselves, ready to eat dinner.

In the study a fire burned in the hearth. A lit cigar dangled from the father's lips as he took a puff. He quietly sat in front of the fire watching the flames slowly burn the log that rest in the center of the fire.

At nine o'clock it was time for the children to go to sleep. Their beds had been warmed from the hidden circuits, it was getting quite chilly where they lived. They would sleep soundly as they did every night.

"Nine-five, nine-five, which poem would you like to hear this evening, Mrs. McClellan?" the house asked.

She respond with her favorite and sat in the study beside her husband. They both listened intently to the poem. A soft hum of music lulled softly in the background of the voice as it read the poem.

At ten o'clock the mother and father went to their bedroom and went to sleep. The house was silent. until seven o'clock the next morning, when they began the same routine again.

Doctrine and Heritage sentences

Brittany came from a very religious family and she hated being forced to learn all the Church doctrines.

Noelle was excited Black History Month because she wanted to learn more about her heritage.

Pedestrian Sequel

Leonard stared at all the houses as the car drove him through the empty city streets. The faint flickering in the windows burned in his mind. How could this have happened? He had never seen anyone out in his 10 years of walking outside and on this fateful night there just happened to be someone out there and his life would change forever. He'd never be free to walk around again.

The car stopped abruptly in front of an immense white building. Harsh light escaped from the windows and almost blinded Leonard. "Get out!" the robotic voice hummed.

Leonard pushed himself out of the car and stood in front of it for a moment. Men in white lab coats emerged from the building. They grabbed Leonard's arms with great force. "Wait, stop! I just want to watch TV, I promise I'll never walk around again! Please stop!" The second man pulled a syringe filled with clear fluid out of his coat pocket. Leonard felt a stab of pain in his neck and a dull pain lingered even after the needle left his neck.

Hours later Leonard woke. He didn't even remember falling asleep. His body might as well have been paralyzed. Every inch of his body was strapped down to a cold metal table. A bright light shone above him. Wires were stuck all over his head. A monitor rhythmically beeped every few seconds. Green lines fell up and down on a screen that he could just barely see. A doctor came in and began writing things down on a chart. Leonard opened his mouth to speak but no words escaped. He couldn't speak. Whatever he had been given left him completely speechless. If he wanted to cry for help there would be no one who could hear him. No one. He had lived most his life with no one. No wife. No TV. No friends. Nothing. Leonard was used to nothing. Now he wasn't so sure how he felt about being alone.

Another doctor came through the doors at the end of the room. He was wearing scrubs and had white gloves plastered around his hands. More doctors piled in the room. The doctor in the scrubs grabbed a scalpel from a tray of tools. He slowly lowered it to Leonard's skull.

Leonard had a feeling that they were going to gut him like a fish and use his brain for testing. This wasn't how he wanted to die. There may have been people in this room, but he was all alone. He had lived alone so he might as well die alone. And he did.

After hours of operating the surgeons had removed his head and placed it in a medical cooler. They were going to need this to research regressive tendency's and Leonard's brain was the perfect one to test.

Vocab Words 09/09/15

Doctrine

SOmething that is taught

Noun

Heritage 

Noun

belongs to one by reason of birth

Commiserate

Verb

sympathize, express sorrow for

Indomitable

Adjective

cannot be overcome or subdued

Rudimentary

Adjective

primitive 

Savoring

Noun

power to excite or interest

Voluble

Adjective 

Fluent, talkative

Wizened

Adjective

withered and shriveled 

Fusillade

Noun

simultaneous discharge of firearms

Maladroit
Adjective
lacking in skill, awkward

Imagery and stuff for the Pedestrian

Imagery I find appealing

1. When Bradbury is describing the misty November evening, the "grassy seams" in the sidewalk and the "buckling concrete". 

2. "...sending patterns of frosty air before him like the smoke of a cigar." 

3. "There was a good crystal frost in the air; it cut the nose and made the lungs blaze like a Christmas tree inside; you could feel the cold light going on and off, all the branches filled with invisible snow." 

4. "During the day it was a thunderous surge of cars, the gas stations open, a great insect rustling and a ceaseless jockeying for position as the scarab-beetles a fain incense puttering from their exhausts, these highways, too, were like streams in a dry season, all stone and bed and moon radiance." 

5. "... this one particular house had all of it's electric lights brightly lit, every window a loud yellow illumination, a square and arm in the cool darkness." 

Figurative Language examples

Wait, what? Figurative is kinda like what i picked out?? Umm....

1. "Sudden grey phantoms seemed to manifest upon inner room walls where a curtain was still undrawn against the night, or there were whisperings and murmurs where a window in a tomb-like building was still open."

2. "...with only his shadow moving like the shadow of a hawk in mid-country." 

3. "...not unlike a night moth..."

4. "The moon was high and clear among the stars and the houses were grey and silent."

5. "The car moved down the empty river-bed streets and off away, leaving the empty streets with the empty sidewalks, and no sound and no motion all the rest of the chill November night." 

The use of figurative language in the story helps it move along because it paints a clear picture of things around the main character. It gives us a good idea of what this world is like, how everyone in their homes is basically dead and brainwashed by the TV's. 

Sublime, Paranoia, Silhouette, and Tremulous

The scientist spoke in a sublime manner and no one understood what he was talking about.

Thoughts of paranoia overtook John's mind and he went to the hospital to get help.

The ballerina's silhouette was so beautiful that the art museum took a picture and framed it.

After seeing her father die tremulous fears filled Caroline's mind every single day.

Manipulate and oblivious

The cunning thief manipulated the idiot into robbing a bank for him, but then he was shot and the thief got away with millions. 

The man was oblivious to the fact that the plumber who showed up randomly to fix his pipes was actually a serial killer. 

Vigilance and Wince

The paranoid scientist looked around with great vigilance, holding the secret formula close to himself, afraid that someone might steal it.

After being struck in the face in a fight, Kesha winced and Destiny punched her in the stomach.

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Synchronize and Neutralize

The dancers synchronized their feet to tap the ground at the same time, the crowd went wild at this beautiful dance.

The medicine that was supposed to neutralize the effects of the Ebola virus didn't work and many people died.

Sequel to Paul Bergeron

Hazel stood at the kitchen counter pouring their ration of food into bowl, preparing to mix it with water. George sat on the couch with a beer in his hand. Their lives were just as normal as ever. Hazel had been feeling sad about something that had happened weeks ago...but she couldn't remember what. It must not have been that important if she couldn't remember it.

There was a knock at the door. George turned his neck to see who might be stopping by their house this late at night. The weights in his neck made it nearly impossible for him to crane his neck that far. The handicap in his ear started clanging. He couldn't recall why he was looking at their front door.

Hazel slowly walked into the front entry to their home. She opened the door and peered her head out to see who was waiting. It was one of the HG men. "Hello, can I help you?" Hazel asked quietly.
The HG man looked at her and then, without even asking, came inside.

"We regret to inform you, that your son, Harrison Bergeron has been killed." the HG man said coldly.

"Oh my! That's terrible. What happened?" Hazel exclaimed, tears welled up in her small beady eyes.

George trudged over to stand beside his wife. He was very depressed to learn about his son.

"He escaped from prison. He threatened everything that Diana has worked to achieve for us all, a better life of equality. No one left behind. It was for the greater good. I'm sorry, but I'm sure you understand."

George was about to say something. This didn't sound right to him at all. An earth shattering noise started banging in his ears. The chaos was so terrible it sent him crashing into the concrete floor.

Hazel looked at the HG man. "I understand," she whispered. The man let himself out and Hazel looked down at her husband on the ground. She extended her hand to help him up. With great effort he was standing again.

A feeling of dread took over Hazel. But why? She didn't know. Whatever it was it was very upsetting. She sobbed and continued to make dinner. George lumbered into the kitchen. He pulled the icebox door open and helped himself to another beer. Although he didn't know why, George felt that he was going to need another after he finished the second bottle.

Hazel saw her husband slumped on the couch, the beer dangling from his hand. He wouldn't even notice. He was so intoxicated he wouldn't notice at all. With five beers already in his system, Hazel was right. George could barely make out the ballerinas on the TV screen.

She timidly stepped into the bathroom. The medicine cabinet door was open a crack. All the silver bottles and vials were arranged neatly inside. Her pale, frail fingers grasped one of the muscle relaxers. Hazel didn't want to be alive anymore. She downed more pills than she ever had before. More than the correct dosage. The bottle slipped from her hands. Standing was no longer an option. The feet keeping her up gave out. Her cheek pressed into the cool floor. Everything went dark. Her heart slowed. Memories flooded into her head. Of times with her son. What the world was like before. She would soon be going to somewhere better, she hoped.

All night, Hazel's lifeless body lie on the bathroom floor. George didn't notice. He was passed out on the couch with a beer in hand. The ballerinas on TV continued to dance.

Cower and Consternation Sentences

After winning the Grammy Award, feelings of consternation took over Shakira.

When Wendy saw the train derail directly on her front lawn, she cowered, fearing her life was in danger.

Pg 45 1-9

1. George has handicaps because he is better than the ways of society and Hazel is just average.

2. The government is looking for Harrison because he has escaped from jail after being accused of wanted to overthrow the government.

3. The handicapper General shoots Harrison and his empress.

4. Harrison's parent's don't really realize their son has died. On some level they feel sad because he is gone and dead, but the government makes it so they can't think for themselves so they don't care as much because they've forgotten.

5. In HArrison Bergeron we have a society where everyone is equal. No one is better than anyone. Harrison is above average and is taken  to prison on suspicions of wanting to overthrow the government. He escapes from prison to do so. The Handicapper General comes and shoots him to solve the problem. The resolution let's everything continue as normal, George gets a beer, Hazel cries but can't remember why.

6. The climax in Harrison Bergeron is when he is shot by the Handicapper General.

7. The society in this story is equal. Everyone is exactly the same, but no one can think for themselves. They can't ever remember long enough to feel. Normal is listening to loud noises in your ear every 20 seconds so you can't think. They're used to not being different and having no creativity or diversity.

8. Vonnegut is saying that not everyone can be equal. When everyone is equal they lose some freedom. They can't think for themselves. No one can be different. There is no art or beauty. It's dull and lifeless. You have nothing to strive for or achieve. In the story all the Ballerinas dance exactly the same: slow, clumsy... The music is just average. Cheap.

9. Society may have been better because he would allow for people to be in different classes. He'd let them take their handicaps off and express themselves. He'd want a world with different, beautiful music and dancers doing beautiful routines. There would be pretty people and ugly people. The problem of having one leader wouldn't be solved and it would be under an Emperor, but the people would have more freedoms with no equality than with equality.

Vocabulary Words #1

Consternation
alarming amazement that causes confusion
Noun

Cower
crouch in fear or shame
Verb

Neutralize
make neutral, ineffective
Verb

Synchronize
cause to indicate at the same time
Verb

Vigilance
watchfulness
Noun

Wince
Tense the body, flinch
Verb

Manipulate
Manage or influence skillfully
Verb

Oblivious
unaware
Adjective

Paranoia
suspicion of other's motives
Noun

Silhouette
An outline, or general shape of something
Noun

Sublime
supreme or outstanding
Adjective

Tremulous
Trembling from fear 
Adjective