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Character Profiles in Brave New World Summary for Study Test Tomorrow!

Summary of key character profiles in the novel 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley to help study for an upcoming test. Includes descriptions of significant characters like D.H.C., Mustapha Mond, Bernard Marx, and more.

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Character Profiles in Brave New World Summary for Study Test Tomorrow!

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  1. Brave New World Notes for Study Test Tomorrow!

  2. Character Profiles • D.H.C. • director of the hatchery • gives the students a tour of the facility

  3. Character Profiles • Mustapha Mond • resident controller of Western Europe • one of the ten world controllers • also lectures the students on the past and present state of earth • tells the Savage that the civilized world has decided to take happiness in exchange for freedom, art and religion.

  4. Character Profiles • Bernard Marx • Alpha plus successful psychologist who has an inferiority complex due to his small height • feels isolated from rest of society • doesn’t believe in the promiscuous nature of society • exhibits characteristic of man before Ford

  5. Character Profiles • Lenina Crowne • Woman who tries to persuade Bernard to take her to the reservation • always seems to be unzipping her clothes

  6. Character Profiles • Fanny Crowne • works in bottling room • friend of Lenina who pressures her to be more traditionally promiscuous.

  7. Character Profiles • Benito Hoover • notoriously good-natured • always kind to others • always offering sex-hormone chewing gum

  8. Character Profiles • Helmholtz Watson • emotional engineer • friend of Bernard • also an outcast but it is due to his great physical beauty, muscular strength and mental excess • later Bernard is jealous of him when he and the Savage become friends • eventually sent to the Falkland Islands when he exhibits too much independence

  9. Character Profiles • Director • man who threatens Bernard with Iceland but then has to eat his words when Bernard returns with Linda and the Savage

  10. Character Profiles • Linda • conditioned woman raised in civilization but left by accident in the Reservation by the Director years before • has son, John, who grows up as a half-breed

  11. Character Profiles • John, the Savage • son of Linda • returns to civilization to … • demands freedom and isolation in exchange for happiness

  12. Character Profiles • Mitsima • Indian tribal elder who acts as a father to John and teaches him the Indian way

  13. Caste System • People in Brave New World are genetically divided into 5 Greek letter categories.

  14. Alphas • Wear Grey • The intellectuals of society • Some examples of professions can be World Controllers (Alpha double plus), Directors of Hatcheries and Wardens. Bernard, a psychologist, is also an Alpha.

  15. Betas • Wear Mulberry • These persons are somewhat intelligent • Often work as mechanics

  16. Gammas • Wear green • Often work as machine manipulators, butlers, and other semi-thought-provoking jobs

  17. Deltas • Wear Khaki • Jobs include: helicopter attendants, cold pressers, screw cutters, package packers • Are mass produced and have no individuality

  18. Epsilons • Wear black • Can’t read or write • Jobs: sewage workers, liftmen, foundry workers, carriers • Semi-morons

  19. Quotes (Who said/Discuss) • “Bokanovsky’s Process is on of the major instruments of social stability!”

  20. Answer • The Director (ch. 1) • This quote underscores the entire idea behind the modern civilization- the lack of individuality. • How does this process of genetic engineering make the population easier to manage?

  21. Quote • “And that...is the secret of happiness and virtue- liking what you’ve got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny.”

  22. Answer • Director (ch. 2) • After genetic engineering, social conditioning is the most important way for the government to enslave its people. The different caste members are conditioned to never yearn for a life other than their own. • What examples of this “conditioning” can you remember?

  23. Quote • “Wheels must turn steadily, but cannot turn untended. There must be men to tend them, men as steady as the wheels upon their axels, sane men, obedient men, stable in contentment.”

  24. Answer • Mustapha Mond (ch. 3) • This is the justification for totalitarian government. It knows best, not individuals. • In what ways other ways does this government control the population?

  25. Quote • “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.”

  26. Answer • John (ch. 17) • Here John explains the old world reasoning. He asserts that true life requires exposure to all things, good and evil. • Do you think this explains John’s actions at the conclusion of the novel? Why or why not?

  27. The End Anything else you want to discuss? Email me! Test Tomorrow!

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