Brave New World Chapter 11

1. Why is Dr. Shaw glad "to have had this opportunity to see an example of senility in a human being." (p. 155)?

This is because he had put Linda on a permanent supply of somma so she could be on holiday for eternity without any work to do.

2. Why are people saying behind Bernard's back that, "He won't find another Savage to help him out a second time." (p. 157)?
This is because he was able to escape being exiled to Iceland by embarrassing the Director with the revelation of his son the savage and the women he had impregnated.

3. Why do the Eton students in the Beta-Minus Geography room laugh at the religious activities of "savages"? Why do you think it significant that there are no twins at Eton? Do you think that is still true today?
They laugh because it is so ridiculous to them because they believe that Ford is their one and only leader. I think it is significant that there are no twins because it shows how this place is strictly for upper-class members. I do not think this would still be true today because I think it would be more accepting of other classes.

4. How do children in the World State learn about Death?
They learn to take it as a matter of course.

5. Why do lower-caste workers receive daily Soma rations? Do we do this today?
They have rations because they have the most amount of work to do and cannot waste time on somma, also it is a way of controlling them more affectively. We have rations for food in some places today for lower casts which is similar because it is another way to control them.

6. Why does John tell Lenina that, "I don't think you ought to see things like that." (p. 169)?
He thinks the film was immoral and inappropriate and he was not used to the blunt sexuality and the effect it had on him.