Honors English Semester 2 Final review

Satire example

Consumer culture is mocked with slogans like 'Ending is better than mending,' encouraging waste.

Irony example

The World State promises happiness but at the cost of individuality and freedom. People are content, but only because they are conditioned to be.

Dialogue Example

When Lenina says 'Everyone belongs to everyone else,' it satirizes sexual freedom as state policy.

Theme of Brave New World

Loss of individuality, the dangers of technological control, and the conflict between truth and happiness.

Tenets of BNW

Stability, Community, and Identity are key slogans.

Emphasized Concepts in BNW

Uniformity, consumption, superficial pleasure, and suppression of emotion are emphasized.

Genetic Engineering in BNW

Castes (Alpha to Epsilon) are created for specific roles.

Conditioning in BNW

Hypnopaedia teaches obedience and consumerism.

Drugs in BNW

Soma keeps citizens content and docile.

Elimination of Pain/Choice in BNW

No deep relationships, no aging, no family.

John's Compatibility with BNW

Raised on the Savage Reservation, he values literature, emotion, and morality.

John's Rejection

His rejection of pleasure-seeking and shallow values makes him incompatible with BNW.

John's Tragic End

Highlights the cost of nonconformity.

Aldous Huxley's Concern

Concerned with the loss of humanity in an overly mechanized, pleasure-driven society.

Huxley's Influences

Influenced by dystopian ideas, he was critical of both capitalist consumerism and state socialism.

True Freedom According to Huxley

Saw true freedom as requiring discomfort, struggle, and individuality.

Theme of MAUS

Trauma and memory, survival, generational conflict, and the burden of history.

Vladek's Productive Coping Mechanism

Extreme frugality, resourcefulness.

Vladek's Destructive Coping Mechanism

Hoarding, controlling behaviors, emotional detachment, strained relationships.

Art's Conflict with Vladek

Struggles with guilt, frustration, and anger over Vladek's difficult personality.

Tension in Art's Relationship with Vladek

Arises from generational trauma and Art's attempts to understand the Holocaust through his father's eyes.

Juxtaposition in MAUS

Past vs. Present: Flashbacks of Holocaust horrors are contrasted with present-day scenes.

Animal Imagery in MAUS

Jews as mice, Germans as cats—simplifies and sharpens ethnic/national conflict.

Vladek's Personality Traits (Present)

Stingy, irritable, obsessive, anxious, mistrustful, but also determined and resourceful.

Vladek's Personality Traits (Past)

Clever, brave, adaptable, charming, cunning—used intellect and strategy to survive.

IS SURVIVAL SELFISH?

Survival is not always selfish—it often involves sacrifice, cooperation, and moral complexity.

Examples / Reasons for Survival

People often help others at great personal risk.

Examples / Reasons for Survival

Stories from disasters (e.g., Holocaust, natural tragedies) show people sacrificing for loved ones or strangers.

Examples / Reasons for Survival

Evolutionary psychology: Altruism can be a survival trait.

Foreshadowing in LORD OF THE FLIES

The boy with the birthmark vanishes (hinting at future violence).

Foreshadowing in LORD OF THE FLIES

Piggy's broken glasses foreshadow loss of insight/civilization.

Foreshadowing in LORD OF THE FLIES

The 'beast' symbolizes the savagery within.

Ralph's Mental Disintegration

Initially logical and democratic, he becomes paranoid, traumatized, and disoriented.

Ralph's Mental Disintegration

Loses hope as civilization collapses and savagery takes over.

Symbolism in LORD OF THE FLIES

Piggy's glasses: Logic, science, insight.

Symbolism in LORD OF THE FLIES

Conch shell: Order, democracy.

Symbolism in LORD OF THE FLIES

Lord of the Flies (pig's head): Innate evil, chaos.

Symbolism in LORD OF THE FLIES

Simon: Spirituality, morality.

Jack vs. Ralph's Leadership

Ralph: Democratic, rational, focuses on rescue and shelter.

Jack vs. Ralph's Leadership

Jack: Authoritarian, manipulative, prioritizes hunting and power.

Theme in LORD OF THE FLIES

Civilization vs. savagery, loss of innocence, the inherent evil in humanity.

Theme in The Most Dangerous Game

The fine line between hunter and hunted; morality of killing for sport.

Theme in Strawberry Spring

Unreliable memory, hidden identity, repressed violence.

Theme in Harrison Bergeron

The dangers of forced equality; loss of individuality and excellence.

Theme in The Cask of Amontillado

Revenge, pride, manipulation, irony of justice.

Comparison between The Most Dangerous Game and Lord of the Flies

Both explore the darkness within humans and hunting/hunter imagery.

Comparison between Strawberry Spring and Maus

Inner psychological conflict, trauma, unreliable narration (Art vs. Narrator).

Comparison between Harrison Bergeron and Brave New World

Government control, dystopian futures, suppression of individuality.

Comparison between The Cask of Amontillado and Maus

Revenge and cold calculation; shows human darkness like Vladek's survival instincts.