BNW Aldous Huxley Flashcards

Social Standings

Alphas are intellectually superior, Betas are second tier, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons all are lower class doing menial labor jobs

World State vs. Savage Reservation

People are programmed in the World State, in the Savage reservation, people are allowed freedom to choice/acts/life

Where does happiness comes from in BNW?

Happiness comes from mass-produced goods, sports, promiscuous sex, Centrifugal Bumble puppy, a perfect drug (soma)

Totalitarian

exercising control over the freedom, will, or will of others

Aldous Huxley died when?

Died in CA 11/22/63. Same day Kennedy was shot

What book was written while Huxley was on substances?

The Doors of Perception
- Gave birth to the band The Doors

BNW released when?

Exactly 1 year before Hitler came to power in Germany and World War II began

How long did it take to write BNW?

4 months

Huxley wanted to dive deeper into what?

Philosophical differences between the individual and society

Arguably the greatest university?

Oxford

Generalist

person whose skills/knowledge are spread out instead of one specific area

Huxley's grandfather, Thomas, was a well-known scientist as well as a supporter of who/what?

Darwin's theory of evolution

Huxley is born where?

Surrey

What is the Shakespearean term for the woman of the night?

Impudent Strumpet

Huxley was born when?

1894