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HUXLEY'S FOREWORD TO BNW: summary

When it cones to bad behaviour, we should all try to avoid it in the future. The Brave New World is just like the old one, but we have to rewrite it ourselves. The most serious defect in the story is this; the Savage is offered only two alternatives, as insane life in Utopia, or the life of a primitive in an Indian Village, a life more human in some respects, but others hardly less queer and abnormal. When the book was written, humans were given a free will to choose between insanity, or lunacy. Savage chose insanity, which in the end caused him to commit suicide. Huxley feels like the choices are too limiting, and tbat sanity should be an option " a society composed of freely co-operating i dividuals devoted to the pursuit of sanity".

GATSBY TEST CHAPTERS 1-4

Chapter One: Question 1) How does Nick know the characters Tom and Daisy? Question 2) How are we first introduced to Gatsby when Nick first see him? Chapter Two: Question 1) What exactly is the "Valley of Ashes"? and what does it mean? Question 2) Why has Tom not left Daisy and married Myrtle yet? Chapter Three: Question 1) What rumors are made about Gatsby and who made the rumor up? Question 2) What is Nick's cardinal virtue? Chapter Four: Question 1) What are a few things Gatsby tell Nick about himself? Question 2) What did Daisy do during her wedding day and why?

Gatsby Chapter 3 - summarized

In chapter 3, Nick is telling us how his neighbor Gatsby throws a party every week at his house and how he always prepares for it. Nick finally received an invitation to one of Gatsby's parties. This makes Nick very impressed because he was one of the few people that was invited to the party. Some people don't even get invited to the party, and Nick notices that people just show up because they all assume there's a party going on. Nick gets to the party, and tries to find Gatsby. No one seemed to know Gatsby himself, but they are Guests of the house. (1) Nick unexpectedly runs into Jordan and they chat. They talk about Gatsby and how there are so many rumors about him, one being how he killed a man.Nick then runs into a man and has a chat with him. After a good time, Nick realizes, the person he is talking to is actually Gatsby. Nick was embarrassed at first, but Gatsby let it slide. Gatsby invited Nick to go up to his hydroplane in the morning. (2) Nick is then left alone,...

Gatsby Notes

Manhattan to Long Island- No mans land aka Valley of ashes: ashed take the forms of chimney and houses, the men who move grimly and through the air. The eyes are a symbol, the symbol wants to see everything. The valley of ashes is where a lot of things happen. Characters are trying to be someone they really arent. Tom was drinking, and doesnt get any friendlier. He forced Nick to go meet his mistress and so Nick is forced to go. TOm is taking Wilsons wife without him even knowing. TOM BREAKS MYRTLES NOSE