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The Fordiverse
Brave New World
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| setting in chapter 1 | Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre. 34 stories but still small compared to other buildings in this time a.f. 632 (632 years “after Ford”) the World State |
| the five castes | Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon. |
| Bokanovsky Process | up to ninety-six identical embryos, Alpha & Beta embryos never underg becuase can weaken embryos social stability because the clones perform identical tasks at identical machines |
| Podsnap’s Technique | speeds up the ripening process of eggs within a single ovary production of hundreds of related individuals within just two years. |
| Freemartins | 70% of female population sterile females ensures population control and stability, as these women cannot reproduce may grow beards get dose of male sex hormone every 24 meteres |
| how they condition the embryos | exposed to specific conditions, such as temperature and movement, to prepare them for their future roles. |
| Hypnopaedia | Repeated phrases are played to sleeping children at the nursery at the factory to shape their beliefs and attitudes. compared to wax dripping on a rock supports social stability but destroys personal identity |
| - Neo-Pavlovian Conditioning: | Infants are exposed to stimuli paired with rewards or punishments to develop desired behaviors. |
| neo-pavlovian conditioning example | Delta infants are conditioned to dislike books and flowers (roses) to prevent them from wasting time on non-productive activities. associating books and flowers with unpleasant stimuli, such as loud noises and electric shocks |
| conditioning the embryos example | future workers in tropical climates are conditioned to withstand heat. when exposed to cold, they were exposed to hard x-rays, training them to hate cold |
| sterile in this context | unable to reproduce the society's way of controling the poopulation freemartins are sterile females |
| why are the babies being conditioned to hate books and flowers | Books and flowers are "luxury" items that could lead to intellectual curiosity and desire for something more than their prescribed lives. lower caste are conditioned to be happy with their roles |
| why are babies conditioned to hate nature but love outdoor sport | nature doesn't contribute to the economy. Nature is free & doesn't require consumption of goods or services. sports need equipment & transportation activities remain within their boundaries, preventing independent thought. |
| why does the author keep repeating the phrase "straight from the horse's mouth" in chapters 1-2 | |
| why worship Ford | invention of the assembly line and the mass production of automobiles. This technological breakthrough is seen as the cornerstone of their society, which is built on efficient mass production and consumption. |
| stability | requires the eleimination of differences and the end of dissatisfaction |
| decanting | pouring from one container to another Huxley's term for birth |
| general idea they must have, if they were to do their work intelligently though as little of one, if they were to be good and happy members of society, as possible. For particulars, as every one knows, make for virture and happiness;....... read rest | people know just enough to do their jobs too much & people question their roles & the system. virtue & happiness = fewer details workers are foundation of society, not Philosophers. values those who contribute to its functioning without questions |
| incubators | enclosed apparatus providing a controlled environment for the care and protection of premature or unusually small babies. |
| ova | mature female reproductive cells, especially of a human or other animal, which can divide to give rise to an embryo usually only after fertilization by a male cell. |
| embryo | an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development |
| temperature the ova and gametes are kept at | ova - full blood heat, 37 gametes - 35 - full blood heat sterlizes they sterilize more females than males, they keep some fertal to restock the factory |
| what were the eggs stored in | immersed in a liquor solution that provides the necessary nutrients and environment for their development |
| how to initiate bokanovsky's process | shocking an egg so it divides add alcohol to their blood-surogates occurs when they check for normal growth tubes go through x-rays for 8 min a few die, the rest dividied into 2-8 buds (only even #s) |
| order of the rooms that they visit on the tour of the facotry | Fertilizing room - Bottling Room social predestination room embryo store decanting room - |
| fertilizing room | incubators contain ova microscopes eggs are immersed in bouillon with free-swimming spermatoza -some undergo bokan. |
| bottling room | -Bottle-liners insert peritoneum into the test tubes Matriculators transfer from test tubes into lager container Labellers put heredity, date of fertilization, membership of Bokanovsky Group, |
| social predestination room | -card-index calculate # of individuals needed, their quality (caste and traits), and how they should be distributed -population is balanced and meets the needs of the World State. -compensate for natural disasters that cause deaths |
| INFANT NURSERY. NEO-PAVILION CONDITIONING ROOMS | hypnopaedia, or sleep-teaching, which is used to instill societal norms and behaviors |
| how is alcohol used at the factory | Alcohol is deliberately added to the blood-surrogate of lower-caste embryos. stunts their mental and physical growth, ensuring they fit into their predetermined roles in society and reducing the likelihood of dissatisfaction or rebellion. |
| organ store | in the sub-basement |
| embryo store | basement tropical weather embryos can only stand red light |
| they keep the embryos "below par" -why do they do it and how | reducing the number of revolutions per minute, the surrogate blood moves slower, and limits the embryos oxygen stunt its growth and development |
| foster's theory for speeding up the rate of development | -abnormal endocrine co-ordination which made men grow so slowly -a germinal mutation could make the embryo revert to the normality of dogs and cows |
| what is the nurse doing in chapter 1 | lenina is probing a syringe with typoid and sleeping sickness into the contents of a passing bottle innoculating tropical workers they immunize different workers against the different diseases they may be exposed to |
| conditioning the embyros example 2 | slacken off circulation when they're right side up and double it when upside down. rocket -plane engineers have their containers in constant motion |
| other stuff they do at the factory I dunno where to put it | -shake the bottles to familarize the infant with movemnet and minimize the trauma of decanting test for sex by the Metre 200: T for males, Circle for females, and a ? for freemartins where theyre born |
| housands of petals,... like the cheeks of innumerable little cherubs..., in that bright light, not exclusively pink and Aryan, but also luminously Chinese, also Mexican, also apoplectic with too much blowing of celestial trumpets, also pale as death | cherubs - purity/ youth. different colors/races- control over genetic variety & appearance, no genuine multiculturalism pale/white flowers- lack of individuality or spirit red/purple - they've been blowing trumpets hints at artificial exaggeration. |
| origin of hypnopaedia | Reuben Rabinovitch - polish father and mother left the radio on - broadcast from London repeated lecture by george bernard shaw |
| how hypnopaedia was used "wrong" in the past | thought it could teach intellectual education "the Nile is the longest river in Africa and the second in length of all the rivers....." tommy knowledge requires understanding underlying principles cannot teach complex subjects or critical thinking |
| name of girl who was player erotically with the boy who cried whenever they.... | polly trotsky |
| george bernard shaw | (1856 - 1950) Bristish dramatist and critic. an accepted genius of the dystopia "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world" even the ideas of great thinkers can be reduced to rote slogans or stripped of meaning |
| the feelies | movies that stimulate not just sight and sound, but touch. they physically feel sensations from the film, like the texture of a bearskin rug emphasis on pleasure over genuine emotional connection keeping citizens entertained and emotionally satisfied. |
| alphas | intelligent, physically attractive, and strong. Leaders, thinkers, scientists, and administrators. Wear grey; enjoy the most privileges and freedom. |
| betas | Slightly less intelligent and physically robust than Alphas, but capable and attractive. Skilled workers, technicians, and assistants to Alphas. Wear mulberry (maroon); have comfortable lives but less autonomy than Alphas. |
| deltas | Lower intelligence, physically sturdy, and conditioned for repetitive tasks. Factory workers, menial labor, and service jobs. Wear khaki; live in large groups, little individuality. |
| gammas | - Average intelligence and physical ability. - Semi-skilled workers, machine operators, and minor office jobs. - Wear green; follow instructions from higher castes.🟢 |
| epsilons | lowest caste- deliberately stunted in intelligence and physical development. Unskilled labor, the most menial and undesirable jobs. Wear black; have the least privileges and are heavily conditioned for obedience. |
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