Wednesday 31 August 2011
John and Character Foils
Introduction to a different literary technique: the character foil. Then a discussion of how John works as a foil and the relationship between Bernard and John.
Monday 29 August 2011
John and Allusion - The Bible
Discussion and analysis of Huxley's choice to make strong connections between John and biblical imagery, particularly Christ imagery. Also, some thinking around how John's spirituality might tell us something about the meaning of life.
John and Allusion - Shakespeare
John uses Shakespeare a lot as a means of understanding people, places, situations, experiences and his own feelings. This presentation explores that and discusses why this is important to an analysis of the text.
Sunday 28 August 2011
John and the reader
An analysis of John's relationship with the reader, as well as an examination of how this relationship manipulates the reader into a general dislike for the World State.
Saturday 27 August 2011
John - Overview and Change
A more general analysis of what we learn about John in Chapter 8, plus a run down of important changes that happen in his character once he's brought back to the World State.
Character - General Purpose Part Two
Part two of a general analysis of how characters are used in novels.
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