march 4

JOURNAL TOPIC:

Given your thoughts on the interviews over the weekend, and your personal perspective, please comment on the following quote (and make sure you understand each word):

Those who merely know about things, or only think they know, live in a state of self-conditioned and culturally conditioned somnambulism.  Those who understand given reality as it presents itself, moment by moment, are wide awake.

-Aldous Huxley, Knowledge & Understanding (1952)

AGENDA:

1. Journal

2. Brave New World: Chapter 1  (close reading & notes)

POST:

Publish your reading notes on Chapter 1.  Highlight anything that: a) strikes you as significant to the theme, plot, tone, or characterizations in the novel; b) exemplifies any of the lit terms you've learned so far; and/or c) is extremely well-written. (title: BRAVE NEW WORLD CHAPTER 1)