Questions for Chapter 10 - MIRANDA: A Hypertext of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

MIRANDA a hypertext of Huxley's Brave New World
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Questions for Chapter X

1) What is the significance of the opening phrase/image: "hive of industry"?

2) What is most surprising in the beginning of this chapter and why?

3) Why would "orthodoxy" be important in BNW? What are our orthodoxies?

4) Is "unorthodoxy" an actual threat or a perceived one? When has unorthodoxy been a positive influence?

5) Why are Bernard's views considered "unorthodox" in BNW?

6) Who is "Tomakin" and what is Linda's relationship to him? Bernard's?

7) Discuss the BNW reaction to the word "father" ("obscene," "scatalogical," "smutty")