Thursday, August 9, 2012

Brave New World Ch.13-15 Powerful Passages

20 comments:

Julia F said...

"And as though awakened by her cry he caught her by the shoulders and shook her. "Whore!" he shouted, "Whore! Impudent strumpet!'"

"Twins, Twins…. like maggots they had swarmed defilingly over the mystery of Lindas' death. Maggots again, but larger, full grown, they now crawled across his grief and his repentance

Alexis P. said...

"There was a moment's silence; then, in a very low voice, 'I love you more than anything in the world,' he said. 'Then why didn't you just say so?' she cried, and so intense was her exasperation that she drove her sharp nails in to the skin of his wrist."

"He felt hot tears welling up behind his eyelids as he recalled the words and Linda's voice as she repeated them."

Anonymous said...

"Not until...Listen, Lenina; in Malpais people get married." "Get what?" The irritation had begub to creep back into her face. What was he talking about now? "For always. They make a promise to live together for always." "What a horrible idea!" Lenina was genuinely shocked.

He shook his head. "She's my mother," he said in a scarcely audible voice. The nurse glanced at him with startled, horrified eyes; then quickly looked away. From throat to temple she was all in one hot blush.

Landon Hughett

Anonymous said...

"Now, who want a chocolate eclair?" she asked in a loud cheerful tone. "Me!" yelled the entire Bokanvosky Group in chorus. Bed 20 was completely forgotten. p.140-141

"Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?" Rage was making him fluent; the words came easily, in a rush. "Don't you?" he repeated, but got no answer to his question. "Very well then, " he went on grimly. "I'll teach you; I'll make you be free whether you want to or not." And pushing open a window that looked on to the inner court of the Hospital, he began to throw the little pill-boxes of soma tablets in handfuls out into the area. p.144-145

Maggie F.

Anonymous said...

"For Ford's sake, John, talk sense. I can't understand a word you say. First it's vacuum cleaners; then it's knots. You're driving me crazy." p. 130

"She's my mother," he said in a scarcely audible voice. The nurse glanced at him with startled, horrified eyes; then quickly looked away. From throat to temple she was all one hot blush. p. 135

Abby D.

Anonymous said...

"If I didn't like you so much," she said, "I'd be furious with you." pg. 130

"Whore!" he shouted. "Whore! Imprudent strumpet!" "Oh, don't do-on't," she protested in a voice made grotesquely tremulous by his shaking. "Whore!" "Plea-ease." "Damned whore!" "A gra-amme is begetter…" she began. pg. 132

Marissa A.

Anonymous said...

"The Savage looked down at him and still without speaking pushed him away. The twin fell on the floor and at once began to howl. The Savage did not even look round." pg. 141
"The Savage pushed her away with such force that she staggered and fell. 'Go,' he shouted, standing over her menacingly, 'get our of my sight or I'll kill you.' He clenched his fists" pg. 132

-John Eide

Anonymous said...

"Twenty-two years, eight months, and four days from that moment, a promising young Alpha-Minus administrator at Mwanza-Mwanza was to die of trypansomiasis - the first case for over half a century. Sighing, Lenina went on with her work."

"But it's absurd to let yourself get into a state like this. Simply absurd," she repeated. "And what about? A man- one man."
"But he's the one I want."

Bailey B.

Anonymous said...

"By the time they were back at the end of the ward Linda was dead. The savage stood for a moment in frozen silence, then fell on his knees beside the bed and, covering his face with his hands, sobbed uncontrollably." pg. 140

"Oh, God, God, God..." the Savage kept repeating to himself. In the chaos of grief and remorse that filled his mind it was the one articulate word. "God!" he whispered it aloud. "God..." pg. 141

Mya L

Drue Specht said...

"She was suddenly silent. Terror had made her forget the pain. Opening her eyes, she had seen his face–no, not his face, a ferocious stranger's, pale, distorted, twitching with some insane, inexplicable fury."

"By the time they were back at the end of the ward Linda was dead. The Savage stood for a moment in frozen silence, then fell on his knees beside the bed and, covering his face with his hands, sobbed uncontrollably."

Anonymous said...

"Linda had been a slave, Linda had died; others should live in freedom, and the world be made beautiful. A reparation, a duty. And suddenly it was luminously clear to the Savage what he must do; it was as though a shutter had been opened, a curtain drawn back." pg.143

"And suddenly there was Helmholtz at his side- "Good old Helmholtz!"- also punching- "Men at last!"- and in the interval also throwing the poison out and there was no more poison left" pg.145

Rose T.

Anonymous said...

Tanner K said...

"If I didn't like you so much, I'd be furious with you"

"Linda was lying in the last of the long row of beds, next to the wall. Propped up on pillows, Linda looked on vaguely and uncomprehendingly smiling"

Ben A. said...

"Zip, zip! Her answer was wordless. She stepped out of her bell-bottomed trousers. Her zippicamiknicks were a pale shell pink. The Arch-Community-Songster's golden T dangles at her breast." Page 131

"'Is she dead?' repeated the inquisitive twin trotting at his side. The Save looked down at him and still without speaking pushed him away. The twin fell on the floor and at once began to howl. The Savage did not even look round." Page 141

Anonymous said...

"And as though awaked by her cry he caught her by the shoulders and shook her. "Whore!" he shouted. "Whore! Impudent Strumpet." Page 132

"He felt the hot tears welling up behind his eyelids as he recalled the words and Linda's voice as she repeated them." Page 136

Anna yung


Anonymous said...

"Go," he shouted, standing over her menacingly, "get out of my sight or I'll kill you." pg.132

By the time they were back at the end of the ward Linda was dead. The Savage stood for a moment in the frozen silence, then fell on his knees besides the bed and, covering his face with his hands, sobbed uncontrollably. pg 140

Shannon F.

Anonymous said...

they never seen a face liker hers before, - had never seen a face that was not youthful and taut-skinned, a body that had ceased to be slim and upright. all these moribund sexagenarians had the appearence of childish girls. At forty four, linda seemed, by contrast, a monster of flaccid and distorted senility
p. 137


Her lips moved "Popé!" she wispered again and it was as though he had a pailful ordure thrown in his face.
p.139

Raff N

Anonymous said...

Mary O-
The Savage stood looking on. "O brave new world, O brave new world …" In his mind the singing words seemed to change their tone. They had mocked him through his misery and remorse, mocked him with how hideous a note of cynical derision! Fiendishly laughing, they had insisted on the low squalor, the nauseous ugliness of the nightmare.

"Free, free!" the Savage shouted, and with one hand continued to throw the soma into the area while, with the other, he punched the indistinguishable faces of his assailants. "Free!" And suddenly there was Helmholtz at his side–"Good old Helmholtz!"–also punching–"Men at last!"–and in the interval also throwing the poison out by handfuls through the open window. "Yes, men! men!" and there was no more poison left. He picked up the cash-box and showed them its black emptiness. "You're free!"

Anonymous said...

"Oh, God, God, God..." the Savage kept repeating to himself. In the chaos of grief and remorse that filled his mind it was the one articulate word. "God!" he whispered it aloud. "God..." p. 141

"Not glad?" The Savage looked at her reproachfully; then suddenly fell on his knees before her and, taking Lenina's hand, reverently kissed it." P. 128

- Chad R.

Anonymous said...

"Don't you know me , Linda?" .... "But I'm John!" he shouted "I'm John!" pg 133

"A B C vitamin D: The fat's in the liver, the cod's in the sea." pg. 136

Clare F

Anonymous said...

"She's my mother," he said in a scarcely audible voice. The nurse glanced at him with startled, horrified eyes; then quickly looked away. From throat to temple she was all one hot blush. p. 135

Hesitant on the fringes of the battle: "They're done for," said Bernard and, urged by a sudden impulse, ran forward to help them;then thought better of it and halted."

Madeline Baldwin