chapter 8

i had trouble understanding this chapter for some reason, and half of the questions, i cannot answer. i will probably re-read it soon.

i don't recall brenard asking john to do anything at the BEGINNING of the chapter, but at the end, he asks him to come to london with him.

i do not know the answer to #2 or #3

she gives him a book about her former job at the "other place" but john does not like it. he spends a lot of time trying to read it, but once he does learn, it still takes him a long time, and he gets mad and throws it around. reading in the brave new world is purely informative.

pope gives him the complete works of shakespere. unlike the brave new world, reading on the reservation is recreational, entertaining, and thoughtful.

the quote is from hamlet, but i am unfamiliar with the play, other than that it is famous for the "to be, or not to be" monologue, so i do not know how it relates to john.

"O wonder!

How many goodly creatures are there here!

How beauteous mankind is!

O brave new world

That hath such people in't!"

is the quote from the tempest. i don't really understand it. my brain isn't working well today.

johns use of Shakespeare plays is a reference to the use of literature in the brave new world, in comparison to today, or the reservation.

john says this in excitement to brenard, because it is something he can relate to. brenard responds confused, and does not quite understand the quote, and says that john talks strange.

other than the fact that the title sounds good, and is a good summary of the book, i don't understand it.

well, if i do read this chapter again, i will re-post the more understood answers to the questions.