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MUSTAPHA MOND’S STORYLINE
part three
- In your small group, finish reading/skimming chapter
3 from page 47 to page 56. WITH PENCIL, mark all the sections
belonging to your group in your books.
- When you believe you’ve found all the sections
belonging to your group (you might have a couple questionable ones), call
over Ms. Spachman to check your work.
- Read all your sections together (starting from p.
34), in order, aloud so the whole group can follow the storyline.
- Once you’ve read your storyline all the way through,
create 2-3 questions for your storyline. These questions should not be
“right there” questions (questions you can find the answer for right in
the text; example: What’s the Controller’s name?) These questions should
be questions you have about what happens and/or what is said in your
storyline. Write these questions and number them in the space below.
- Then turn over this sheet and work on the questions
I’ve given you… *grin*.
Mustapha Mond 1
Storyline Questions
Answer all of the questions below as a group. Write in
complete sentences. You may want to use your “Human Types” vocabulary lists
for help in answering some questions.
Remember: “Portrayal” = how a character
comes across to the audience (based on how the author/artist presented
him/her)
1.
How is Mustapha Mond portrayed in this storyline? Decide on 3 words
that best describe his character. Justify your choices by explaining
evidence from the text.
2.
Re-read the Mustapha sections from page 36 to the first ½ of page
43. What main point is Mustapha trying to make about the old family system
humans adhered to before this society began? Explain why you think this is
his point.
3.
Mond spends a lot of time on page 36-43 talking about “home” and what
that experience was like, repeating the phrase “my baby, my baby,” and
more. These are included to have two distinct effects.
- First, what effect do you think Mond was trying to
have on the group of students he is talking to in the chapter? Justify
your answer.
- Second, since Huxley (the author) created Mond and
his speech here and knew that people like us would be the audience, what
effect do you think Huxley was trying to have on the readers? Justify
your answer.
4.
Go over to the computer and work together to do some research on
Freud. Who was he and when did he live? What does he have in common with
Henry Ford? What are the Oedipal Complex and the Electra Complex?
5. What does Freud have to do with what Mustapha is
talking about?
Mustapha Mond 2
Storyline Questions
Answer all of the questions below as a group. Write in
complete sentences. You may want to use your “100 Human Types” vocabulary
list for help in answering some questions.
Remember: “Portrayal” = how a character
comes across to the audience (based on how the author/artist presented
him/her)
1.
How is Mustapha Mond portrayed in this storyline? Decide on 3 words
that best describe his character. Justify your choices by explaining
evidence from the text.
2.
What is Mond’s opinion of the old society’s religions (esp.
Christianity)? Explain why you think that’s his opinion. Also, what
happened to all the crosses and why was that done? Be very specific about
the “why” in your answer to this question.
3.
What is the society’s opinion of “the past” and history? How did the
founders of this society deal with history and “the past”?
4.
Why would people consider “culture” to be such a bad thing in this
society? (Culture: like art, literature, etc.)
5.
Even though this society doesn’t have what we would consider to be a
“religion,” do they have other things that take the place of “religion”? If
so, what are they and how do they “take the place of religion?” Be
very specific and clear with your explanation.
6. According to Mustapha, what have the people in
this society done about the “problem of old age?”
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