Mackenzie Greeley's AP Lit Comp Blog

Lenina is walking around with Bernard in the reservation with their Indian guide (who apparently stinks) During this trek Lenina is continually complaining not unlike how she did at the North Pole, in the way that she doesn't like anything about this New Mexican Reservation "Cleanliness is next to Fordliness"- quick pun she said through conditioning There is a long description of an old man, which Lenina is repulsed by, we learn that people in the State don't age past 30. Similarly she is repulsed by the women who are breast-feeding their children Bernard is trying to seem unaffected by both of these next types of individuals, because of this he says "What a wonderfully intimate relationship" Men and women are dressed up for a ritual, which start with the drums and Lenina closes her eyes and starts repeating her conditioning in order to soothe herself during this distressful time without soma The beat reminder her of the lower level ceremonies and sh...

This is just a fun quote I found and maybe I will share more of these as the year goes on if I can't sleep...

Lenina starts this chapter by discussing the pros and cons of going with Bernard instead of Benito (who is going to the North Pole) Henry who is then with Lenina makes a reference to Bernard being similar to a rhinoceros and explains why he is allowed by the Director allowed him to continue living in the state (works well and seemingly harmless) Then we are with Bernard and Lenina out deciding what they want to do on their date - Lenina wants to be in a crowd with lots of noise - Bernard is being 'weird' because of his wanting to be alone with Lenina Weirdness continues by his stating that he wants see the moon and stars with her alone. Later states that they are like children who cannot wait for gratification (which he was hoping could be after the first date and instead they did some soma/nasty) Much of their interactions were between the conflict of Bernard and the conditioning of Lenina who keep reciting the hypnopeadia. Part 2- Bernard...

Today was a really different experience. Not to say that it is good or bad, but instead that it was extremely challenging. I personally wasn't able to read one slide completely in the time allowed and this made it difficult to make any general assessment of the Lit Terms used. Instead of deep analysis whatever I read was used to inform my decisions on what Lit Terms were used therefore this was an incomplete assessment of the text on my part. From this experience I don't know how to feel about this testing method quite yet in relation to the AP Exam this coming May and hopefully I can improve my speed reading for now create a more comprehensive understanding of the text in a shorter amount of time. What really confused me was that each time I looked up a different screen showed different words distracting me from that train of thought. Each time the slide changed the train of thought went swirling around  with the swirling of the auto-play Prezi. (This ...

The name Benito Hoover, every time I look at it from a historical perspective I think of President Hoover who abandoned the people during the Great Depression. (Allusion?) Rhetorical Question - "Dared he face that risk of being humiliated by a contemptuous refusal?" Vernacular - "Delta-Minus" is a common term used by people in a like class to Bernard Marx (Last name historic reference to Marxism) Allusion - Fleet Street is a real street in London Characterization - of Helmholtz Watson (Sherlock Holmes best mate)being really attractive and not unlike Bernard Marx in the smarts department, while also showing the effect of "mental excess" on the body for Marx Dialogue and Omnicient Point of View - allowing for indirect characterization by the author though sharing the thoughts of the each after an exchange of ideas between these two who are in mental excess Foreshadowing - that something big is going to happen with Helmholz who "I've got some...