This week we will focus on Brave New World and comparison with That Hideous Strength that focuses on your first coursework assignment.The novels' openings
What similarities and differences between the openings of the novels did you find?
Compare with a partner.
The Conditioners
In his The Abolition of Man, C. S. Lewis wrote:
"if any one age really attains, by eugenics and scientific education, the power to make its descendants what it pleases, all men who live after it are the patients of that power...the man-moulders of the new age will be armed with the powers of an omnicompetent state and an irresistible scientific technique: we shall get at last a race of conditioners who really can cut out all posterity in what shape they please."
- How do the planners in the Central London Hatchery "predestine and condition" (page 10) in Brave New World?
- What techniques do they use in chapter 2 with babies?
Scientific Progress in Brave New World and That Hideous Strength
Mind Map similarities and differences between how scientific progress is presented in both novels.
Homework
- Complete the mind map comparing the novels. Add quotations and references to contexts that could be important.
- Find out about 'operant conditioning', B. F. Skinner and Behaviourism (Psychology students should have a head start here!). How does it apply to Brave New World?
Image: B. F. Skinner
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