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Week Twelve Reading Quiz

Week Twelve Reading Quiz

Q 1. Question 1 In the novel Brave New World the character named Linda is allowed to return home to London after spending several years on the Reservation. What happened to her? Was it good for her that she returned or would her life have gone better if she had stayed at the reservation? Explain and justify your answer. (Approximately 50 - 250 words) 2. Question 2 Compare and contrast life on the New Mexico Reservation and life in London (and the new world order depicted in the novel) which society or lifestyle would you say is better? If you had to live in one or the other of these societies as a random citizen from birth to death, which one would you choose to live in and why? Explain and justify your answer. (Approximately 50 to 300 words) NOTE: When answering this question try to be as fair as possible to both societies and do not make the mistake of simply focusing on the best aspects of one society while contrasting it with the worst aspects of the other society. Instead, make sure you keep in mind the full spectrum of both societies: consider the benefits each society bestows on its inhabitants and the costs that each pays for those benefits. What is the average, best and worst case scenario for your life in each society? And with this in mind which society will give you the best chance for a good life or at least avoid a particularlybad one?

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In the novel Brave New World Linda World states belief in promiscuous sex and drug taking make her and John outcasts in the Reservation. Once she returns to the world state with Bernard's help, she drugs herself into a permanent soma-stupor until she dies. I think that Linda’s life would have been better if she had stayed at the reservation as at least her son would’ve been constantly with her. But if she would have returned to the brave new world after aborting the baby, she would not have experienced the pleasure of motherhood. Also, if she would have not aborted and returned with the baby to the world, it would’ve created immoral behavior and she would have been condemned to a life of shame and disappointment.