Daniel Lyons' Notes

Brave New World (1932)

Quotes

What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.

on conformity:
Unorthodoxy strikes at more than just the individual. It strikes at society itself. After all what is the individual?

Themes

  • The state seeks to replace the family.
  • Promiscuity is viewed as a virtue
  • Soma is a sort of drug used to pacify the masses.

Characters

Character (Brave New World) Historical Figure
Bernard Marx Karl Marx, George Bernard Shaw
Lenina Crowne Vladimir Lenin
Fanny Crowne Fanny Kaplan
Henry Foster Henry Ford
Benito Hoover Benito Mussolini, Herbert Hoover
Helmholtz Watson Hermann von Helmholtz, John B. Watson
Mustapha Mond Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Alfred Mond
Polly Trotsky Leon Trotsky
Reuben Rabinovitch Sholem Aleichem
Sarojini Engels Sarojini Naidu, Friedrich Engels
Darwin Bonaparte Charles Darwin, Napoleon Bonaparte
Herbert Bakunin Mikhail Bakunin
Ivan Pavlov Ivan Pavlov
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Malthus Thomas Robert Malthus
Popé Popé
Primo Mellon Andrew W. Mellon
Calvin Stopes John Calvin, Marie Stopes
Morgana Rothschild J. P. Morgan, Rothschild family
Dr. Shaw George Bernard Shaw
Clara Deterding Henri Deterding
Diego Rivera Diego Rivera
Fifi Bradlaugh Charles Bradlaugh
George Edzel Edsel Ford
Joe Kawasaki Kawasaki (corporation)
Joana Diesel Rudolf Diesel
Jim Bokanovsky Stanislas Bokanowski
Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov
McKay Douglas McKay
  • Soma is a sort of drug used to pacify the masses.

Characters

Character (Brave New World) Historical Figure
Bernard Marx Karl Marx, George Bernard Shaw
Lenina Crowne Vladimir Lenin
Fanny Crowne Fanny Kaplan
Henry Foster Henry Ford
Benito Hoover Benito Mussolini, Herbert Hoover
Helmholtz Watson Hermann von Helmholtz, John B. Watson
Mustapha Mond Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Alfred Mond
Polly Trotsky Leon Trotsky
Reuben Rabinovitch Sholem Aleichem
Sarojini Engels Sarojini Naidu, Friedrich Engels
Darwin Bonaparte Charles Darwin, Napoleon Bonaparte
Herbert Bakunin Mikhail Bakunin
Ivan Pavlov Ivan Pavlov
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Malthus Thomas Robert Malthus
Popé Popé
Primo Mellon Andrew W. Mellon
Calvin Stopes John Calvin, Marie Stopes
Morgana Rothschild J. P. Morgan, Rothschild family
Dr. Shaw George Bernard Shaw
Clara Deterding Henri Deterding
Diego Rivera Diego Rivera
Fifi Bradlaugh Charles Bradlaugh
George Edzel Edsel Ford
Joe Kawasaki Kawasaki (corporation)
Joana Diesel Rudolf Diesel
Jim Bokanovsky Stanislas Bokanowski
Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov
McKay Douglas McKay
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