BRAVE NEW
WORLD
ENGLISH
IEB PAPER 2
, BRAVE NEW WORLD BY HUXLEY
Plot Detailed Summary
Element
Expositio The story opens in London, A.F. 632, with a tour of the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre, introducing a
n totalitarian dystopia where humans are manufactured in bottles and conditioned for stability. Society is divided into five castes:
Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons, guided by the motto “Community, Identity, Stability.” The reader meets Bernard
Marx, who feels like an outsider because of his small size, and Helmholtz Watson, who feels alienated because his superior
intelligence makes propaganda writing feel shallow. The World State has eliminated intense emotions, art, and religion, replacing
them with pleasure and the drug soma.
Rising Bernard and Lenina Crowne visit the Savage Reservation in New Mexico, where they discover John and his mother Linda, who was
Action stranded twenty years earlier. Bernard learns John is the Director’s unrecognized son and brings them back to London, causing the
Director’s resignation. John becomes a social sensation and initially views London as a “brave new world.” However, he soon
grows horrified by promiscuity, emotional emptiness, and dependence on soma.
Conflict The main struggle is Person vs. Society. John’s Shakespearian morality clashes with the World State’s shallow culture based on
comfort and stability. After Linda dies in a soma-induced stupor, John is devastated by the heartless treatment of death. He
throws workers’ soma rations out the window, causing a violent riot. Helmholtz joins him shouting “Men at last!”, while Bernard
hesitates in humiliated indecision. All three are arrested and taken to Mustapha Mond.
Climax A powerful philosophical debate takes place between Mustapha Mond and John about universal happiness and truth. Mond admits
that high art and science were sacrificed for social stability. John argues that without suffering and passion, life is worthless and
infantile, declaring, “I’m claiming the right to be unhappy.” This moment represents the collision between the ideals of freedom
and the mechanisms of control. Bernard and Helmholtz are sentenced to exile, while John is kept for observation.
Falling Bernard and Helmholtz are exiled to islands to live among other individuals. John retreats to an abandoned lighthouse in Surrey to
Action live a life of penance, practicing self-flagellation to purify himself. His isolation ends when a photographer films him, turning him into a
public spectacle that attracts crowds of curious sightseers.
Resolutio Surrounded by people and confronted by Lenina, John is overwhelmed by lust and rage. The crowd begins an orgy-porgy, and John is
n pulled into the chemical and sexual frenzy. The next morning, filled with horror and shame, he realizes he has lost his battle against
the World State’s slavery of happiness. He commits suicide by hanging, showing that the individual cannot survive within the
totalitarian World State.
In Brave New World, Huxley presents a society where people are treated as products, designed for usefulness rather than independence, and
individuality is sacrificed. Discuss how this idea is shown in the novel, using two characters to support your answer. Explain how this affects what it
means to be truly human.
Body Title Topic Sentences (Main Event Issues (Evidence: techniques literacyFacts, Link
Point Argument) quotes, Names, Significance/Impact)
I. The World State restructured The process begins in the Hatchery where babies are By removing natural birth and
Manufacturing existence by applying factory grown in bottles (Decanting). To create a predictable controlling intelligence, the State
Humans: methods to human creation, workforce, the Bokanovsky Process makes up to creates “standard men and
Products Over meaning people are ninety-six identical twins, which the Director calls a women”. This ensures that people are
Autonomy manufactured as products “major instrument of social stability”. Lower literally manufactured goods, taking
designed only for their job castes like Epsilons are physically and mentally stunted away any autonomy or freedom over
(utility) [Postman Source]. on purpose using oxygen deprivation because, as Mr. their destiny.
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WORLD
ENGLISH
IEB PAPER 2
, BRAVE NEW WORLD BY HUXLEY
Plot Detailed Summary
Element
Expositio The story opens in London, A.F. 632, with a tour of the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre, introducing a
n totalitarian dystopia where humans are manufactured in bottles and conditioned for stability. Society is divided into five castes:
Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons, guided by the motto “Community, Identity, Stability.” The reader meets Bernard
Marx, who feels like an outsider because of his small size, and Helmholtz Watson, who feels alienated because his superior
intelligence makes propaganda writing feel shallow. The World State has eliminated intense emotions, art, and religion, replacing
them with pleasure and the drug soma.
Rising Bernard and Lenina Crowne visit the Savage Reservation in New Mexico, where they discover John and his mother Linda, who was
Action stranded twenty years earlier. Bernard learns John is the Director’s unrecognized son and brings them back to London, causing the
Director’s resignation. John becomes a social sensation and initially views London as a “brave new world.” However, he soon
grows horrified by promiscuity, emotional emptiness, and dependence on soma.
Conflict The main struggle is Person vs. Society. John’s Shakespearian morality clashes with the World State’s shallow culture based on
comfort and stability. After Linda dies in a soma-induced stupor, John is devastated by the heartless treatment of death. He
throws workers’ soma rations out the window, causing a violent riot. Helmholtz joins him shouting “Men at last!”, while Bernard
hesitates in humiliated indecision. All three are arrested and taken to Mustapha Mond.
Climax A powerful philosophical debate takes place between Mustapha Mond and John about universal happiness and truth. Mond admits
that high art and science were sacrificed for social stability. John argues that without suffering and passion, life is worthless and
infantile, declaring, “I’m claiming the right to be unhappy.” This moment represents the collision between the ideals of freedom
and the mechanisms of control. Bernard and Helmholtz are sentenced to exile, while John is kept for observation.
Falling Bernard and Helmholtz are exiled to islands to live among other individuals. John retreats to an abandoned lighthouse in Surrey to
Action live a life of penance, practicing self-flagellation to purify himself. His isolation ends when a photographer films him, turning him into a
public spectacle that attracts crowds of curious sightseers.
Resolutio Surrounded by people and confronted by Lenina, John is overwhelmed by lust and rage. The crowd begins an orgy-porgy, and John is
n pulled into the chemical and sexual frenzy. The next morning, filled with horror and shame, he realizes he has lost his battle against
the World State’s slavery of happiness. He commits suicide by hanging, showing that the individual cannot survive within the
totalitarian World State.
In Brave New World, Huxley presents a society where people are treated as products, designed for usefulness rather than independence, and
individuality is sacrificed. Discuss how this idea is shown in the novel, using two characters to support your answer. Explain how this affects what it
means to be truly human.
Body Title Topic Sentences (Main Event Issues (Evidence: techniques literacyFacts, Link
Point Argument) quotes, Names, Significance/Impact)
I. The World State restructured The process begins in the Hatchery where babies are By removing natural birth and
Manufacturing existence by applying factory grown in bottles (Decanting). To create a predictable controlling intelligence, the State
Humans: methods to human creation, workforce, the Bokanovsky Process makes up to creates “standard men and
Products Over meaning people are ninety-six identical twins, which the Director calls a women”. This ensures that people are
Autonomy manufactured as products “major instrument of social stability”. Lower literally manufactured goods, taking
designed only for their job castes like Epsilons are physically and mentally stunted away any autonomy or freedom over
(utility) [Postman Source]. on purpose using oxygen deprivation because, as Mr. their destiny.
1
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