Brave+New+World+and+Dystopian+LIterature

For Friday, February 26, the final chapter of Sleeper:

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Group assignment Writing Project

Reading Schedule for Brave New World


 * 1) 3-29
 * 2) 30-56
 * 3) 57-86
 * 4) 87-122 (Chapters 6-7)
 * 5) 123-152 (Chapters 8-9-10)
 * 6) Chapters 11-12 (For Wednesday, 1/27)
 * 7) 186-216 (Chapters 13-14-15) For Thrusday 1/28


 * I.** Classical Conditioning and John Watson:

Eighth Period was discussing experiments with Watson and his famous subject "Little Albert." To answer the questions, yes, the experiments date back to the 1920s and Huxley was very much aware of them. The scene were the eight month old children were conditioned to fear books and flowers was directly inspired by his experiments.

The Original Article written by Watson and his partner Rayner: [|CONDITIONED EMOTIONAL REACTIONS] (1920) was first published in //Journal of Experimental Psychology.//

"Whatever Happened to Little Albert" []

We'll talk more about Watson when we meet the character ** Helmholtz Watson. **

Shakespearean Allusions in Brave New World
 * II. Shakespeare**

**III. Dystopian Films:**

1. //Metropolis//, 1927, directed by Fritz Lang, one of history's great flimmakers. Dystopia and silent film. Wikipedia entry Allmovie link media type="youtube" key="7j8Ba9rWhUg" height="344" width="425"

2. //Soylent Green//, 1973, Charleton Heston Soylent Green is like soma, if soma were food too. This briefly enjoyed a second round of fame during the 1990s thanks to a Saturday Night Live parody. Allmovie

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3. //Logan's Run//, 1976 Spot all the BNW rip-offs. [|All movie] media type="youtube" key="4WUUnc1M0TA" height="344" width="425"

4. //Blade Runner//, 1982, starring Harrison Ford Dystopia meets noir detective pulp fiction. Based on the novel //Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?// by Philip K. Dick Wiki Allmovie

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1984, 1984. Probably the work most often paired with BNW. Allmovie media type="youtube" key="Z4rBDUJTnNU" height="344" width="425"

Brazil, 1985 Terry Gilliam (12 Monkeys, Time Bandits, Monty Python). For that matter, it's worth checking out 12 Monkeys--Brad Pitt, porssible time travel, and Philadelphia as the center of a dystopia. Allmovie

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//Gattaca//, 1997 Genetic engineering. Alphas, Betas, Gammas, etc.

media type="youtube" key="Yr1IB9RVE_U" height="344" width="425"  //Children of Men//, 2006 Allmovie View trailer on youtube.com

//Idiocracy,// 2006. Luke Wilson. Comedy by the guy who wrote //Office Space//. People's intelligence starts to devolve as we rely increasingly on technology and baseless entertainment to give our lives meaning. My wife hated this movies. Allmovie. media type="youtube" key="8e2OEgafELw" height="340" width="560"

The Postman, 1997, Kevin Costner As described on the Discussion Page.

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The Matrix, 1999, Keanu. Is it virtual reality? A dystopia? Are we living in a computer? Watch Keanu duck bullets. He is the One. media type="youtube" key="GtqU57sR0B8" height="344" width="425"

And finally... Brave New World...The Movie! I warn you....Don't watch it! It'll ruin it for you!

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