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 * __Student Project:__ Allusions and Other Interesting Words Related to Brave New World **

An **allusion** is a reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or the arts.

In groups of four, define or identify the allusions from //Brave New World// which are listed below. Be sure to include information which is relevant to //Brave New World// so that you can make connections between the two. Your task is to determine why Aldous Huxley, the author of //Brave New World,// chose these allusions to include in his book and to determine what the allusions have in common with the ideas in the book. **Be sure to explain in detail. Be sure you understand the information you have written during your research. You must be able to explain the information and the terms you have used to your group and to the class, if necessary.** **NOTE: **When doing your research, you must find sources that you can understand. You may have to read several sources on one topic before you find two which make sense to you. You should be able to explain your information in clear, simple terms in order to do well on the test which will follow this research project.

=Allusions used by Aldous Huxley in //Brave New World//=
 * 2 people in group define the allusion using at least two different sources each
 * 2 people in group make the connections between the allusions and its use in //Brave New World//

Group 1

 * 1. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov** When did he live? What is his field of expertise? What is his most famous research project and what were his findings or conclusions?
 * 2. Henry Ford** When did he live? What was his major contribution to the world of labor and industry? Explain.
 * 3. Karl Marx** When did he live? Where? Who was he? Why is he famous?
 * 4.** **//Das Kapital//** This is a book written by Karl Marx wherein he explains his political ideas. What are they? What governmental system does he prefer and why does he think it will be effective?

Group 2
**5. Vladimir Ilich Lenin** Answer the same questions listed after Karl Marx. **6. Benito Mussolini** Answer the same questions listed after Karl Marx. See pp. 57, 60, 65, 87-88. **7. Herbert Hoover** Answer the same questions listed after Karl Marx. See pp. 57, 60, 65, 87-88. **8. “orgy-Porgy”** Compare and contrast the two versions of the nursery rhyme, “Georgy Porgy.”

Group 3

 * 9. Shakespeare** When did he live? Why is he considered one of the greatest playwrights? What do the plots of each of the following have in common with the values of //Brave New World?//
 * 10. //The Tempest//** The title of //Brave New World// comes from this play. Determine under what circumstances this title appears in //The Tempest.//
 * 11. //Romeo and Juliet//** What do the events or characters in this play have in common with the events or characters in //Brave New World?//
 * 12. //Othello //**Same as the above.
 * 13. //King Lear//** Same as the above.

Group 4
**(Extra person if numbers don’t distribute evenly)** **//Utopia //**This book written by Sir Thomas More describes what the ideal society should be like. Describe the structure or organization of this society.) Compare and contrast Sir Thomas More’s idea of a utopia as described in his book, //Utopia,// with Plato’s idea of a utopia as described in his book //The Republic. //Compare and contrast these two ideas with Aldous Huxley’s utopia in// Brave New World.//
 * 14. Utopia **Define this term. Sir Thomas More and Plato both devised their own ideas about how to structure or organize a utopia. Make sure when you do the following you can compare (show what is the same) and contrast (show what is different) about their ideas.
 * 15.** **Sir Thomas More **Who is he? When did he live? Why is he famous?
 * 16. Plato** When did he live? Why is he famous?
 * //The Republic//** Plato’s idea of a **utopia** is described in this book. Describe the structure or organization of Plato’s ideal society.

Group 5

 * 17. George**** Bernard Shaw** When did he live? What issues concerned him? What are the names of the plays he wrote? What did he write about in his plays? (pp. 24, 156,157)
 * 18. H.G. Wells** When did he live? What are the names of the books he wrote? What issues did he write about?
 * 19. Thomas Robert Malthus **What was his field of expertise? What is his most famous research project and what were his findings or conclusions?