Brave New World Chapter 8(Blog 8)

Summery- Bernard asks John to remember as far back as possible. John starts with Linda singing lullabies and how he woke one night to see a man looming over them and his mom telling him "not to while John was there" but in response he picked John up by his arm and tossed him out of the room. He then goes into depth about how the other kids and people treat him, and that his mom was attacked for being with other men and breaking one of the "nasty" looms, by three women in the settlement and wiped. John throws himself in the fray to help his mom but is also wiped. Afterwards Linda beats her son for being her son but soon smothers him because she loves him. More nastiness of the other boys soon traumatize John but he concentrates on reeding in order to get over it. Soon after he is given an old book on Shakespeare to reed, but just to practice. Upon reeding the book he learns that he hates Pope(<- funny "e") and stabs him in the back and expecting a wolup is instead turnd to look at him, he then tells him to "Go, my brave Ahaiyuta" in indian. Later, Bernard tells John that he and his mom can come with him back to the "Outside World"

Importance- John explains his upbringing. Which explains his behavior, and that sense he is different his mom teaches him how to read. He learns to concentrate on it, instead of the mocking boys.

Lit. Elements- Allusions- McBeth, John- John from the bible

Vocab.- None