Major Works Data Sheet
Advanced Placement Literature and Composition
Title: Brave New World
Author: Aldous Huxley
Date of Publication: 1932
Genre: Dystopian Literature
Biographical Information about the Author:
Aldous Huxley was a British writer born in Surrey, England on July 26, 1894. He studied science at Eton, but a problem with his eyes left him partially blind and he had to leave after three years. When it eventually improved he attended Oxford, receiving a degree in English Literature. Over the course of his life he wrote many books of all which ranged from topics of drugs and sex to religion and politics. In 1945, Huxley began experimenting with drugs,…show more content…
Modernism, trailing after Realism, is a style that follows the mantra “Make it new!” It challenges previous styles, focusing less on spirituality and more on science and technology, becoming apathetic and less optimistic. Narrative style is a writing style that is presents all events in chronological order, and has a tendency to change focus going from one setting to another.
Provide an example that demonstrates the style:
“ ‘Or the Caste System. Constantly proposed, constantly rejected. There was something called democracy. As though men were more than physic-chemically equal.’
‘Well, all I can say is that I’m going to accept his invitation.’
Bernard hated them, hated them. But they were two, they were large, they were strong. ~ ~ ~ Memorable Quotes ~ ~ ~ ~
Quotes
“‘And that,’ put in the Director sententiously, ‘that is the secret of happiness and virtue – liking what you’ve got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny.’” Ch. 1 pg. 16
“But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.”
“God in the safe and Ford on the shelves.”
Significance of each Quote:
The Director is explaining the reasoning being the class system of their society. He says as long as people are happy with their life, then society can function without problems. He believes
Major Works Data Sheet AP Literature and Composition Class Period: Title of Work: Frankenstein Author: Mary Shelley Date of Publication: 1818 Genre: Romanticism, Gothicism Characteristics of the G enre: Romanticism and Gothicism both include experiences of mystical, or sublime states of being, which are clearly shown in. An interactive data visualization of Frankenstein's plot and themes. Brief Biography of Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was the daughter of the philosopher William Godwin and the writer Mary Wollstonecraft, who wrote 'Vindication of the Rights of Woman' (1792). View Major Works Data Sheet Frankenstein.docx from ENGLISH 101 at Southside High School. In this column, choose five quotations from the text, one focusing on each of the following.
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West Forsyth Major Works Data Sheet AP Literature and Composition Class Period: 1B Title of Work: Frankenstein Author: Mary. General Information: Record specific details below. Author (1) Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Biographical information about the author (3) Mary Shelley was born on August 30, 1797, in London, England.