Study guide: A Brave New World

Download or read book Study guide: A Brave New World written by Ruth Everson and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study guide is meant to be used along with the reading of the novel Brave new world by Aldous Huxley. The guide is user-friendly and practical to support the teaching process of the novel as literary work in the classroom. Various literary aspects are discussed in the book, including: •historical context; •plot outlines; •central concerns; •character development.The guide features discussions of the novel chapter by chapter with plenty of questions for individual reflection and class discussions. It is aimed at the grade 12 learner who needs to engage with a personal and intellectual understanding of the text in order to produce an essay. The text, written in 1932, remains relevant and controversial and will allow learners to test and challenge their own thinking around individual freedom and the role of society. The guide aims to support and open discussion.