Reading Assignment 5

Of course, Laura being the forgetful person she is forgot to blog on time. Oops.

7. Explain John's behavior after his mother dies: What does he do; why does he behave this way? How do the people react to him, and why do they react in this way?

After his mother dies, John becomes very upset. He cries and becomes very sensitive.

I don't have time to finish this right now, so I will continue with this question later.

Who is Aldous Huxley?

Aldous Huxley is an English novelist and critic who is most famous for the novel Brave New World. He mainly wrote crime and drama stories. He was actually born into a very well educated family. However, when he lost his sight for a period of time, he was unable to fulfill his future plans of being a scientist and fighting in World War II.

What is a satire?


satire /noun
1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.

-dictionary.com

This basically means that it is the a work of literature that uses sarcastic or ridiculing words to degrade or disagree with foolish or evil and immoral acts.

Ok. Honestly, I haven't been home all weekend so I'm going to briefly summarize what is at the top of my head at the moment. The story starts out with Gene, the protagonist of the story, describing the Devon school in great detail. He then flashes back to days at the school. ONe person he brings up very quickly is Phineas. Gene and Finny are best friends. Gene is very jealous of Finny because he is "perfect" in his eyes. This causes many problems to occur. That's all for now.