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Brave New World

by John Denner

February 01, 2010

In English class, instructed by James Farnen, this semester's students are reading this kind of freaky book called Brave New World. It’s about the world in the future where characters are trying to make the earth “stable.” So they genetically clone or create people that are born to do cretin things and be specific people. They believe that if they have complete control that none will ask questions or be able to cause any problems. Most of the things that are considered weird and uncommon for people now, are totally acceptable and smiled upon in this book. It’s a bizarre perspective on a new life in a new world.

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Students think this is a good book so far. It’s not a regular literature book that they would usually read in school. It does a good job of keeping the reader interested and wondering what’s going to happen in the next chapter.  Students will learn about satire and how there are different tones of it. Not all satire pieces of literature are funny. This book has a very serious tone. At first students might find them confusing and abnormal but as they continue to read things become clearer and story-like.

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Students have also participated in various activities and group projects. They have practiced social skills and teamwork fundamentals. Last week the class put on puppet shows in groups for the rest of the students. They were assigned different chapters and roles from the book. They made their puppets out of paper bags and decorated them for characters.  They wrote scripts and got to decide who would be who and say what. The turnout was very positive and most students enjoyed the assignment immensely.

“This project has been my favorite so far in this class!” said John Denner when asked how he liked the story and class involvement.

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