| 1. What is one of John’s earliest memories? | One of John’s earliest memories is being locked out of Linda’s room so Popé could sleep with her. |
| 2. What do the women do to Linda in the weaving room? Why? | Linda accidentally broke some threads on the loom, and the women were screaming at her, and chased her out. |
| 3. How do the women punish Linda for her promiscuity? | The women of the pueblo break into Linda’s house, and hold her down on the bed and beat her. |
| 4. When John calls Linda “Mother,” what does she do? What does he always call her after that? | Linda slaps John when he calls her Mother, and after he always calls her Linda. |
| 5. Why does John often turn to the old men of the tribe? | The older men of the tribe can explain many things to John that Linda cannot comprehend. |
| 6. Why is John always in ragged clothes? What is his solace? | Since Linda doesn’t know how to wash or mend clothes, John always looks ragged and dirty, so he uses reading as an escape. |
| 7. What book does Popé bring for John? | Popé had found an ancient copy of Shakespeare’s plays in a trunk and so he brings the book to John since John loves to read. |
| 8. What does Mitsima teach John? | Mitsima is very nice to John, and wants to teach him how to do many things, much like a father figure. |
| 9. What does John do when he is denied the initiation rite? | John goes to the edge of the mesa and sits facing the moon, so he then creates his own initiation rite. |
| 10. When Bernard offers to take John to London, what does John ask? | John wants to go with them as well. |
Brave New World Chapter 8 Questions
June 8, 2020