Decanted
To be produced in a factory, babies are decanted.
Verb: To pour a liquid from one container into another.
Connections: I think this sends quite the message. Instead of individuals being born, they merely trickle down, the same people, more flesh copies. It is used in the context of babies being "decanted" or made.
Heretical
To practice religion, which has been banned. Ford is the only omnipresent being next to the World State
Adjective: Being a heretic
Verb: To depart from recognized, established beliefs, E.G. burning a holy symbol such as a cross or converting religions.
Bokanovsky (Process)
To split a human egg so it produces 96 identical clones. Only used on the lower castes.
In context: The explanation of the Bokanovsky Process, used to create many lower-caste members that think alike.
Vivparous
To be born from a mother, a smutty concept
Adjective: To be born live inside the mother and develop inside.
Context: Used as a word to describe how the Savages give birth, with actual mothers and fathers.
Propaganda
Teachings delivered to young people.
Noun: A poster or piece of media that makes people believe in something
Context: Refers to propaganda as lessons and is encouraged, not lies.
This glossary is very good for some of the definitions in Brave New World. I think that there are many words to be defined as you pointed out that this book is rather complex with many difficult definitions in it. I especially like your definition of the Bokanovsky Process, as I would be clueless unless I knew what it meant.
ReplyDeleteOne think I thought could be improved was the actual contexual part of it. I thought that if you gave a bit more thought, and put some of them in your own sentences, it would be a lot better. For example, you put your context for vivparous as "Used as a word to describe how the Savages give birth, with actual mothers and fathers.". I don't think that that would pass as a contexual sentence, and instead describing how it is used in a sentence, with no example. Overall, I liked the glossary and was very informative to my understanding of some of those complex terms.