Before you start, please be advised that everything that you share with the readers of your summary is delivered “according to Huxley,” not “according to you” (or any other critic or interpreter of the novel). Nor are you assigned to summarize the plot of the novel. Rather, since the argument of your upcoming term paper focuses on social studies, your summary should serve the purpose of your approach to the novel. That means you ignore irrelevant issues. Instead, relevant points and details should comprise your summary, which address / include the following:
What was the state of the world that necessitated the emergence of the World State? (be specific)
What “pre-modern” institutions, practices and behaviors have been re-evaluated and ultimately removed?
How does the book describe “community, identity, stability,” the declared values of the World State?
What measures have been taken to reinforce the declared values above?
What new individual behaviors and social practices are mandated to maintain the World State?
What does the book report about life outside the “brave new” civilization?
What roles do women play in that future society?
What does the book say about nonwhite human beings?
Considering the five castes in the novel, from which caste’s perspective is the book narrated and what evidence supports your assumption?
To what conclusions does Huxley likely want to lead his readers?
These questions should focus and facilitate your work on the summary of the novel; however, I discourage you from organizing your summary as a set of responses to the questions above, even though using responses as a preliminary list might be a useful move. To sharpen your final publish of the summary, consider the relevant templates from the chapter “The Art of Summarizing.” The assigned length for the summary is 1,000 words. Please format your final publish in MLA style