Engl 146 Final

Thomas MorePeter Giles (humanist)Hythloday (philosopher and traveler who from europe but lived on utopia for a while)Morton (former chancellor of engl irl)King Utopus (Kicked out ppl who lived there first-thinks he invented Utopia)

-No private property -Public Education (though most do manual labor all are educated and pursue it in free time) -taught to be logical not abstract-phil focus on pain vs pleasure-Humanism -Should academics advise kings? Do kings really get advised?-Wealth (uses of gold)-Religious tolerance-tolerate all but atheism -Freedom (slaves either criminals or prisoners of war-v strict rules on marriage/sex-cant run for office just happens naturally?)-try not to go to war but will to defend-use mental tactics rather than brute strength

More, Hyth, and Giles eating dinner. Hyth explaining utopia.--We get it through his perspective he thinks its the shit.

Lost European sailors discover island of Bensalem--All are christian through miracle where bible appeared & Solomans house

Empress Dutchess Birdmen(astronomers)/bearmen(philosophers) etc

Woman is kidnapped and escapes end up becoming empress of new society then ends up using new world to come back and conquer her old world.

(Makes big changes to their scientific thought-doesnt like telescopes or microscopes)

-Distrust of science (focus on nature)-Monarchy/Empire (English civil war-parliament vs monarchy cavendish <3s monarchy and husband lost a battle their lands were seized and they were banished)

Royal academy

Flying island with Kin/court

land under Laputa, people/citizens ruled by Laputans

home of Struldbrugs

-Recognize the features of our world, but there's something strange or different about them so we are alienated-Forces us to recognize things in our world as constructs that could change

Plausible innovations, the thing itself that changes the world or society that allows this estrangement to happen-Example: BNW-breeding, assembly line creation of humanity

Utopia-like place within our society, flips social normsExample: jails

sociologist, middle ground between Terry and Jeff-Marries Ellador

man's man, physics, flying, rich, dominant, aggressive--Marries Alima

medicine/biology, idealizer, southern gentleman--Marries Celis

New Atlantis--Perfect school do experiments basically in everything. "The eye of the city" -They talk about the science like miracles (science vs magic)-they don't necessarily tell the state everything they're working on (who's really in charge)

-Science-Gendering of nature- male dominating female nature-Scientific Revolution (context)-progressivism (science & magic)

OoV and Botanist travel to utopia (basically a copy of our world but better) -All one language/currency -state owns all land and its given out according to energy costs-almost no more manual labor bc machines-samurai- motherhood=subsidized, strict rules on marriage age and they expire if you don't have kids soon-encourage smart to have kids (darwinism)

The Poietic, the Kinetic, the Dull, and the Base--Poietic minds are creative or inventive; kinetic minds are able but not particularly inventive; the Dull have "inadequate imagination," and the Base are mired in egotism and lack "moral sense.

the Samurai are a moral and spiritual ruling class. They lead a disciplined and morally strict life, governed by the Rule. The Samurai carry out their government duties but their main business is the development of science and philosophy.

Anybody that proves themselves to be able to follow the Rule is allowed to become one of the Samuari.

-Individuality-Static utopia vs. kinetic - Wells was the first kinetic utopia-Darwin/Evolution-Social Darwinism-Problems with progressivism- imperialism, racism, sexism

Book 1=discussing england/euro society —death penalty (hyth=against) — humanism: should scholars advise kings? —Enclosure (rich nobles closing up common property -More v different from actual guy--he was a counselor/humanist/scholar/saint -V against protestant reformation (burnt ppl at the stake)

Wells says his is the first kinetic bc it's based in evolution and social darwinism

-Floating islands with new adam and eve. Weston shows up possessed by a devil and Ransom has to defeat him to stop a new fall of man, eventually fights and wins.

-Written during WW2 -Anti Wells/social darwinism -Good vs Evil -Garden of Eden

Planet= Gethen Countries=Karhide and OrgereynGently goes to Karhide to convince them to join the Ekumen doesn't work so he tries his luck in Orgereyn bc prophecy says to keep going. Even though people in O are nice some high ups don't like him and kidnap him to slave camp.

Estravan and him escape (E dies) and king decides to join.

-Gender/kimmer-implications: thought experiment, Genly misreads Estravan- ethnography-no war, might be related to gender-less duality/binary-Karhide=individuality Orgereyn=unity---structure: thesis, antithesis, synthesis-Cold war (communism vs cap)-Father was anthropologist (ethnographies)

After being attacked by pirates he visits Laputa, then Balnibarbi, then Glubbdubdrib (where meets Ceasar), then Luggnagg

-Satire of science (at Royal Academy)-Music and math are good, practical stuff like building houses is bad-Ancient vs. modern-tradition vs. innovation

Van, Terry, and Jeff go to herland and are captured, they end up getting taught the culture and the women decide men might be ok, they all get married (Jeff/Celis, Terry/Alima, Van/Ellador) all deal in different ways when Terry attempts rape they realize men blow and kick them out but Jeff stays and Eleanor goes.

-Music/math--abstract -Royal Academy: sunbeams out of cucumbers

Alpha Plus, short, smart, psychologist, rebel. Starts off and is pretty much against everything.

Gets reamed by director and feels badass. Goes to reservation and brings back John and Linda becomes huge celebrity. Basically he ends up becoming everything he hated and we hate him too.

Alpha, hot, artist. Bernard's foil. Always in comparison to someone, bernard then john.

World Controller/former physicist. Has read shakespeare etc. Gave up science to be leader. Not afraid to talk about the past.

Goes from being brainwashed to not (new perspective coming into normal world of reservation) ends up getting addicted to soma when they get back and it kills her.

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