Venn Diagrams In Brave New World

1. Alpha: The highest caste in the system, typically conditioned to be intelligent and are given higher jobs than other castes.
2. Beta: Second highest caste in the system, they can interact with the Alphas and aren’t looked down upon, unlike the lower castes.
3. Caste: The classes in society, in Brave New World it determines what job you have and what identity the government gives to you.
4. Conditioning: It’s a process of when a person is prepared for their caste and line of work.
5. Decanting: The pouring of embryos out of what they were originally created in. Equivalent of being “born in a test tube”.
6. Dystopian: An imaginary society where everything is the opposite of what we would dream of it to be. Also the genre of Brave New World.
7. Delta: Ranked fourth in the caste system, typically conditioned to

Euphoria: The feeling of joy and happiness, people in World State typically take Soma to feel this way.
10. Ford: Person considered the “god” of the World State. Relates to the society because Ford was the one who developed mass production and the assembly line.
11. Gamma: The average caste in the system. Somewhat intelligent, could be considered the service or hospitality caste.
12. Hedonism: The thought that pleasure is the most important thing. The only feeling is full of delight.
13. Hypnopedia: Sleep teachings to further condition the brain of an individual for their caste.
14. Pneumatic: In Brave New World, the figure of curves of a woman’s body.
15. Predestination: The state of where an individual is made specifically for their caste. Chosen for their future job.
16. Savage Reservation: Where the individuals that are located there are not considered “civilized” and lack resources the individuals in the World State have.
17. Solidarity Service: Like a church service where the people connect by worshipping Ford.
18. Soma: The drug that calms and removes any negative feeling from the brain. Consumed by the majority of the population of the World