scene-by-scene

Background: Last week, we conducted a sentence-by-sentence analysis of a lens-based analysis essay. This time, we'll widen our scope and go scene-by-scene.

The group task: an attempt to analyze and argue the function of [|each][|scene] in the novel.

DIRECTIONS: For each scene, I want you to record bulleted notes for the following three categories:
 * //What function(s) does this scene perform? What is it doing? //
 * //Why has it been written? What purpose does it serve? //
 * //How is the scene’s construction (i.e., the way it’s built) conducive to its function & purpose? //

Early notes will be considered as data. Notes will later be converted into a more elegant and cohesive form. Post notes, by class, here: Period 2 scene-by-scene Period 4 scene-by-scene Period 8 scene-by-scene

*NOTE: these notes are the first step to sestina-based, scene-by-scene analyses of form and function in //Brave New World//. Please take a peek.

Function: what does the scene do? Purpose: the reason the scene exists?
 * A quick, clarifying note on Function vs. Purpose: **
 * e.g., A vacuum cleaner's function is to suck up dirt and its purpose is to make cleaning stuff up easier to do.