Brave New World #2

1. How do babies sent to the Neo-Pavlovian Conditioning Rooms develop an "instinctive hatred of books and flowers?" Why were Deltas exposed to such treatment?
They are made to associate bangs with books and electric shocks for flowers, so they are "protected" from botany and books.
2. What is a State Conditioning Center? Does it remind you of anything from Plato's Republic?
The state conditioning center is where the children produced by the hatchery. It reminds me of the place where all the silver, gold and bronze go, because they are seperated in a similiar way.
3. What is hypnopaedia? Why wasn't it used for Science? What was it used for? Does it remind you of anything from Plato's Republic?
It is the teaching of kids through voices during sleep. It wasn't used for science due to the fact that it was found that it didn't really work for science.
4. How does the Caste system work in the World State? What are the similarities and differences between this and the Hindu Caste system?
The caste system works similiarly to the Hindu system, with slight differences. Alphas at the top, Beta below them, and Deltas below them, then Gamma and finnaly Eplisons. The Alphas form the leadership, while Betas fill out the higher positions below them, while Deltas and Gammas are distributed through the rest while Eplisons do the manual labor. This reflects the caste system of the Hindu, in the effect that the top are the leaders, while the rest are correspondingly lower classes. The Brahmin are the top, while the lower classes fill it down to where the Eplisons are like the Untouchables.
5. What does the Director mean when he says, "Not so much like drops of water....rather, drops of liquid sealing wax."?
He means that there sealing the minds of the children into their social order and that they will forever be thiers.