1. What is the World State's Motto?
The motto of the World State is "Community, Identity, Stability"
2. Please describe Bokanovsky's Process. Why does The Director call it the "major instrument of social stability?"
Bokanovsky's Process is the process by which one egg is split into many, many other identical eggs which in turn make many identical embryos which turn into many identical adults. The Director calls it the "major instrument of social stability" because it allows factories and other institutions to be staffed by identical employees who have the ability to work the exact same producing the exact same products.
3. Why did the doctor wish to keep the Epsilon "embryo below par?"
The doctor wishes to keep the Epsilon embryo below par because they are the lowest group in the social hierarchy of the World State so by keeping the embryo below par, it assures that the adult will be dumb and deformed which is exactly how the World State wants its epsilons.
4. What does Mr. Foster mean when he says: "We condition them to thrive in heat...that is the secret of happiness of virtue - liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny."? How does this connect to what is happening in Rack 10?
Mr. Foster means that the World State wishes to make sure that all their people are happy in the level of the caste they are in. If one is not happy with their social destiny, they might question it and try to break out. Another reason might be that if one isn't happy doing what they are supposed to do, they wouldn't do their job properly throwing off the the Stability of the World State. It connects to Rack 10 because in Rack 10 the embryos are being conditioned to work in the conditions of their future jobs being exposed to chemicals to become used to them.
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