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?
Babies in the Neo-Pavlovian Conditioning Rooms develop their hatred of books and flowers by being allowed to look at them and play with them and then having a nurse press a button which then blows up said books and flowers and also shocks the babies. This makes them associate flowers and books with explosions and pain from a young age. Deltas are exposed to such treatment so that they won't want to spend time in nature but they'll spend their time playing games that require the large setups that contribute to the idea of materialism in the World State.

2. What is a State Conditioning Center? Does it remind you of anything from Plato's Republic?
A State Conditioning Center is a place where children are raised from infancy to adulthood by nurses and doctors rather than parents. This resembles the cave of Plato's Republic.

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?
Hypnopaedia is the idea of sleep teaching. It couldn't be used for science because science must be understood and what was happening was that people would learn a scientific fact but they couldn't answer questions about it because they didn't really understand the material. It works for teach moral lessons though. The children in the State Conditioning Centers would listen to a recording over and over again about their caste and the other castes and why it was good to be part of their caste.

3. 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 in the World State consists of five levels of Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Epsilon with Alpha being the highest. Each caste has their own characteristics and duties. It's similar to the Hindu caste system in the way its set up and the way the higher castes regard the lower castes.

4. What does the Director mean when he says, "Not so much like drops of water....rather, drops of liquid sealing wax."?
He means that eventually all the facts that are being taught to the children will collect together and cover their minds fulfilling the World State's goal of conditioning and brainwashing the people.