"The Savage's voice was trembling with indignation. 'What are these filthy little brats doing here at all? It's disgraceful!'
'Disgraceful? But what do you mean? They're being death-conditioned. And I tell you,' she warned him truculently, ' if I have any more of your interference with their conditioning, I'll send for the porters and have you thrown out.'" pg. 202-203
Death is no big deal. That is what citizens of the World State believe because that is how they are conditioned. Since they can create more people with the slightest ease, death is not a big deal. If someone dies, it is alright because people are replaceable. Also, no one in the World State has any family to grieve for. However, John does not view death the same way. To him, death is a sad thing, a time for grief and remorse. So when his mother died, he was very upset. The nurses did not seem to understand what was wrong with him because no one ever came to visit people Hospital for the Dying. John was yelled at for his outburst when his mother died because he was interfering with the children's conditioning. Young children were brought to the Hospital for the Dying to get used to death. They played games and got treats in the hospital and John found it very disrespectful to the dying. This shows even more of a contrast between John and the World State. I hope that John can help bring about change, but I get a grim feeling that nothing is going to change.
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