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 * Chapter 10, Scene 1**


 * What?**
 * Emphasize the mechanical workings of society in the World State
 * Review the functions and different steps in the reproductive process-both birth and conditioning
 * Why?**
 * Remind reader of the mechanics of reproduction in to strongly contrast it with a later part of the chapter, in which Linda returns to confront the Director about their child, John
 * Set up stage for confrontation between Linda and the Director about their //natural// childbirth by emphasizing //unnatural// methods of childhood and development in this society


 * How?**
 * Passage consists of descriptions of different rooms and processes taking place in each room
 * Uses terms such as "moving racks," "elevator," and "buzz" to accentuate mechanical atomosphere