Which+Island+would+you+like?

What does this scene do? What is the scene's purpose? How is this scene constructed?
 * Gives Helmholtz and Bernard their fate on the islands
 * Gives a brief look into the Controller's past and how he came to be in such a important role
 * Gives some background of the nine years war and why that event caused many of the new processes of this society
 * Links our present world with their world and how slowly with Ford's inventions and ideas the world changed
 * Set the fate of Bernard and Watson
 * show Bernard's distress over being sent away
 * Allows Watson to pick his destination
 * Reviles information on what happens to those that do not conform to the social norm
 * Introduces information on the Controller's past
 * To discuss the changes because of the nine years war
 * to state a theme of happiness of the individual must be give up for the success and happiness of the social body
 * mostly through Mond's personal reflection
 * some conversation between Mond and Watson about where Watson would like to go
 * Gives a brief over view of the history of this society instead of going into deep detail of this happened and then caused this
 * the scene is left more vague for the reader to get a clear picture of what happened but also to interpret what actually happened during the nine years war
 * could have just been an internal monologue from the Controller's point of view but instead he has some conversation with Watson and discusses Bernard's wimpish freak out over being sent to an island