Linda's+Death

//What function(s) does this scene perform? What is it doing? //
 * Introduces how people are taken care of in hospitals
 * Show John really does love his mother despite her many shortcomings
 * Show that the people in the World State have been conditioned to not feel emotions

//Why has it been written? //// What purpose does it serve ? //
 * To describe the death of Linda
 * Show how powerful familial bonds are
 * Show how little that everyone in the World State really mattered, that their death would not be at all mourned

// How is the scene’s construction (i.e., the way it’s built) conducive to its function & purpose? //
 * Cheerful moods of children and nurse vs. John's sad and depressed mood regarding Linda
 * John's impatience for the children in the hospital