Enter+the+Fertilizing+Room 

//What function(s) does this scene perform? What is it doing? //
 * Introduces new ideas about life and how it is no longer natural
 * Describes setting of the factory
 * Sets a serious tone
 * Introduces current societal technology
 * Explains the importance of the factory
 * Introduces the DHC, and the __ [[image:http://cdncache1-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png width="0; width: auto; height: 10" height="10" link="#"]] __ of the students
 * Establishes temporal setting (632AF)
 * Sets the literary style for the rest of the book
 * Establishes a contrast between now and then.
 * Sets up the "SOAPStone" (i.e., establishes the rhetorical situation)
 * Introduces the idea of social stability
 * Introduces social strata
 * Reinforce motto: "Community, Identity, Stability"

//Why has it been written? What purpose does it serve? //
 * To explain how hierarchies are established, how the world keeps its social stability
 * The reader knows what to expect in the later chapters
 * Explain the treatment of humans as a product

//How is the scene’s construction (i.e., the way it’s built) conducive to its function & purpose? //
 * dialogue > narration
 * Narrates through the director - Drops you into the plot


 * Function: establishes temporal setting (632AF)
 * Huxley introduces the setting throughout the plot instead of just saying it up front
 * via character interactions (readers need to make inferences)