"Till at last when the child's mind is these suggestions, and the sum of these suggestions is the child's mind." (28-29)
Hypnopedia is the motivation for the whole society's bliss happiness. All of society lives undoubtedly by these guidelines, but Lenina is the only main character that blindly follows what she was taught in her youth. It is important to show the thought process of a controlled mind to contrast with one who questions society and another who dispels it altogether. Though even she questioned her believes a few times. For example, she only had Henry Foster for an extended period of time. This showed her first abnormal thought against that of society. This lead up to her love for john, which was not really the viviparous love that john wanted her to have. However, it was more than society's idea of having. So, while Lenina does not follow strictly to the thought process of her brainwashed society, when faced with tough decisions, she follows her hypnopedia.
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