"She saw again the beam of moonlight, the row of small white beds; heard once more the soft, soft voice that said (the words were there, unforgotten, unforgettable after so many night-long repetitions): Every one works for every one else. We can't do without any one. Even Epsilons are useful. We couldn't do without Epsilons. Every one works for every one else. We can't do without any one... Lenina remembered her first shock of fear and surprise; her speculations through half a wakeful hour; and then, under the influence of those endless repetitions, the gradual soothing of her mind, the soothing, and smoothing, the stealthy creeping of sleep..." (Huxley 74).
In arguing on both sides of how scientific and technological advancement benefit humanity is demonstrated when Lenina remembers that when she was younger she heard the recording of the voice that would teach children in their sleep to act and do certain things but, to Lenina it was a whisper that she felt haunted her sleep. The positive effects of having a recorded voice that children will listen and learn from in their sleep is that these children would be able to memorize certain facts that they should either know in life, for school, or even for future jobs. The negative effects of having children listen to a recorded voice in their sleep is that like Lenina they could wake-up from their sleep when they are not supposed to and start to think that there may be something going on in the world they live in and could start to think and do things differently than what the society that they live in would like them to believe.
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