Imagery In The Hatchery

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The hatchery is a room that is made to create human life, yet ironically is described with death imagery. The author uses words like “make”, “corpse-like”, “cold” “harsh” and “ghost”. This gives an impression that the concept of human life is nothing more that artificial commodities. This is a society where concepts of "birth" and "mothers" are obscene beyond anything that could be imagined. Life is created artificially; children are "hatched" and "conditioned", rather than "born and raised". The word “mother” is considered profane, even people’s attitude and outlook on life are suggest on to them. All the fetal conditioning, hypnopaedic training, and the power of convention molds each individual into an interchangeable part in the society,

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