Brave New World

What does Huxley mean when he compares hypnopædia to drops of sealing wax falling on granite (28)?

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This alludes to the fact that information seeps into the brain in the same way water seeps into the pores of the granite. The information, like the water, then incorporates itself into the brain and the information is thus sealed into adulthood.

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