Ending in Epistrophes

"There's so much one doesn't know; it wasn't my business to know."  Brave New World (p. 122)

In Chapter 7, we are introduced to the "savages" of the novel.  One of those savages was named Linda, "a very stout blonde" whose "front teeth were missing."  Behind her image, Linda's past was actually exactly like that of Bernard and Lenina.  She too was formed from blood-surrogate and conditioning.  However, she accidentally became pregnant, and was banished to the reserve.

Linda says this quote in light of not knowing what to teach her son because she was never conditioned to raise a child.  This sentence demonstrates an epistrophe (both clauses end with the word "know").  This literary device emphasizes the word "know" showing Linda's lack of knowing really anything.  Where did this lack of knowledge come from?  The answer is her past (which [by the way] is one of the most fun cards to get in a game of Apples to Apples.  Glamorous:  My Past.  Dirty: My Past).

Anyways, the question soon becomes: Is conditioning really beneficial in the end?  If a person is only taught to do one thing, he or she would be extremely limited.  While technology may benefit society, it can also cause many limitations.  Without personally experiencing things, one can really never learn.                                                                                  

This blog is starting to sound like a cheesy advice book on life...