The above quote in chapter two features an allusion to Ivan Pavlov, the Russian physiologist, who used dogs to study the associations that our minds create. The purpose of this allusion is to be able to describe
the process the nurses are using on the babies without going into extreme detail because most people know of Pavlov and his experiments. The allusion is effective because it gives readers a comparison for what is happening to the babies. The allusion to Pavlov is important because it is less confusing and more relatable to the readers than all of this other information about adding things at certain meters and testing for this and
preventing that in chapter one. Even though the allusion to Pavlov helps readers understand the process, the auther effectively demonstrates how it is used in this particular instance. The author also explains why it is used to attain certain associations for certain groups like how the Deltas are bred to associate "books and loud noises, flowers and electric shocks" (21). The chapter also goes on to describe another unconventional method of teaching the children certain things, including Elementary Class Consciousness which gives children "words without reason" (28).
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