"Progress is lovely, isn't it?" (Huxley 100)
Bernard is quick to attack Lenina for her use of hypnopaedic phrases whenever she uses them. They make him angry because he believes most of them to be nothing more than rubbish distributed by the state to make them feel better. However, when Lenina says this phrase, Bernard just sighs and continues his conversation. For all that Bernard despises about the world state, he can't deny that this phrase carries truth. Since the beginning of time, humans have felt the need to move forward. Even if the world state is abysmal, no one can deny that progress is lovely. If we didn't progress, what would be the point of achievement? We burn with the passion to climb higher, build bigger, and go farther. We should embrace this without even the need for hypnopaedia.
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