One small boy is even punished when he is hesitant to join in. Yet the major shock to the reader is a result of the frivolous tone used when referring to the "erotic play" of the small children. The "ending is better than mending" slogan is also consistent with this theme. In this case, only complicated games which require a lot of building material are allowed in order to keep the manufacturing sector of the economy going. Nowadays the Controllers won’t approve of any new game unless it can be shown that it requires at least as much apparatus as the most complicated of existing games." Here again, it’s made known that the government, not individuals, decides what activities everyone will participate in. The Director, who instructs not only his students but also the readers, speaks about the need for "consumption." He asserts, "Imagine the folly of allowing people to play elaborate games which do nothing whatever to increase consumption. The third chapter changes the setting of the tour from inside the hatchery to outside on the lawn, where hundreds of small children play games and engage in other less innocent activities in the bushes.
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