"Progress is lovely, isn't it?" (100). Brian washing and omnipotent figures seem to be the makings of a good novel. In this story, they describe sleep conditioning. This is when, at a young age, certain ideas and morals are told to children as they think. This way, they think a certain way with out even know it. Also, as mentioned before in a blog, there is this all-knowing "Ford" character. He is this demi-god to the people in the novel. This being that knows all, thinks all, and can tell all. But they've never even seen or heard from him. In a weird way, he's almost their religion.