... is to boost a rapidly declining birth rate through the control of fertile women's bodies, and it does so through strict control of citizen's lives. In Chapter 39 of the novel the narrator says "Bodily functions at least remain democratic". This quote has a number of meanings, both in the immediate context, about ... of chemical messenger or protein which is usually in turn relayed to the brain. In this sense every cell gets its own "vote" to how additional resources are spent in the body. What is important to remember here is that some organs have far more cells then others (for exampl...

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