"Not so much like drops of water, though water, it is true can wear holes in the hardest granite; rather, drops of liquid sealing- wax, drops that adhere, incrust, incorporate themselves with what they fall on, till finally the rock is all one scarlet blob." pg 28
This simile confirms it. This book is way too sick and twisted for me. Water is being compared to merely stating a suggestion of what color to wear or a statement such as loving being beta whereas liquid sealing-wax is being compared to not only the suggestion, but also the constant repition until the statements and suggestions are not only facts, but the listeners entire life. Just as the liquid sealing-wax molds to the surface it is poured on, the words spoken to these children become a part of who they are. I also found it to be odd that this quote is only a narration. I am not used to seeing such detailoed narration. I would expect it to come from this Ford, Director character, but this leads me to believe that the narrator has taken a side in all of this. It almost feels like he's writing to set the Director to look like the antagonist. I have just had a revolution. This is scientific communism.
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