There are all kinds
of uniforms in The Village, but have you observed how mostly the prisoners,
such as Number 58, wear striped jerseys and the Guardians wear single coloured
jerseys? This man is a prisoner who is undergoing
aversion therapy treatment. In The Aversion Therapy Room he is strapped into a
chair with electrodes attached to him, while on a screen a film is played, film
of the white membranic Guardian, Number 2, and the single word unmutual and the
patient is extremely excitable. He becomes very agitated by the images shown on
the screen, the Guardian, Number 2, and the word unmutual. It might be imagined
that aversion therapy is designed to help the patient get over his or her
aversion to something. However, if that is the case why would doctors remove an
aversion to something citizens are supposed to be afraid of, namely the
Guardian and Number 2. He’s not supposed to be popular and liked by the
citizens, although Number 2 in ‘The Chimes of Big Ben’ would appear to be an
exception to that rule if the Arts and Crafts Exhibition is anything to go by.
More likely the aversion therapy is designed to instil fear in the subject, to
increase a patient’s aversion to something, or someone, hence the citizen’s
reaction towards unmutuals. Through aversion therapy the citizens are turned into
socially conscious citizens who are provoked by the loathsome presence of an
unmutal.
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