Eilis' Thoughts: Mixed Feelings: "As I finished the book I had very mixed feelings about it. While I was happy for Helva who seemed to have found a brawn she is compati..."
My response is to the latter half of the blog post that I have linked, which mentions the mourning of the ships.
It would be incredibly hard to condition anyone on how to deal with loss of a loved one. Once you lose a love one close to you, especially your partner or a parent, there comes a point where you'll feel like everything is over. However, usually, people will be able to cope with it. Although they will never be able to forget this person and they will ALWAYS be sad about it in some way. The problem with saying that someone should be able to be conditioned to mourn is that mourning is an incredibly personal experience and that no one does it in the same way. For instance, some people try to forget the pain, others celebrate their lives, and others cannot forget the loved one and will always remember them.
Also, you need to remember the Central isn't flawless. There is a point in the book, where Hevla visits the planet where the religion celebrates death, that Helva is talking about how some of Centrals conditioning is flawed. For instance, she comments on the Brawns (whom I forget the name of at the moment) conditioning to not allow her be conditioned again -- which is why they were not able to condition her to not kill herself. You need to remember the Central has NOT perfected their methods of conditioning :) I'm sure it is something that they've thought of, but just haven't found a solution for.
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