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In Chapter 2, the Director brings the group of students to the Infant Nurseries. They watch as loud noises and electric shocks are used to condition a group of babies (Deltas) to hate flowers and books. The director explains that they’re being conditioned to hate nature but love complicated outside sports, so they'll consume (pay for) transportation and sporting goods.

Next, he explains the origins of hypnopaedia (sleep-teaching). A Polish boy, Rueben, went to sleep one night while the radio was broadcasting in English. He woke up the next morning able to recite exactly what had been playing on the radio, even though he didn't understand it. While it was discovered that hypnopaedia had no use in intellectual education as it only provided memorization, it was perfect for moral training. The Director then leads the students into a dormitory where Betas are sleeping. From speakers under every pillow the same voice whispers an Elementary Class Consciousness lesson. The voice says how good it is to be a Beta. Alphas have to work too hard, and the lower three castes (Gammas, Deltas and Epsilons) are stupid and wear ugly colors. The message repeats, over and over again, everyday, until the Betas start to believe it.

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The following quotes sum up Chapter 2 pretty well.

“Primroses and landscapes, he pointed out, have one grave defect: they are gratuitous. A love of nature keeps no factories busy. It was decided to abolish the love of nature, at any rate among the lower classes.”

“Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. I'm really awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I don't work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas. Gammas are stupid. They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse.”

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The focus of Chapter 2 is mind control. The World State leaders are loyal adherents of Ivan Pavlov's conditioning techniques. His discoveries reveal that people react positively or negatively to a specific stimulus. The babies' reaction to the flowers and books before, during, and after the loud noises is an example of the Pavlovian concept. The World State adapted his practices to their own requirements and named their conditioning rooms after him.

The Director and the students never flinch when babies are tortured by loud sirens and shocked electrically. Neither do they find derogatory descriptions of the Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon children repugnant. Instead they are brainwashed to accept it all. The embarrassed behavior of the students when normal childbirth and the word mother or father is mentioned shows how they have been programmed to consider birth and parenthood obscene instead of natural. This brainwashing leaves very little room for individual thinking.

The government used the scientific discovery of hypnopaedia to produce a technology that helps them condition citizens to enjoy the life that has been predetermined for them and do things that help industrial society. The success of these methods is evident in the fact that everyone on the tour is proud of these accomplishments. World State's citizens think that their slavery is paradise.

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Here is the PDF of the book, by courtesy of The Gutenberg Project

https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/huxleya-bravenewworld/huxleya-bravenewworld-00-h.html

CHAPTER 2
Huxley's word choices show the cold atmosphere that is present in the World State. For example, eight-month-old babies are "unloaded" from carts, and babies are "decanted" not born. Any reference to babies developing inside the mother's womb is considered indecent.

When reading you don't always need to know the translation of all words in order to have the gist and grasp the meaning. However, there are a few less obvious ones.

Learn a few of them here:
https://quizlet.com/397627495/brace-new-world-chapter-2-flash-cards/?i=22s8pw&x=1jqY

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Technology and Control, Industrialism and Consumption, Individuality, Mind Control

Match the themes of this Chapter with their meaning here: https://quizlet.com/397636212/brace-new-world-chapter-2-match-flash-cards/

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Huxley establishes in Chapter 1 that the year is A.F. 632. We are told in Chapter 3 that the introduction of the first Ford Model-T was year "zero" for this calendar.
It is the Future.

Huxley creates an incredibly elaborate and nuanced setting for his novel. He provides details about everything from technology (vibro-vacuum massage, scent organ) to professions (Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning, World Controller) to down-time activities (Centrifugal Bumble-puppy), and from the cityscape (the seven skyscrapers twinkling over Guildford) to individual buildings (The Internal and External Secretions Factory, The Hounslow Feely Studio).

In essence, the more disturbing the setting and the more complete the picture, the more effective the novel.
If Brave New World creeps you out, Huxley did his job well. All this elaborate detail, while sometimes outlandish, makes the idea of a "World State" plausible  in our minds. We start to see how a society like this might function, down to the smallest detail.
There are  details that allow Huxley to parody our own world so effectivel:. Christianity has crosses; they have T's. We say, "Thank God!"; they say "Thank Ford." We play mini-golf; they play Obstacle Golf.

Finally, as far as a specific setting goes, there's a clear dichotomy between the Savage Reservation and the civilized world. The two landscapes act as a foil, although settings aren't characters).

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About the author           - a biography  https://www.biography.com/writer/aldous-huxley  (written)

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About the author           - a biography  https://www.biography.com/writer/aldous-huxley  (written)

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- youtube biography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-IfwVXXk8E
- an Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIgjujAI6eE
- another interview where Huxley describes today's world around 60 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xUyHA0h2jU

CHARACTERS
The DIRECTOR of Hatcheries and Conditioning

The Director is a little bit of a plot device, which is why there isn't too much to say about him. In the first few chapters, he's a great excuse for Huxley to talk all about the World State and basically ease us, as readers, into the world he's created. The Director's lecture to his students amounts to Huxley explaining to us what the deal is.

The Director is still a real character. He is basically a typical, high-level Alpha who is content with the status quo.

ALPHAS AND BETAS

Alphas and Betas are at the top of the caste system and perform the more intellectual jobs. Unlike the lower castes, they're not clones, allowing for more individual personalities.

GAMMAS, DELTAS AND EPLSILONS

They do more standardized work and they are usually clones.

The other characters in this chapter are the students and the nurses.