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What is the significance of the monkeys?

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Lisa Scott Monkeys were used in the mind control experiments during the 1960s. One of the characters was receiving treatment in a room next to the monkeys and had to hear their screams as they were tortured by the testing. She began drawing them to free them from their pain.
Lucinda Vinoski Monkey see, monkey do. If enough copy an idea it becomes accepted, right or wrong.
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