“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored¨ -Aldous Huxley. In the novel, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the idea of a utopian society come to light. With the sarcasm and ridiculous examples he shows, we can see the flaws of this world become apparent. The chilling predictions from Huxley’s book are showing signs of coming true more and more every year. People are using drugs, technology is advancing before our eyes and the government is showing more controlling tendencies. However, his views on religion haven’t seemed to come true. One can first see Huxley’s warning of drug use in America in this quote, “‘why you don 't take soma when you have these dreadful ideas of yours. And instead of feeling miserable, you 'd be jolly’," (Huxley 91). This is showing that whenever things don’t go well, the people in the Brave New World would cover it up with drugs to make them feel better. This can be seen today with: alcoholics, cigarette smokers, pot smokers and even narcotic addicts. According to Ben Klempner the people of the Brave New World and the drug users in America are
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He may say that there is no need for religion or a God in the brave new world because of science and machines, but there is still belief. In the book Huxley uses allusions such as using Ford instead of God. Huxley put religion into the book but he didn’t specifically say God or religion. Instead of church the people would go to things called a “soma orgy.” Huxley puts in words in replace of something religion to show that there may still be religion in the Brave New World, but that it has changed into drug holidays and worshiping their world leaders instead of a God. He is trying to prove that our world will change into something like what he predicted. Even when our future is to come there will still be beliefs and there will still be God. Everyone will not be going on soma holidays or worship their
He may say that there is no need for religion or a God in the brave new world because of science and machines, but there is still belief. In the book Huxley uses allusions such as using Ford instead of God. Huxley put religion into the book but he didn’t specifically say God or religion. Instead of church the people would go to things called a “soma orgy.” Huxley puts in words in replace of something religion to show that there may still be religion in the Brave New World, but that it has changed into drug holidays and worshiping their world leaders instead of a God. He is trying to prove that our world will change into something like what he predicted. Even when our future is to come there will still be beliefs and there will still be God. Everyone will not be going on soma holidays or worship their