Similarities In Brave New World

In the novel “Brave New World” the Aldous Huxley talks about a future of complete happiness. Today people can see similarities between the novel and the world today. A few of the similarities are the few on life and death, the use of drugs, and also self pleasure are three things in the novel that is similar to the world of the day. Huxley wrote a novel based on things that were happening during the time he lived that would affect how people lived in the future. The comparison of the world of today and the world in the novel have similarities.
The drug Soma was mentioned in the novel multiple times as the escape from regular reality. Today drugs are prescribed at a rate higher than normal and may not be needed. For example, if a family …show more content…
This way of handling things is not only forcing people into reliance on the drug, but is also setting poor examples for the youth. Soma is an example of what can happen to society if it allows the youth to become dependent on a drug rather than face the struggles of the real world. To hide from lows or lessen the pain of something is not how people should handle a situation. Today though in life people do try to hide from the pains of life in many ways and it’s almost the same as the character’s in the novel taking Soma. This leads back to how drugs cannot only affect the future but can affect the life of civilization.
In conclusion, society today is based on a happiness of the peoples choice. The government doesn’t choose or make the happiness of the people today. Most of society does rely on drugs to escape reality or to help them through life rather than facing issues. This changes peoples perspective on life and dying. The life for the characters in the Brave New World is sometimes similar to the lives we live today and the writer Aldous Huxley did come close to guessing how the future would be. Although his story isn’t exactly how the world is