Soma

people of soma, something they hold very dear to them. This takes place in the hospital while an official attempts to give out soma. John says, “ Very well then, I’ll teach you; I’ll make you be free whether you want it or not.” (Huxley 187) In this quotation, John is attempting to free the people from the grasps of soma by throwing it out the window. This sparks chaos in the hospital as people are angry because they do not know life without soma. John thinks that by throwing out the soma he is…

feeling they take soma to release their toxicity. Soma, in Brave New World symbolizes drugs we use today—prescription pills, marijuana, cocaine, codeine, alcohol etc.. or what would’ve been popular in the 1930s— morphine, heroin, cocaine, alcohol, and tobacco. On the other hand soma symbolizes, control. The State controls their people in numerous ways, but soma a respectable choice the citizens can chose is almost like conformity, a form of psychology. Conformity relates to soma in a simple way,…

Soma, an antidepressant, taken daily by the people in Brave New World controls and conditions various castes and peoples in the society. John the Savage, being the only outside perspective in the novel, provides a special insight into the deeper meanings of Brave New World. After the loss of his mother to soma, he opens his eyes to a new perspective and discovers, “Linda had been a slave, Linda had died; others should live in Freedom, and the world be made beautiful” (Huxley 191). Soma steals…

The Critical Analysis of Brave New World and The Modern World Did Aldous Huxley really foresee the world of today in his Brave New World? Huxley describes a ‘‘dystopia which is a community or society that is undesirable and frightening’’ in his novel. Generally, dystopias set in the future and predict how the features of the modern societies will be. Also, Huxley predicts the modern world in some ways in Brave New World. There is a society which contains many new technologies and developments…

When Mustapha Mond is trying to convince John the Savage that soma has solved one of humanity’s greatest problems, he states that “if ever, by some unlucky chance, anything unpleasant should happen, why, there’s always soma to give you a holiday from the facts. And there’s always soma to calm your anger, to reconcile you to your enemies, to make you patient and long-suffering.” (209-210). Mustapha claims that soma, a hallucinogen that is described as the “the perfect drug” (46), offers…

positive for high school students. These scenes can be interrupted differently than Huxley intends. In Brave New World, soma is a coping mechanism. Soma is used to cope with the realities of life the people of the society face. Soma’s use is clearly evident when Lenina and Bernard are in the harsh conditions and realities of the Savage Reservation. Lenina says “I wish I had my soma.” (Huxley 116) Instead of…

While none of these are found in the world state, there is a drug called soma taken almost mandatorily by much of the population. Soma is a muscle relaxer that creates a “holiday” for the user which is a sleep-like state in which the user experiences great happiness. The use of soma in the world state is very similar to the misuse of drugs in America. While it may seem wrong by todays standards to produce drugs like soma for the populations consumption, it keeps the citizens of the world…

life but never to escape it; unless of course one overdoses and dies. Soma is a never-ending cycle of “harmless” escape from yourself, life, feelings, and society. It is not a helpful stress-relieving drug. Rather it is a controllingly overwhelming drug. "Swallowing half an hour before closing time, that second dose of soma had raised a quite impenetrable wall between the actual universe and their minds" (77) describes Huxley. Soma disables the natural human within the citizens of this society.…

stability is not as important when considering the value of individual identity. Huxley shows the importance of individuality through the society’s drug soma, and through Helmholtz and Bernard’s search to find their own individual value.…

own exile due to her separation from her actual home in London and her inability to get Soma during her time in the Savage reservation. Lenina’s personal struggle comes from her own satisfaction with the way life is and how it should be in the World state. She, like many of her fellow workers believe that life is perfect due to the conditioning they undergo, but being out of her comfort zone without the soma Lenina struggles to cope with reality for the Savage people. Lenina’s introduction to…