Soma

Overall, the usage of cellphones, “move children away from adopting the mindfulness skills that would lead them to a happier and healthier life.” Thus, a cell phone distracts individuals from enjoying their lives and interacting with others similar to soma diverting Bernard from believing that the World State is morally…

In the book, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, some of the characters participate in taking soma. Soma is a drug that makes the characters feel a different way; they feel happy and distracted from the society. Mustapha describes soma as “Euphoric, narcotic, pleasantly hallucinant” (Huxley 53). The characters in the story are pressured into taking soma by the authorities because it distracts them from the fact that there is something wrong with the citizens. The citizens lack freedom, they were…

Each and every person on the planet has a different appearance, a different personality, and more importantly, a different point of view. It is these differing aspects that make an individual who he or she really is and promote the wellbeing of human beings as a whole. In the novel, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, John faces a predicament of his own values against those of the World State. John's decision to defy the absurdity of the situation results varying degrees of rebellion. Huxley uses…

without tears- that’s what soma is."(238). With the introduction of soma, the people of this Brave New World aren't given any reason to want any more than what they have, a useful solution yet a big price to pay. Huxley is commenting on drug use and how it isolates people from the world around them, how it literally gives them a little holiday. When Linda and John come back to civilization Linda is not accepted back because of her appearance so she decides to go on a long soma holiday,…

she were a bit of meat…” (45). This statement emphasizes the fact that Bernard is not like the other citizens, others in this society have no problem talking about the sexual acts they carry out and who they do them with. Bernard even resists taking soma because he wants to feel his emotions, such as anger. The main cause for Bernard to be different is the fact that there were mistakes made when he was formed at “birth”. Bernard does not display the characteristic of the…

they feel miserable they take soma, which instantly make them feel better. The language Huxley uses throughout the novel helps build up this new society; all the aspects of their daily life and their constant inner conflict between being unaware of things yet overjoyed, or taking a risk and maybe figuring out everything. Unaware of what was truly happening in the World State;…

The government as important chiefs around the world always are looking forward to controlling what society thinks and do, Creating a foolish environment on humans being, creating horrible events from the past that have come to humanity to be aware of not being foolish against by influential people. They don’t want you to be able to control your capability of thinking and expressing yourself. The government creates drugs to gain control over their own society, creating an aggressive environment…

Samuel L. Jackson once said, “We’ve come a long way in our thinking, but also in our moral decay.” This quote holds true today as society stays rapidly changing and people become more and more desensitized to the horrors of the world. The line between right and wrong fades and turns to a larger gray area, and many things that happen in society today make us question how we, as a collective people, ended up where we are and how we acquired the customs we have today. Aldous Huxley, in his novel…

the drug, soma, “ The policemen pushed him out of the way and got on with their work. Three men with spraying machines buckled to their shoulders pumped with thick clouds of soma vapour into the air.” (Huxley, 2004,p.194). When John the savage causes a disruption and puts panic into the air, the world state comes along and sprays soma “two minutes later the Voice and the soma vapour had produced their effect... Deltas were kissing and hugging one another” (Huxley, 2004,p.195). The soma quickly…

What has Society become? Stop and take a look at yourself. When was the last time you took something for granted? The last time you complained about something that actually wasn 't a big deal? You start to say to yourself, “Yeah, I do that often.” The world we live in today mainly focuses on getting from point A to point B in an orderly fashion, rather than thinking about how or why we got there in the first place. Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, gathers questions to discuss, what…