Soma

Many people in today’s society believe that the key to everything is money. Yes, money can bring power, but it cannot bring eternal happiness. People tend to confuse money and other material things with happiness and other necessities in life that allow humans to really live. In Brave New World, there is a society, known as the World State, which mistakes human values for science, and believes that one cannot have all necessary values at once. There are three characters in the World State…

The novel Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley explores the philosophical question of whether truth is more important than happiness. The main characters in the novel attempt at answering this question as they also question the values of the society they live in, even to the point of challenging and rebelling against it. Symbolism and imagery in the novel depicts the ideals of this new society. Among these are drug-induced happiness, desensitization to sex, and the worship of technology. The…

mental disorders,” therefore it has been scientifically proven that the intake of prescription medication to fight depression or psychiatric problems have not showed any results positive for the patient. Similarly, in the novel it is portrayed that “soma” has the same ability of drugs and alcohol without the side effects of hangovers…

The World State relies on instant gratification in the form of promiscuity and soma to keep citizens innate and primal needs for interaction and feeling good fulfilled, while using conditioning and hypnopedia to keep deeper feelings at bay. When John proclaims to Mustapha Mond (one of ten world controllers), “‘All right then,” said…

body weight but serves a vital function, gathering information about and reacting to its environment and any stimulus. Don’t Shoot the Messenger Much of the CNS is made up of neurons, or nerve cells. Each neuron has a cell body, which includes a soma with a nucleus, a nucleolus, a cytoplasm called the perikaryon (which make up the CNS’ grey matter), and dendrites, wide branching extensions which make up about 80-90% of the neuron’s total surface area (dendrites are also known as white matter).…

According to Marx, he believes that religion is used to control society. The form of social control in Brave New World is sex and the use of a drug called “soma”. In the society in Brave New World, nobody is in a relationship. They are conditioned to believe that love is a sin. So everyone just has sex with each other, not out of love, but for no reason at all. Karl Marx also witnessed somewhat of the same…

Everyone belongs with Everyone, they aren 't not suppose to feel or love anything. Sleeping with guy to guy is nothing but normal. They have a drug called Soma; which is also used to maintain the stability from people, so they do not get out of hand with each other. By taking this drug the people instantly forget about the worries and fall into this "soma holiday"where they are carefree. This is very important because it keeps everything from becoming a disaster and from people from creating…

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is based on a utopian society with unique social, psychological, political, and cultural features. The novel hinges on the idea of an all-powerful state that controls almost all aspects of life and makes citizens ignorant of problems occurring in their society. In order for this society to flourish, there is an extreme dependence on the power of technology in controlling, and brainwashing, its citizens. Aldous Huxley utilizes literary, historical, and scientific…

World is not defined as “who someone is” but which caste one belongs too. Rather than individuality, conformity and conventionality are stressed. With the cooperation of the first two ideals expressed, stability can easily be achieved with the help of soma and…

The individual, a strong independent person who can rise to success by their own accord. Conformity, to be able to work with a group harmoniously, to fit in with everyone else. With these two contrasting ideas begs the debate of when to be an individual and when to conform to the group. In book Brave New World the entire dystopia is built around the stability of conformity and rejection of the individual. While in the film Gattaca their society is not focused on conformity as much so the success…