What it does to you...Brave New World:
SOMA...SOMA...SOMA... Oh what would Brave New World do without soma. It is the key to happiness and the problems to your sexual desires. It is always there for you when you are feeling down. Soma is a step of relief in your life. Brave new world has come to a conclusion to their troubles. Simply by taking the dosage of soma multiple times a day they will live a happy life. People of the world become addicted and can't function without it. On John's mothers death bed she was still taking soma even though she new it was killing her. Children become crazy without it. One time the Deltas where waiting for their daily dosage of soma. A lot of them were were disobeying and going crazy to get the pill faster in line. The distributor was frustrated and threatened to take it away. They were becoming crazed for it. It states, "The Deltas muttered, jostled one another a little, and then were still. The threat had been effective. Deprivation of soma–appalling thought!"(Huxley 191). The thought of not even having it makes them all go crazy. They were desperate. Overall it is a way for the government to control the people. It is a manipulation of the mind for them to think they always need soma to be happy. This way the power is with them and not the people. 2016: PILLS...PILLS...PILLS...Pills have become the answer. Not only in Brave New World, but sadly in our society too. Whenever one is unhappy or hurt they resort to pills and medication. It is like an escape goat. Society has become super casual and okay to take pills. They have medication for everything now. There are some for depression, acne, pregnancies, health, etc. The list goes on. The problem is it is NORMAL!!! Pills never were used as normality and now they are becoming an obsession. Parents, teenagers, and kids are becoming addicted to medication and can't stop. They have relapses and act as if they can't SURVIVE without them. Times have changed. "When regular marijuana use begins in the teen years, addiction is more likely: 1 in 6 users, compared to 1 in 9 among adults"(Most Commonly Used...). In this article they are showing how easily people are becoming addicted to drugs. Starting at a young age teens think it is okay, but it is not!!! Just like Brave New World children are starting way too young. This is the reason people are becoming addicted. How different would the two worlds be if you didn't start drugs till your 30's? What about if you didn't take drugs at all? |
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: Harper & Bros., 1946. Print.
"Most Commonly Used Addictive Drugs." National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). N.p., n.d. Web. 26 May 2016.
"Most Commonly Used Addictive Drugs." National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). N.p., n.d. Web. 26 May 2016.