The book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a twisted fantasy of the future created by Huxely himself. In the book, Huxley uses many different themes to help describe and show the different meanings of technology, individualism, and happiness of the society in Brave New World. One theme used was the dependency of drugs. The State sets to provide all the drugs the citizens can possibly need. Through out the book, a character named Lenina Crowne shows how much she depends on drugs to get rid of any emotions she feels due to a conflict.
Lenina faced many conflicts with a character in the book named Bernard Marx. On one of their dates, Bernard stops the helicopter to look at the water over the Channel. She continued in another tone, why you dont take soma when you have these dreadful ideas of yours (Huxley 92). She also describes soma as being jolly. This scenario is the beginning of showing Leninas dependency on drugs and her expectations of others needing the same dependencies as her. So because Bernard does not depend on soma he is considered an individual in his eyes but an outsider to society. Soma can be considered almost like a religion that is being used to keep the citizens in their place.
On another date with Bernard, Lenina and him both go on a trip to New Mexico. This new and different discovery was weird for them to see because in their community they do not age. Lenina and Bernard also watched a community celebration that involved a man whipping himself. Lenina, so horrified from what she saw, reached into her pocket to use some soma but realized that she left it at the rest-house. She is so confused and terrified that Lenina starts to panic. Lenina was left to face the horrors of Malpais unaided (111). For Lenina to see woman breast feeding their babies and families gathered around to watch, it just made...
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