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Brave New World Analysis

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Brave New World
In the novel Brave New World, Aldous Huxley creates a utopian society that achieves happiness at the expense of humanity. Brave New World shows what a corrupt, utopian society could be when people are preoccupied by entertainment. Brave New World warns of the dangers of giving a group control over powerful technology. This story shows forms of control such as the use of drugs, technology and conditioning.
The drug Soma is widely used as a form of control in the World State. This psychedelic substance clouds the mind of the user. It is said to give them a “vacation” yet they wake up normally with no side effects. The World State has eliminated the time between desire and use, so a person can't help but take the quick use of soma rather than using logic to figure out their problems. This reminds me of today's society with the use of medication from a pharmacy, and how people will take any sort of pill or medication to an illness or condition made by them. In my opinion, Soma can be seen as the equivalent to religion as a way to control the masses by making people feel good about something that doesn't exist. Huxley’s utopia is basically where everyone's freedom is taken away from them due to their “pre-determined” lives. However, the people in this book still believe that their own happiness is all up to them. In a way, it does because they have not experienced life a different way because there is so much power and direction over them. Ultimately, the people

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