This passage is prominent for its use of syntax. Huxley intertwines the conversations of four concurrent events in short sentences to portray the new society in contrast to the old through Mond’s recap of its history and how the society functions from Henry, Bernard and Lenina’s situations. Henry describes Lenina to the Assistant Predestinator as a piece of meat and this connotes to the reader that society views individuals as consumable goods, only existing for one's delight before being discarded. Huxley portrays the society this way to emphasise his time period was on trajectory for viewing others as consumable goods and by taking this idea to the extreme he warns the reader of this dehumanizing type of thinking. Bernard later enters the conversation to continue the wrongful idea of looking at humans as consumable objects. Fanny portrays the society's extreme consumption with her want of Lenina’s belt and conveys the society’s constant urge for new things. Bernard being glum connotes the outcast of society were looked down upon and allows the reader to infer that because few outcasts existed and were ostracized to extinction, individuality ceases which should be a defining human trait.…show more content… Through this Huxly claims that religion does not exist but is rather a form of self gratification. Next Mond recounts the history of soma. The replacement of morphine and cocaine with Soma allows the reader to visualize the strength of soma as a drug. The use of the word “subsidized” instead of “killing” conveys the acceptance of the idea of sacrificing human lives for the greater good. His final comments about soma being the perfect drug connote that Huxley felt the use of drugs during his lifetime was leading society to a stop in progression and a perceived but false sensation of
