Soma Brave New World Analysis

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In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, soma is used by the government to control its citizens. Soma gives the government the power to make you feel however they want you to feel and they claim that it has no side effects on the user. Huxley describes it as a vacation from reality where you don't feel any pain and have no worries. Every day citizens pick up at least half a gramme of soma, but the amount that they receive is based on their mood or level of depression. Soma sedates and distracts the person from what is happening around them in the new world. Soma is a very dangerous drug because the government are able to use it to manipulate their citizens and have them feel however they want, soma is obtained way to easy, and it takes away the

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