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    the invention of the T-Model. The Date in the AWS count from the invention of this first car at January 14th 1914. Another ritual in the AWS’ “Religion” is‚ that the whole community is told to attend solidarity services‚ where twelve members have a soma orgy‚ instead of visiting the church like it is usual in the

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    science. These are all very natural features of people‚ but they were appalled by it. The government in the civilized world warped the brains of its people. Being easy in bed was impressive‚ people who had unorthodox ideas were viewed as troubled‚ and Soma drowned

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    that comes along with having control‚ one which everyone craves. The dominate use of technology to create social stability in Aldous Huxley’s novel‚ Brave New World‚ results in individuals lacking control over their emotions‚ thoughts‚ and bodies. Soma is supplied to society to induce a state of relaxation before sexual intercourse and dying. Sexual intercourse amongst many people is encouraged to avoid emotional attachment. Art has been abandoned in order to maintain bliss and to prevent individual

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    this isn’t normal in this society‚ they talk about Bernard Marx; Henry Foster and his friend talk about Lenina‚ how pneumatic she is; Bernard Marx listens to them and thinks bad about their talking‚ as if Lenina was a bit of meat; the social drug „soma“ is introduced Comments: very long chapter‚ the three scenes are confused described‚ maybe this is an opposite to the societys motto: Stability! The reader can feel‚ that Bernard is important in this book‚ because he is different to the system

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    with great joy Soma- (in Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World ) a narcotic drug which produces euphoria and hallucination‚ distributed by the state in order to promote content and social harmony. Vivacious- Happy and lively in a way it’s attractive Hypnopaedic- principle of sleep teaching Chapter 5: After a game of Obstacle Golf‚ Henry and Lenina fly in a helicopter over a crematorium where phosphorous is collected from burning bodies for fertilizers. They drink coffee with soma before heading off

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    labs through a process call the Bokanovsky Process‚ and where being born from parents is a shame for society. Where conditioning is use for training babies to act and think the way people in society wants them to do. A place where a popular drug call Soma is used to control and keep the society happy and stable‚ and causes principles and morals to disappear or change. Where entertainment is use to convince people of the phrase “everyone belongs to everyone”‚ and becomes a society that is always happy

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    From this quotation‚ it can be seen that methods akin to the caste system mentioned earlier have no resistance put up with them‚ as a result of the citizens being hardwired and brainwashed to blindly accept it. The entire purpose of controlling knowledge and brainwashing everyone in this society is to create a hive mind. A population that thinks together as one. Everyone virtually becomes the same if they know the same information‚ and feel the same about everything. The group becomes one and begins

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    power‚ stripping people’s freedom‚ is not a new idea. What makes Huxley’s interpretation different is the fact that his fictional society not only lives in a totalitarian government‚ but takes an embracive approach like mindless robots. For example‚ Soma‚ not nuclear bombs‚ is the weapon of choice for the World Controllers in Brave New World. The world leaders have realized that fear and intimidation have only limited power; these tactics simply build up resentment in the minds of the oppressed. Subconscious

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    In Brave New World‚ Aldous Huxley expresses that being human is about having the right to be unhappy and striving for greater struggles in life by defining the structures in his world that prevent freedoms. Starting from creation‚ the entire population of this “Brave New World”(139) is groomed to be who society wants them to be. Engineers are groomed to be engineers‚ doctors are groomed to be doctors‚ but the more important aspect of their education is everyone is instilled with the belief that

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    apparent when examining and analyzing soma use. While on the surface‚ it may be confusing to readers as to why everyone is taking it and not batting an eye (other than John) about the consequences however Dr. Shaw offers an explanation saying essentially that the soma causes everyone to be happy and that in turn the society is always happy and positive. I think that Shaw’s explanation combined with the effects of Soma are what clearly make this a Dystopia. The soma is making people emotionless and distant

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