First, looking at September of 2001 we can see many places where reality and fiction run parallel. Prior to the events, we resembled the citizens of the “brave new world”. We were ignorant of our surroundings. Just as they were conditioned to see their world as the ideal place, we had given ourselves the false hope that everything was fine in ours. Life was good. What could go wrong? The cold war had ended ten years before and other national security threats were not seen as of se

vere importance. There were no domestic worries and a strong economy fueled the emotional state of the nation. September,11th served as the wakeup call showing that we were not living the utopian style life that it seemed. Just as it took an outsider in John to see the problems in Brave New World, it took a tremendously tragic event to see the wrongs in our own lives.

The use of Soma by the entire society is similar to today’s debate on legalizing drugs. Some argue that legalizing drugs will stop the use by addicts and youth. While this may sound like an acceptable plan to some look no further than the citizens in Brave New World for examples. They cannot live without their Soma rations. Drugs have become such a part of their lives that the drugs replace negative emotion. Bad days never exist on Soma. Lenina Crowne proves this then she is being lectured at the gate to the Savage Reservation and does not wish to endure the boredom anymore. Huxley describes the effects of the pill: “with the result that she could now sit, serenely not listening, thinking of nothing at all.” Who says that with legalized drugs like marijuana or LSD someone would not want an escape from reality. It would be the perfect escape.

Drug abuse has been a problem for thousands of years. It is no different between the state sponsored addiction in Brave New World and today’s illegal abuses. Both provide and escape from the happenings of the real world for the user. While Soma is clearly a drug it is not seen as one. The group mindset portrayed it as something essential to everyday life. Interestingly, this

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