"As soon as they got back to the rest-house, she swallowed six half-gramme tablets of soma" (Huxely 170).
In the Brave New World the nature of their consumer culture is so dependent upon their beloved drug, soma. This has the benefit of this is that the people are always happy. Making life easier for those of the people that need more breaks. This drug culture gives the society a stronger backbone for people who do not have much willpower. In contrast, in the real world we all have our own outlets in life giving us a certain feeling of how when life is tough we can have our own personal way of leaning on something to make us feel better, but in the Brave New World everyone has the same exact outlets. This proves useful in ensuring the happiness of the people. On the other hand, this makes it less gratifying to make it through tough times in your life. This deducts the meaning of life into a drug.
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