Part one of term paper
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley takes a look at human obsessions with pleasure. In the society in the book, there are several quick and easy ways of feeling good. First of all, there is a soma, a readily available drug used to escape from reality for a few hours or a few days. The “feelies” are a common form of entertainment. The au ...

Part two of term paper
... own soma nowadays, whether it be called advertising, television, consumerism, and the gods of efficiency, materialism, and self interests, all these things seem much more at ease with one another and a lot easier to come by. Huxley’s idea is to make his new world not overtly oppressive, but superficially attractive, because it is clean, comfortable, and without conflict or stress. However, it is a world without emotion, feelings, and problems. All these things are needed in order to make a p ...