Chapter 11 Brave New World; Thoughts so far...............

"Drying her eyes, Lenina walked across the roof to the lift. On her way down to the twenty-seventh floor she pulled out her soma bottle. One gramme, she decided, would not be enough; hers had been more than a one-gramme affliction. But if she took two grammes, she ran the risk of not waking up in time to-morrow morning. She compromised and, into her cupped left palm, shoot out three half-gramme tablets" page 171.

Personally, I have absolutely no idea what soma is, but these people are all sickly addicted to it. The drug seems to be a way of escaping the world's problems. The Director, how I see it at least, created this place to be a perfect world, but obviously, these people cannot handle life's problems on their own. They turn to drugs. At least, I think that soma is a drug... But seriously, what kind of world is this?! As a society, we are taught to confront our problems because that's the only way they're going to go away. If we stay home to "fake sick" for an exam that we don't want to study for, we're going to have to go to school later and take the much dreaded test. We just cannot escape from our problems. They're simply inevitable. Okay, so many people turn to drugs, alcohol, and even food to not think about pain, but they're going to have to face the world eventually. Why do these people like soma so much? It's kind of dumb. It may ease the pain for a little bit, but the problems in life are still going to arise. People in this book, and society in general, need to stop running from their problems and go out into the world and seek what they're looking for in life, whether it be love, happiness, or whatever. Personally, I think that we are all capable of achieving our dreams, but maybe that's just my inner Disney fanatic that's shining through. Whatever the case, Lenina CAN get John. And John likes her! I just wish that they all could see just how perfect life could be. They need to take off their blindfolds and open their eyes to what's in front of them. Personally, the entire world needs to do this as well because God has blessed us with so much. We just have to open our eyes and enjoy all that life has in store.