oma is directly related to the power of the government as well. They encourage the use of this drug. If you feel upset, take a soma. Stressed? Take a soma, and so on. Any little negative emotion is halted by soma. This is part of the utopian concept. In this perfect society everyone must be happy all the time. Soma enables the government to make this possible. It gives them the opportunity to right everyones wrongs. Everybodys happiness is the key to the stability of the society. If everyone is happy, no one will begin to question his or her ways of life. The society described in Brave New World has come to depend upon the advances in technology. It emphasizes society as a whole and plays down the individual. The use and abuse of this new technology by the government, especially soma, has given them complete power. They have created a utopia but at the cost of human spirit....
