A Brave New World Theme Essay

Huxley uses is novel to present themes to commentate over the many social and political problems during his time. In The Brave New World, there is an overarching theme of and all powerful government and how it controls the people of its nation. This is the commentary this book displays, and it does a good job at doing so. The allegories such as Soma being a dependent, and the overt sexuality show how this government has controlled its people. This could heavily reflect the time period in which this book was written in. The 1930’s was a year of hardships and escape. People needed an out from the impoverished conditions, and becoming more secular helped get through the pain. The over consumerist society, too, could be a reference of the 20’s

It is this that makes him realize just how inhumane this community is. As is in the 30’s where spirituality and sexuality are cast aside for the comfort of themselves. Doing anything they could to ease the pain of the Great Depression.

People died left and right from starvation and violence. They unfortunately had to get used to it because, it was their life.

Soma is the dependent of The Brave New World. This handy little drug is one that makes the citizens think and feel the way the World Controllers want them to. Like in the case of

Fanny where she grew such a dependency that it ruined her forever and it is described as such a great feeling that it’s easy to see why someone would get so attached. “As soon as they got back to the rest-house, she swallowed six half-gramme tablets of Soma, lay on her bed, and within ten

Owen 3 minutes had embarked on a lunar eternity.” This shows the dependency of Soma the government has put upon these poor souls. This is used to relax, make happy, and never for recreational use.

This can reflect the real world of the 30’s where there was an advent of recreational and