A Brave New World Rhetorical Analysis Essay

We’re fascinated by the terrible things character's face and for years now, authors have evaluated and ridiculed the “perfect” society to share their concerns about humanity. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley presents a dystopian, emotionless and controlled world where all individuality is masked by their false understanding of “happiness”. Soma, is their armament against the effects of conflict and the only way to indulge in their inescapable life. True happiness is only possible through the perception and feeling of emotions, soma simply provides a distraction from the truth of a world gone wrong. In fact, it appears the plot, tone and characters from the novel all display examples of soma and the belief that happiness is achieved within.
“And do remember that a gramme is better than a damn” (p.49) - as said by the Assistant Predestinator. Soma is encouraged as it is a method of solving one’s problems without any side effects, therefore it
“Euphoric, narcotic, pleasantly hallucinant” (p.48) is what Mustapha Mond says about soma. The words used to describe the effects has as much domination over one's emotions and thoughts just as much as saying “Take it”. An example of this comes from Linda, she had heard of the “great” effects it has and therefore had taken it to escape from the negative in her life, resulting in her addiction with soma. The quotation "...the warm, the richly coloured, the infinitely friendly world of soma-holiday. How kind, how good-looking, how delightfully amusing every one was!" (p.68) shows another silly way of describing the drug and its effects, saying how great of an impact it has on citizens when in reality it is quite the opposite. The emphasis given and the right words used when mentioning soma, can make such a manipulative tool sound like a