Artificial Happiness In Brave New World

The theme in the Brave New World revolves around attaining total happiness, rather artificial happiness and a sense of fulfillment by the state for its people. This is achieved through three different techniques, the first one being biological and psychological conditioning, the second one is through promiscuous sex and the ultimate one by the use of a drug called soma, which can affect people around the world without any side effects. In today’s society with rising tension, ever increasing cases of mind-related impairment, and regular use of banned drugs looks like that today almost every person, young or adult is in search of some distraction, any distraction, even if it is a drug like soma. Soma is the reason that today’s society functions.
Lenina and Bernard visit the Savage Reservation, where Lenina finds the materialistic sources lacking for "progress." Hypnopaedic phrases create the illusion of living in a never-ending advancing society. Since childhood, we are made to believe, almost as 'sleep-learning' that being happy, at whatever cost should be our ultimate motive, our achievement. Any kind of negative feelings at any point in our life is not welcome, and one should do everything and anything to avoid them. The irony is that Bernard is the one who is responsible for these hypnopaedic phrases, but when he tries to escape its reasoning, he is cornered by people around him who take it literally. This reflects some of the basic principles of today’s society, the use of soma to control negative feelings, the identification of happiness as the ultimate goal, however short-lived it might be, the caste system and the use of conditioning to create dedicated employees who are always happy and love their job, the importance of localization than the universe as a whole, and the development of technology and science for the foundations of the good life prevalent in a big way in the present society as well. It also suggests that in society, people take soma seriously, and are never
There are protagonists aplenty in this world, who try to convince others that unhappiness or discontentment is the root of all evil, all problems our society is facing today and that the one and the only solution is 'happiness', utter bliss, not even a trace of discomfort or discontent should exist. Even religion is not spared. In today's society, the human race is neither scared nor reluctant to take refuge in religion and use it for its own selfish means. The drug soma has been compared to a medicine referred to in ancient Hindu mythology. The aforementioned drug is a distorted version of 'amrit' mentioned in Hindu mythology, which is capable of curing any disease and is supposed to give one immortality. Instead of being used in formal religious ceremonies, it is used whenever a slightly unpleasant emotion appears. Whether it is soma or any other drug, they are used nowadays in our society as a source to create an artificial world, a make-believe atmosphere, an oasis of never-ending happiness, a pool of contentment driven by luxury, sex and anything materialistic. Anything negative, any hindrance to happiness is simply blackened out and blurred from one's vision. Soma, in reality, is little more than a narcotic drug used by the people, a tool for 'escapism', overdependence on it can