The Pleasure Drug in the Brave New World that is Only a Quick Fix: Soma In the Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, most of the characters including Linda, Lenina, and even Bernard consume the perfect pleasure drug named soma to overlook their problems. This one-dimensional wonder drug has no real value and only temporarily disregards an unwanted feeling so that the character is not forced to confront the problem at that time. The drug …showed first 75 words of 1794 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1794 total…forced upon them by authorities). Whether the final consequence of taking soma is believed to be negative or not depends solely on the opinion of its consumer. Whether the drug will have positive or negative effect in the future does not change the fact the drug, soma, used in the Brave New World, has minute positive value and only gives the consumer a synthetic high that allows them to bypass any negative or frustrating circumstance.