Modern Society vs. Brave New World

The novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley has many comparisions to the modern society of America. To start with one could compare the use of soma to that of an anti-depression or even modern illegal drugs. As the characters in the novel would use the ration they were given to help soothe them and/or take them away to another world mentally many people in America find the use of such drugs as Zoloft and Xanax to help soothe anxiety or depression. The use though of soma for such occasions as the church orgranized orgy could also be a comparison to ecstasy at a rave. Another similarity between the book and our world is that of cloning. As cloning has become a topic for argument in today's society, in Brave New World the use of "test-tube babies" and the splitting of the embryo could be compared to cloning. One last comparison between the two is that of the use of hypnopedia. As this method is not used to teach children the ways of life in today's society, one could compare the use of the media and propaganda to that. Typically children believe what they hear, and when they hear it over and over again, it becomes a way of thinking.