The story of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley depicts a utopian society in conflict with stability. People ignore the morals and ethics upheld by their ancestors 600 years ago and, in turn, are demoralized. Babies are born in laboratories, relationships last no longer than “bedtime,” and medicines are provided by the government for citizens' daily use. The drug, "soma", symbolizes the static rapture felt by the dark seeking escape, material religion for those seeking comfort from a supernatural force, the abused aphrodisiac for lovers seeking a good time and the complete technocracy of a government using a controlled substance. dominate the minds of his people. Soma and its uses reveal a crumbling society that uses drugs to escape reality and the struggles of life. All the characters in Huxley's Brave New World use soma, including Lenina, a frequent user of the drug. Lenina goes on a soma journey, “as soon as she returned to the rest home, she swallowed six half-gram tablets of soma, placed on her bed, and in ten minutes embarked for lunar eternity”. Lenina uses her high to escape the horrors she encounters on the reservation. The soma calms her while making her high at the same time. Using soma takes her to “lunar eternity,” placing her in a place of comfort and serenity outside of this world. According to the World Society: “One cubic centimeter cures ten dark feelings”, the main consumption of this medicine is defined as temporary relief from depression. The slogan encourages people to consume this narcotic instead of continuing to be in a dark state. Many characters seek happiness through drugs, believing it will change everything. Soma also becomes a religion. It serves as a substitute... middle of paper... for the crevasse, safe on the solid ground of daily work and distraction. » Soma becomes a tactic used by the government to distract people from reality. If anyone thinks he should be different, by not taking soma, he will be punished. The controllers maintain a society of these with the mind control and psychological manipulation properties of the mind altering substance. The soma and its many distracting uses are all geared towards Huxley's vision of the future through symbolism. Soma is a drug issued by the World Corporation as part of the implementation of an omniscient totalitarian government's plan to dictate to citizens through the absolute ideology that God has no need and that sex is tremendous. Through this mental control, removing suffering, therefore the need for a higher being to seek help, the government can and will have full access to the minds and decisions of its citizens..