https://padlet.com/tejmurudkar22/TejAakashIbrahimSoma What is soma short for? What role has it played thus far in the text? en-us 2019-02-04 13:31:48 UTC 2019-02-25 14:04:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/tejmurudkar22/TejAakashIbrahimSoma/wish/327281849 Soma is a “safe” hallucinogenic drug used to control the people of the Brave New World as part of their weekly paycheck it is also used by the government to help control the population of the Brave New World.  It sedates clams,and most importantly distracts a person from realizing that there's actually something wrong, that the citizens of the World State are being controlled and stabilized ]]> 2019-02-04 13:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tejmurudkar22/TejAakashIbrahimSoma/wish/327281849 https://padlet.com/tejmurudkar22/TejAakashIbrahimSoma/wish/327281903 Soma plays the role of stabilizing the attitude of society to be happier, this shows that the government has not done a good job in keeping their citizens happy so, they have to distribute a drug to satisfy the citizens. We have seen so far that the citizens can not live without soma for long periods of time, this shows that the society uses soma to counter the reality of society. There is a catchphrase, by Alduous Huxley, "A gramme is better than a damn." This phrase represents the anger and stress of the people, by saying damn, and then showing that a gramme of soma is just better to take. ]]> 2019-02-04 13:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tejmurudkar22/TejAakashIbrahimSoma/wish/327281903 tejmurudkar22 https://padlet.com/tejmurudkar22/TejAakashIbrahimSoma/wish/327282582 Soma is short for psychosomatic. Psychosomatic is an adjective used to describe a physical or mental illness caused or aggravated by a mental factor, usually this will be the stress of life. The entire point of soma is to get rid of these psychosomatic illnesses. Soma is used to make people happy. It helps keep social stability by eliminating stress, pain, sadness, and making everyone feel more similar and connected. ]]> 2019-02-04 13:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tejmurudkar22/TejAakashIbrahimSoma/wish/327282582 tejmurudkar22 https://padlet.com/tejmurudkar22/TejAakashIbrahimSoma/wish/327289406 2019-02-04 13:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tejmurudkar22/TejAakashIbrahimSoma/wish/327289406 tejmurudkar22 https://padlet.com/tejmurudkar22/TejAakashIbrahimSoma/wish/327295419 2019-02-04 14:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tejmurudkar22/TejAakashIbrahimSoma/wish/327295419 https://padlet.com/tejmurudkar22/TejAakashIbrahimSoma/wish/327744877 With soma, Huxley was trying to show one more way that the government in this society is controlling the people. Huxley's intentions are to give the reader a situation they can relate to in their society. Soma can represent many things including anti-depressants, alcohol and even coffee. By showing how reliant the people in the Brave New World Society are on soma, Huxley hints how our future may become. The government in this society is keeping social stability by keeping everyone happy at all ages and through any types of stress. ]]> 2019-02-05 13:30:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tejmurudkar22/TejAakashIbrahimSoma/wish/327744877