The Journey of Tragedies, Substance Abuse and Illness At times, the worst place one can be is in their own head. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the story was based on the opinion of how Huxley predicted the future was going to turn out. Everyone is living under the World State which is a government who controls the society through their commands as the society seems stable and peaceful where everyone seems happy, but it is a total mess. Sexual reproduction is uncommon as children are created and raised in breeding grounds because the World State wants to limit the population where taught at an early age is to blend in society. Negativity upon yourself causes stress and can bring one’s emotions and self esteem to suffer which can impact
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Life changing, and tragic events can impact one negatively as it can lead them to take substances when one is depressed or stressed out. “When Aldous Huxley was sixteen he was stricken with a disease of the eyes, which left him temporarily blind and permanently disrupted” (Aldous Leonard Huxley par.1). Suffering through a severe problem can influence substance abuse which can seem very satisfying to some to help calm their problems as in this case, Huxley was blind which may have influenced him to take substances. In the 1900’s and today’s age, substance abuse has been used for the same reasons which could have started from peer pressure or stress. Huxley died from cancer which was because he took drugs. Huxley was suffering from problems throughout his life which influenced him such as the blinding incident. In Brave New World, the drug that was being taken was called soma. Soma was legal in society as it prevented people to think and speak freely after taking the drug which the government wanted. However, during Huxley’s time, drugs were popular as there were tragic events such as the war that influenced substance
Life changing, and tragic events can impact one negatively as it can lead them to take substances when one is depressed or stressed out. “When Aldous Huxley was sixteen he was stricken with a disease of the eyes, which left him temporarily blind and permanently disrupted” (Aldous Leonard Huxley par.1). Suffering through a severe problem can influence substance abuse which can seem very satisfying to some to help calm their problems as in this case, Huxley was blind which may have influenced him to take substances. In the 1900’s and today’s age, substance abuse has been used for the same reasons which could have started from peer pressure or stress. Huxley died from cancer which was because he took drugs. Huxley was suffering from problems throughout his life which influenced him such as the blinding incident. In Brave New World, the drug that was being taken was called soma. Soma was legal in society as it prevented people to think and speak freely after taking the drug which the government wanted. However, during Huxley’s time, drugs were popular as there were tragic events such as the war that influenced substance