People within this society don’t develop relationships with other people and therefore have no reason to care about the well-being of others. One example of carelessness for others is when the Director …show more content…
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Huxley establishes the concept of brainwashing throughout the novel through the use of motif. The theme of brainwashing constantly shows up throughout the story with the consumption of “soma” and the use of hypnopaedia in infants. “Soma” is a type of medicine that controls the person's emotions and behavior, and is often used as an escape from society when a person is too stressed. At one point in the novel, chapter 9, Lenina consistently takes soma and eventually enters “soma-holiday” which basically means that she has overdosed. This event is an allusion to the regular use of drugs in the 1930’s society. Another example of brainwashing in this novel is the constant reference to quotes and nursery rhymes and hypnopaedia that they were forced to listened to as children. The main characters throughout the novel, mostly Lenina, consistently cite nursery rhymes that relate to the current situation with the intent of solving the situation. For example, when Bernard starts acting up in chapter 6, Lenina says “a gramme in time saves nine” in order to encourage Bernard to take a soma pill. In chapter 5 there is