In America today and the futures "New World", human beings use mind altering drugs for many of the same purposes primarily to try to escape the reality of the world. In America drugs are used everyday to stimulate the mind and to escape the real world. In Brave New World ,drugs are particularly some used as an everyday relaxant to control hostility and to make people feel better. In Brave New World ,the entire society revolves around the use of soma and its use is encouraged due to the belief that society would not function correctly without the drug.

New World and America on the use of mind altering drugs is also very distinguished. In American culture today nearly everyone that is on drugs becomes addicted, addiction is a serious problem because the people that are on the drugs don't help society and hurt themselves as well. As a result, drug usage is discouraged. Today it is illegal to use or have any drug of this type in your possession. The consequences can also be as severe as jail time and costly fines, depending on the type and amount of drug involved. The type of drug and the amount depend on the severity of the punishment. In Brave New World, it is a completely opposite situation. In the novel, Bernard states to the Savage:

For he was masticating a piece of Benito Hoover's

"The days Soma ration," Bernard answered rather indistinctly;

This passage states how they give it to the workers to help them have an easy night, to keep them occupied, and to help keep them satisfied. The drug Soma is somewhat of a antidepressant that alters how your brain views the state of your body and the world around you.

The social acceptability of sexual intercourse in both worlds is the same in some aspects and inverse in some entities. They both have the same general feelings toward sex because both civilizations find sexual intercourse very enjoyable. Both worlds used birth control. In Brave New World, they used a Malthusian Belt and drills for birth control while in America, we use many different kinds of con

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