*What is the climax of this novel?
*What happens?
*How do the events of this novel make you feel?
The climax of this novel is when John, the Mr. Savage, tries to stop the distribution of “soma” to Deltas. “Soma” is a chemical that almost all human beings in the World State takes, no matter what and which status you are in. It makes you happy like drugs. Yes, it is the drug of this world. However, people don’t know that, so they take it whenever they are depressed or feel offended. Not knowing, they get addicted to them, and later cannot live without it. John came from the Savage Reservation, where there is no “soma,” and he had seen his mother suffer from the addict. When he sees the reality of the World State, he is horrified. At the point where John sees the instructor makes Deltas see people dying, distribute them somas so they can feel happy, which later leads to them being happy when a person dies, he couldn’t bare it. He acted like crazy and made everyone shocked. He is later brought to prison for his actions of throwing all the somas away from the instructor’s bag. This makes me feel sad. World leaders and controllers make their people become drug addicts to have control on them. This is not right. It feels like I am seeing our world leaders today, doing anything for power and control. The results of “soma” were horrible by seeing Linda. Just like drug addicts, her life was ruined. John is heroic to try to avoid the same results for other people, by trying to free them from “soma” which never works. John is even sent to jail for his actions, which also tells us the cruelness of the leaders of World State. I am definitely afraid that the future of our world would turn out like this. At the same time, I think the book had described the reality of our leaders of the world today.
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