" He was ashamed of his jealously and alternately made efforts of will and took soma to keep himself from feeling it. But the efforts were not very successful..." (Huxley 166).
Today's society has the people who take medication, drugs, etc., to overcome anything they do not like to feel.
Jealously, anxiety, feeling of ashamed or not being the same we believe medication can help overcome those.
It’s been a journey since to accept that my brain is wired differently than most and that it needs a little help. I’ve experienced shame along the way—a little from others and a lot from myself...medication can be a gift, a true lifesaver" (twloha.com).
This outside source tells a story of a little girl, Allie (18) who felt different from the world creating depression and how she took medication to not feel.
This show that the world today gets rid of their unwanted feeling by gateway drugs which only can make things worse.
" Whore! Damned Whore!" (Huxley 177).
Today in society we express our feelings through words. This is not always the best thing to do because we can truthfully hurt people and you won't forget the words they said to you.
"I mean, if you degrade someone, you isolate them, you control them, you call them names, you demean them. That's a horrible existence for people" (Phil McGraw).
The words that hurt people and degrade them are not only pointed at the, but to the person who is hurting others. They are only as hurt, angry or sad as they make others feel this way.