Quote from Brave New World August 2, 2010 Page 223

"The optimum population," said Mustapha Mond, "is modelled on the iceberg-eight-ninths below the water line, one-ninth above."
-Brave New World Page 223
Mustapha Mond explains the way that the society is shaped to the Savage. There can only be a very small percentage of Alphas in the whole population. There can only be a small percentage of Alphas because they share the closest resemblance to a free-thinker. They are conditioned and sleep taught, but not as severely as the rest of society. A large group of free-thinkers would become aware of their own oppression and stir up the masses in a revolution against the ruling powers. The government attempts to avoid these situations at all costs by creating a smaller amount of Alphas.
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Quote from Brave New World August 1, 2010 Page 179

"Bernard's other victim-friend was Helmholtz. When, discomfited, he came and asked once more for the friendship which, in his prosperity, he had not thought it worth his while to preserve. Helmholtz gave it; and gave it without reproach..."
-Brave New World Page 179
Bernard begins to envy Helmholtz for some of his whole-hearted characteristics. Even after Bernard abandoned Helmholtz for his new found friends, Helmholtz held no hard feelings against Bernard after Bernard came moping back from his vanity. Bernard is in a sort of awe for Helmholtz's forgiveness. He feels that Helmholtz should be angry with him, and is shocked that he is not. Helmholtz seems to deny the human trait of revenge, and Bernard is jealous of his denial.

Quote From Brave New World July 31, 2010 Page 178

"The golden T lay shining on Lenina's bosom. Sportively the Arch-Community-Songster caught hold of it, sportively he pulled, pulled. 'I think,' said Lenina suddenly, breaking a long silence, 'I'd better take a couple of grammes of soma."
-Brave New World, page 178
This quote illustrates the use of drugs in future society to avoid stressful situations. The drug soma is virtually a cop-out to having to deal with real emotions and the stresses of everyday life. Presently, all human beings are put in stressful situations. Drugs and alcohol are two different methods of dealing with the stresses, but people who use these methods excessively are looked down upon. In the future, using drugs to alleviate stress is commonplace and preached.
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