1) What would happen if the World State's supply of Soma ran out?
If the World State's supply of Soma ran out, society would go into chaos. Soma is the driving force of the society and is what allows the World State to control society. If Soma ran out, people would begin to realize the issues in society and overpower the World State. The loss of Soma would be the end of the World State, yet would be good for the people in its society. It would be hard for the people at first though because Soma is extremely addictive and they would all suffer from withdrawal.
2) Why is John the only person to pick up on the issues of society in the World State?
John is the only person to realize all of the problems in the World State because everyone else is brainwashed by both the Soma and how they were programmed. John attempts to explain to people the problems in their society but they are too brainwashed to understand. My only point is that you would think at least one other person besides John would be thinking clear enough to realize the drastic issues. You would think that there are some people that surpassed the system and were never brainwashed, but it seems that the World State brainwashed most everyone that they could.
3) Why do people in the World State not understand Shakespeare?
People in the World State don't understand the meaning of Shakespeare because they were programmed that way. The people in this society were programmed to not feel love or compassion, but only lust. Because of this reason, the people don't understand how people could take such drastic measures in the persuit of love, since they don't know what love is. All of the people laugh at Shakespeare and view it as a joke rather than compassionate love stories. This shows how shallow the society of the World State is.
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