"And yet, bottled as she was, and in spite of that second gramme of soma, Lenina did not forget to take all the contraceptive precautions prescribed by the regulations."
- Page 77
Soma has been referred too many times throughout the novel. Huxley has yet to tell the reader what this substance is though. Everyone seems to like soma, except Bernard Marx. I can not tell if it is a liquid or food or a pill or some other type of medicine. By context it seems to be some type of drug, but if it is, people are not afraid to take it in front of others. It was being served with meals and offered out to people as if it were a common thing. Also on page seventy-seven, it reads, "that second dose of soma had raised a quite impenetrable wall between the actual universe and their minds." That is another reason why I think it is a drug, because it seems to be causing a high. The drug seems to make Lenina, and the others who take it, to be happier. The author tells us that soma is taken in so regularly that Lenina doesn't even have to think about it. Since it has been mentioned so frequently, but has yet to be explained, I think soma will come up again throughout the novel, and will probably have a greater significance.
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