"Lenina felt herself entitled, after this day of queerness and horror, to a complete and absolute holiday. As soon as they got back to they got back to the rest-house, she swallowed six half-gramme tablets of soma, lay down on her bed, and within ten minutes had embarked for lunar eternity. It would be eighteen hours at the least before she was in time again" (Huxley 140).
In arguing on both sides of how scientific and technological advancement benefits humanity is demonstrated when Lenina and Bernard returned from the reservation in New Mexico Lenina, felt disturbed from her day there and decided to take a large amount of soma to get away from the horrifying day she had. The positive side to using soma is that it will allow someone to retreat from any stressful things happening in their lives and depending on how much of it a person takes they can away from their problems for hours on end. The negative side to using soma is that once someone starts taking the drug to get away from their problems it makes them completely dependent on it to use to get away from any stress or problems a person may be experiencing in their life instead of actually dealing with their problems or stress head on.
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