In Brave New World, the people in the society take soma. Soma is their distraction from the real world and problems. They were always told to just take some soma! It stopped them from all the bad. Spark notes describe it as, ““A gram is better than a damn.” When they experience strong negative emotions, citizens take a soma “holiday” to distract them from the unpleasant feelings. John sees soma as a tool of social control.” It hides them from their issues and emotions. Nowadays for many girls, guys are the new soma. Being with multiple people is the distraction. Girls use having guys as distractions from the pain of missing a first love, facing difficult realities, and fulfilling their need for male validation. In the book, they just sleep around and have no…show more content… I was just so hurt and couldn't think of anything better to do. Now I have figured out that I can better spend my time working on myself to be the best person I can be, which includes loving myself. In that, I found God again. My soma was in guys rather than in God. In the catechism, it says, “This humble awareness before the Lord should awaken our preferential love for him and lead us resolutely to offer him our heart to be purified. Therein lies the battle, the choice of which master to serve.” Meaning giving my time for unimportant things that will only bring the worst or going to God and working to better myself. All these distractions can be solved by turning to God. No guy or person or thing can work as the soma in our lives. It can't make us forget. As the catechism said, “It is not in our power not to feel or to forget an offense, but the heart that offers itself to the Holy Spirit turns injury into compassion and purifies the memory in transforming the hurt into intercession.” Instead of having a distraction such as a guy, being in union with God will get rid of those distractions and actually help you get through even life
