Brave New World 2

How do the individuals feel about their society?
As a whole, this society seems to be filled with very happy people, but I wonder how many individuals feel the same as Bernard? Bernard is an obvious exception within his class, but he is still superior to other people in that society. It is possible that many lesser individuals in the Onestate feel as if they have been cheated of a better opportunity at life. This I prevented by the Onestate by one of their hypnotic messages that says "Every one works for every one else." It is possible that a member of a lesser class to realize that his life is not a good as the lives of those above you. One could realize that this message is false, and, therefore, the Onestate is false.

How close are we to this society?
I believe that we are closer than we would like to believe. The religious reverence of technology that is iconic of the Onestate is similar to our love of social electronics that we have today. We also have similar mentalities about drugs to make our lives better. These ideas might not be to the extremity of soma, but we do have a large variety of pills and other medications that make our lives better. We also have marijuana, which is currently illegal but will probably be legalized in the next few years, that has a similar euphoric yet suppressing effect. This drug is also considered to be fine to smoke, which is similar to the idea that " a gram is better than a damn."

How does the Onestate deal with nonconformists?
This question is clearly addressed in 1984. It is very clear how they deal with people who don't buy into their system. This situation is obviously not a huge problem in the Onestate, but the fact there is a person who does not believe that the Onetate is good. This presets a threa to the Onestate that they should have a system to deal with. "don't you want to be happy in your own way?". This question threatens everything the Onestate is supported by.