One of these standards was that the government wanted everyone to be happy at all times. With pop culture nowadays everyone seems happy, although if someone isn't happy sometimes their escape from reality is through drug use. Brave New World refers to this, except that the drug is called "Soma" which gives the user vivid hallucinations and a feeling of happiness, using this drug they are taken back to happy moments in their life or made up situations. Two of the main characters, Lenina and Bernard, go on a trip to see the savages. When Lenina sees the savages and their land she feels out of place, scared and sad. When he returns from visiting the savages he immediately takes Soma. This is also an example of society's pressure on civilians to make everyone take this drug. Since everyone takes Soma, it is socially accepted and not seen as a