I really like the conversation with the Controller and/or Mustapha Mond about their society. It's just satisfying for them to come out and basically admit to cruelly engineering the world and telling them why. I especially liked in chapter 17 when he said "Christianity without tears -- that's what soma is." The idea of religion being used liked a drug and vice versa is interesting, I've never heard of that. And it confirms a lot of the things we talked about in class regarding the soma and the orgies to have a religious feel to them.
I also noticed that on pg. 246 it says "flowers and a landscape were the only attractions here," when the society is famous for making flowers and landscapes unattractive.
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