How is Bernard's abnormality removed to have happened?

How is Bernard's abnormality removed to have happened?

• A. By participating in a dangerous sport
• B. By taking more soma to suppress emotions
• C. By receiving therapy from the Controller
• D. By avoiding soma and staying consistently sunny

Answer: (D)

In Brave New World, what keeps people feeling “normal” is a combination of conditioning and the drug soma. Bernard’s sense of abnormality comes from not fully fitting the conditioned happiness everyone else exhibits. The way it’s resolved is by rejecting reliance on soma and maintaining a consistently sunny demeanor, which aligns him with the social script and makes his behavior read as normal rather than deviant. So, avoiding soma and staying upbeat matches how the society enforces conformity and suppresses discontent without chemical masking. The other options miss this emphasis on conditioning and mood management: more soma would simply suppress feelings further, a dangerous sport doesn’t address the social conditioning, and therapy from the Controller isn’t part of the story’s approach to individual normalization.

In Brave New World, what keeps people feeling “normal” is a combination of conditioning and the drug soma. Bernard’s sense of abnormality comes from not fully fitting the conditioned happiness everyone else exhibits. The way it’s resolved is by rejecting reliance on soma and maintaining a consistently sunny demeanor, which aligns him with the social script and makes his behavior read as normal rather than deviant. So, avoiding soma and staying upbeat matches how the society enforces conformity and suppresses discontent without chemical masking. The other options miss this emphasis on conditioning and mood management: more soma would simply suppress feelings further, a dangerous sport doesn’t address the social conditioning, and therapy from the Controller isn’t part of the story’s approach to individual normalization.