Family Life Is A Utopia

Even though the idea of complete equality is appealing, it is individualism that makes life interesting. Everything that makes a person unique would cease to exist. Robert Owen created the first American Utopia in 1825 called “the New Harmony Community” along the Wabash River in western Indiana. The residents

Utopia, according to Google, is defined as an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. The biggest concept to understand as a person analyzing literature is that a utopia cannot ever exist, there is always going to be flaws and they will often be destructive. In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley uses the utopian society archetype to show that the citizens give up their identity and give into conformity. Through this, Huxley reveals that in any society we assimilate to the social norm of society to be happy, thus compromising our identity for happiness.

Utopia would be a place where everyone cared and loved for each other. For example, no one would judge nor criticize another person. No one would fight over different things, thus the prevention of war. One would never feel threatened in their acts if nobody hated them for it.

To me a utopia cannot be achieved, a utopia would be “perfect world” where everyone is satisfied. A dystopia can be very far from perfect, as it is in The Giver. The world in The Giver by Lois Lowry is a dystopia because no world anywhere can ever be perfect, the people who live there will never be truly happy and because without choice life can be very boring, as it is in The Giver.

A person’s image of utopia varies depending on their individual life experiences and the expectations of the society in which they live; utopia could be described as an ideal place where equality, comfort, safety, compassion, and freedom are important qualities. In Sir Thomas More’s Utopia, the elimination of property and money has all citizens working for the commonwealth and it is “where every man has a right to everything, they all know that if care is taken to keep the public stores full, no private man can want anything; for among them there is no unequal distribution so that no man is poor, none in necessity; and though no man has anything, yet they are all rich” (More 81). More’s Utopia also encourages a balance of power

Parity of basic needs, elimination of poverty, and balance of power within society are features of Utopia. However, current culture may find the manipulation of the individual for the good of the commonwealth and the indifferent attitude towards women to be dystopic features of Utopia that hinder it from being an idyllic place.

According to Merriam-Webster, Utopia is an imaginary place where laws and social positions are perfect. William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954 and shows that anyone who decides to be a leader must be fair or their society will fail. Through the novel, it is shown that a true Utopian society can not exist because names are forgotten, corruption occurs after creation, and you can get lost in thoughts and dreams.

“An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect,” is the definition you’d read if you searched up the word, “utopia.” Humans strive to achieve perfection- the perfect grade, a perfect family, having a perfect life, being the perfect person- to be flawless. We as humans, typically desire for what we don't have. After all, our world is not perfect at all. We face hardships, anxieties, pain, and much more.

All people must be as same as possible and their differences are not cherished. For instance, the Giver explains to Jonas that scientists genetically modify people so that the entire community looks generally similar (Lowry 94) which is wrong because it diminishes the possibility of diversity, which is very important to the culture of a society and its development. Moreover, as Chief Elder explains about the Elevens at the ceremony, “You Elevens have spent all your years till now learning to fit in, to standardize your behavior, to curb any impulse that might set you apart from the group” (Lowry 51). Individuality is not treasured, but instead, they are chastised for not being able to fit in. Furthermore, as explained when Lily pointed out a difference in Gabriel, “No one mentioned such things; it was not a rule, but was considered rude to call attention to things that were unsettling or different about individuals” (Lowry 20). To ensure that differences are not called to attention, society makes noticing differences a faux pas. This unspoken “rule” shows that the community values the opposite of diversity, it values the Sameness it has established. In a utopia, originality should be respected and treasured; every person should not be the same. In spite of that, the supposed “utopia” that The Giver describes does not appreciate uniqueness, which shows that the

The idea of a ‘Utopia’ is captivating to many people. Utopia is defined as a “perfect society”, where there exist no flaws between relationships, economic standards, political standards, and more. Many stories feature caricatures of utopias, such as Harrison Bergeron.

The struggle and debate for and about utopias has been going on for thousands of years. In the classic book, Brave New World, the author, Aldous Huxley, explores the aspects of happiness and stability through creating a utopia of his own. Of course, the civilization that he writes about is imperfect in many ways and the story follows an outcast in the society. In the book, Huxley shows us that true universal happiness is unattainable because to live a happy and fulfilled life with a true emotional range of feelings, essentially what it means to be human, people need to have freedom and thought. But in order to have a utopia with never ending happiness, people need stability and control. This makes a utopia an impossible

Each person has their own vision of utopia. Utopia means an ideal state, a paradise, a land of enchantment. It has been a central part of the history of ideas in Western Civilization. Philosophers and writers continue to imagine and conceive plans for an ideal state even today. They use models of ideal government to express their ideas on contemporary issues and political conditions. Man has never of comparing the real and ideal, actuality and dream, and the stark facts of human condition and hypothetical versions of optimum life and government.

Every utopia needs a government that is in complete and utter control of the people. Control is power in our government, and if you have control everything runs ever smoothly.

For generations, the topic of “utopia” has been discussed. Most commonly we are reminded of a perfect place that cannot exist when we hear the term. What would be your perfect place? What would be your Utopia? In this paper, when we refer to utopia, we will be considering a self-sufficient society that is morally perfect, helping each and every member of the population to be the best person he or she can be. There will be no poverty, no war and no hate. The people of our utopia will be happy with their lives, not just content. No one citizen would be of greater power or importance than another. Everyone contributes and everyone helps their neighbors. According to Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, “utopia” is defined as “an imaginary and indefinitely remote place as well as an impractical scheme for social improvement.” Society tends to disagree regarding “utopia” with two common stances. The first being that the place Utopia does not currently and will never exist; therefore, it is a waste of time to discuss this imaginary topic. The other side to the discussion is that if we discuss a topic such as this, we can model our actions and set our goals on a path to obtaining a more ideal society. In the book Utopia, written by Thomas More, the author makes note of utopia being a subject best left for amusement among friends and discussions between kings and their advisors. In this paper, we will look at the benefits of our society’s leaders discussing how we may achieve a perfect utopia. We will also consider the benefits of the general population engaging in meaningful discussions regarding the topic. Lastly, we will touch on why it is necessary for both the leaders of society and the general populous to discuss these topics together in order to make the most advances towards our goal, if our goal was to make a society closer to that of Utopia.

Each citizen of Utopia should value total and complete equality above all else. Total and complete equality encompasses social matters and governmental matters; no individual is above another in any capacity. This also applies to dealings with the structure of government: the needs of the individual are equal to the needs of the government because the government is the people. This is achieved through the elimination of social hierarchy. Man cannot think of himself as better than his peers if they are equal parts of a whole.