How Would Utopus Create A Dystopian Society

A utopia is a place of ideal perfection. However, according to the Merriam-Webster, it is also an impractical scheme for social improvement. Though dating back to the earliest days of U.S. history, utopian communities became a part of American thought by the 1840s. Various groups that were struggling because of urbanization and industrialization, challenged the traditional norms of American society with a desire to create a world without capitalism, immigration, and the tension between communities. However, these attempts failed due to individualism, materialism, the lack of growth, and little balance.

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.

One of the main points More focuses on in Utopia is the kings powers and how he uses them. Kings have the ability to make war, but More questions why anyone would want to go to war in the first place by saying "I don't see how it can be in the public interest to prepare for war, which you needn't have unless you want to, by maintaining innumerable disturbers of the

The world that the narrator imagines is uniquely utopian because it is not static. It is constantly trying to improve itself. Before discussion of how Utopia constantly improves itself, it is interesting to note that this statement implies that this Utopia is not perfect. This is acknowledged near the beginning of the book when the two men meet a traveler who questions the establishment and would rather there be buildings. He says; "[Buildings are] a mere rash. Why should we men play the part of bacteria upon the face of our Mother?"(116). Still this he is not separate from civilization, as he makes, "some considerable way above the minimum wage" (117). This man’s protest of the establishment is the first hint that this new world does not claim to be perfect. In fact, later in the novel, the Voice admits that "There is no perfection, there is no enduring treasure"

The word utopia originates from Sir Thomas More’s novel of the same name, Utopia. Sir Thomas More created the term as an intentional homophone of the word “eutopia”, which is a Greek word meaning “good place”. (Sterling, 2015) “Utopia”, on the other hand, means “no place”, which implies either an impossibility of existence or the results of attempting to bring about such existence. The reasons why a utopia is so destructive to societies are that each person has their own vision of perfection and it is impossible to make everyone agree; if everyone made their own utopias there would be conflict between their objectives. Also, human nature is flawed and cannot accommodate perfection.

To begin, the town of Pleasantville represents a utopian society because it achieves equality. Pleasantville exceeds equality by treating everyone the same and making no one better than anyone else. Everyone in Pleasantville is the same color and can all do the same thing as everyone else. There is no such thing of being homeless or having more money as someone else. By having everyone in Pleasantville being able to do the same thing and live the same way it achieves an equal society. However when things start to change in

A person’s perception of Utopia varies depending on their life experiences and what they hope to expect of the society in which they live. It's an ideal place where equality, serenity, protection, and freedom are essential qualities.

In a dystopian timeline the UT Vols have had two consecutive no win seasons and the town of Knoxville, TN is completely abandoned. Over time the city begins to feel the effect of weather, decay, and bioturbation. It isn’t until 500 years after evacuation that archaeologists return to the city to study the lives of the people who once lived there. During an excavation these professionals find two plastic bins filled with artifacts. Their goal now is to understand what the purpose and function of these artifacts are and what they can tell about the people who owned them. However, due to the nature of time passing, changes have occured in these items and others have been completely removed from the archaeological record. These occurrences will

Although there are many differences in the way a utopia is achieved and ultimately the way it falls apart, the peace and harmony desired for a utopia is the same.

The concept of utopia is one which has many differing connotations and is therefore also one which cannot be confined to one interpretation alone. The term is commonly used to represent a community or society that, in theory, possesses highly desirable or near-‘perfect’ qualities; however, these encompassing ideals, which arguably place emphasis on egalitarian principles of equality, are implemented in a number of ways and are subsequently based on varying ideologies, thus insisting on varying views of morality. The word itself, which was first coined by Sir Thomas More in the early sixteenth century and used to describe a fictional island society in the Atlantic Ocean, was taken from the Greek οὐ (‘not’) and τόπος (‘place’), literally translating

The Utopians live in a society that is free from the grips of money and hoarding, one that is as close to perfect as one can feasibly imagine. It is a world where people get along together in harmony, with “nothing private anywhere” (More 231). The only have gardening competitions, and even their gardens are not permanent, dying with each passing year. They “change houses by lot” every ten years to keep people from hoarding earthly goods, and by doing this create a society where not only does everyone contribute, and everyone also communicates and relates to those around them (More 231). This happens in large part, according to More, because of “communal living and their moneyless economy” (More 269). Through this revolutionary and ideal living, they create a place where there is no bribery because there is no money, with

Utopia occupies a crescent-shaped island that curves in on itself, enclosing a large bay and protecting it from the ocean and wind. The

     In Book II of Utopia, Raphael Hythloday, a traveler who visited Utopia, describes the geography of the island. He states, “The channels are known only to the Utopians, so hardly any strangers enter the bay” (31). This isolation has been a success for the inhabitants of Utopia

Another thing I would like to mention in this letter is that these people have little to no fortitude. In times of trouble, they try to avoid war and violence. If they can not, then they would hire mercenary arms to fight for them. The only reason why I mention that they have some fortitude is that they would only fight during times of absolute trouble when all other options are gone, and if that time does come, they will be ready because they train. However, even in battle, the Utopians say that they try to avoid killing as many men as possible. They would instead capture them as

Just like the first theory of Utopia being a communist country, the socialism theory also mentions the Utopian attitude of common wealth. The Utopian position is believed to be founded upon the distrust of mankind. How can this manmade island be perfect when its residents can’t trust its own race? How do they deal with outsiders and population problems? Well the answer to the population problem they just send people away to other states that need more people or family members that have one too many, these actions seem worse than their ideals of common wealth, anyway I digress these will be mentioned later on. The Utopians even frown upon private activities like eating, reading philosophy, and taking a vacation are discouraged. Privacy in a way is scary to them because once someone has it there could be no telling what he or she