Utopias and Dystopias are fictional places that have been written about extensively since the era of Thomas More and his work‚ “Utopia”. What makes a utopia? It is an imaginary place‚ or a place of “nowhere” as Thomas More puts it‚ a perfect place. Lyman Tower Sargent worked to define Utopia to establish a universal understanding of it‚ he was considered the first utopian scholar. He establishes the framework by discussing the three faces of Utopia‚ social contrivance‚ communitarians and utopian
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Anderson Speech and Debate 04/02/2013 Utopia VS Dystopia A utopia is an imagined place or state of being in which everything is perfect. Opposite to that is a dystopia which is an imagined place or state of being in which everything is unplesant. The first time that a utopia was invented was in 1516 in the book Utopia by Sir Thomas Moore. Two present day examples would be an Omish Community‚ because of the set rules that everyone must follow to make the society perfect‚ and Heaven‚ which is
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A dystopia is an imagined world in which everything is unpleasant‚ which is typically an environmentally degraded society. Divergent‚ is a movie based off of the novel series Divergent which was published in 2012. The setting of the movie is based in Chicago at an unknown future date‚ and the main characters are Tris and Four. This movie is an example of a dystopia because the events are not real‚ and it is in an environmentally degraded society‚ where everyone believes that there was a war that
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is a Dystopia? The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ was written in 1993 and inspired by her father who had lost all of his memory. She wondered what it would be like if there were no memories or feelings. The Giver is about a 12 year-old boy named Jonas who lives in a utopian society where everything is perfect. In the book Jonas is chosen to be the Receiver of Memory. Once Jonas was chosen as the Receiver of Memory he started to wonder whether his community is a utopia “A perfect society‚” or dystopia‚“An imperfect
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In the novel The Giver‚ Their community is represented as a Dystopia because‚ Everything is controlled. In a Utopia everything is not controlled and is perfect. There are many reasons why his community could be a dystopia. I have three reasons why Jonas’s community is a dystopia. So‚ Just how much it is controlled‚ Everyone is restricted and supposed to do a certain thing. In the book kids are supposed to get rid of their childhood toy at a certain age‚ Then donate it to someone else on the
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Utopia Vs. Dystopia 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
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Utopia Utopia has proven to have more relevance than the concepts addressed infamous ideologies such as communism and liberalism (heylighen pp 2). In the past‚ the concept of Utopia has faced criticism that suggested the ideas of Utopia are unrealistic. It has been argued that the Utopia failed to apply to important aspects of the society. Development in the study of human behavior such as in psychology has proven to have the ability to answer these complex social systems (More). The modern development
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Animal Farm Dystopia Humans are just as bad as animals‚ or is it the other way around? True equality between societies can never be accomplished because of true human nature leads societies to become dystopias. Animal Farm by George Orwell is the perfect example of a dystopia for three main reasons. One‚ propaganda is used to control the citizens of the society. Two‚ a figurehead of concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society. And third‚ the natural world is banished and distrusted. Coming
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With the rise of technology in our world we are exposed to more technological threats. The very same things that have been created to assist us in our everyday lives could be the downfall of our society. This concept of technology takeover is nothing new. We could lose our rights to our freedom and privacy. In George Orwell’s book‚ 1984‚ be constructs his idea around a dystopian world where everyone’s right to privacy are taken away and the opinions of individuals are manipulated into believing the
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Evan Bergstrom Mrs. Hunter English Literature 1-2A November 19th‚ 2012 Aftermath The year is 2085‚ twenty prolonged years have gone by since the explosion of the A-14 EMP device went off in earths crust surrounding the United States of America. The United States of America that is now split into two parsimonious parts‚ one named the New California Public‚ while the other the Enclave. The A-14 EMP was set of as a terrorist attack against the United States by the combined forces of Russia
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