years‚ utopian urbanism connects with the so-called crisis of modernist urbanism that forms utopic degeneration. Cities function daily‚ to improve the lives of the citizens‚ while utopia is developing to mean something for the community “a visionary system of political and social perfection” (More‚ 1516). Utopia has developed to mean a community with a “visionary system of political and societal perfection”‚ where cities that function to improve the daily lives of its citizens; an ideal society. However
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they all demonstrate an utopian society in some way or another‚ but the flaws start to show in all of them. While these books try and achieve this perfect world with no crime or worries‚ the books all start to show their own flaws and how they are more to and more like a dystopian society in the eyes of the public. Utopian society are truly hard to achieve because everything has to be perfect with no one having any worries about anything. Generally speaking‚ a utopian society has many characteristics
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great public work effort to cut away the land to make an island. Next‚ Hythloday moves to a discussion of Utopian society and how the nation is based on rational thought‚ with communal property‚ great productivity‚ no greedy love of gold‚ no real distinctions between social classes‚ no poverty‚ little crime or immoral behavior‚ religious tolerance‚ and little inclination to war. Utopia is a society that Hythloday believes is more elite than any of that in Europe. Hythloday finishes his description and
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More’s Utopian society was a work of fiction with the writer exhibiting what would be considered as an ideal community that differed from the medieval view and adopted a modernist approach. In his book‚ Utopia‚ More’s main features highlight an ideal society and has been adopted today‚ to an extent by the society. In Utopia‚ the structure of the community about marriage and family is idealized. Premarital sex is severely punished and families adopt a traditional structure with elders at the head
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customs of the Utopian society seem harmless‚ but a perfect society is dangerous. Although I think a perfect Utopian society is dangerous‚ I believe some of their customs could be useful in our life’s today. Customs like their marriage and divorce terms‚ occupational workload‚ Utopian culture‚ and even some views on Euthanasia. In todays society I personally believe that the amount of work put in by the Utopians towards progress and intelligence who immensely help our current society. Our current
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live in a society that was perfect‚but you were not free and you were controlled by other people?A democratic society would allow freedom. Living in a democratic society is better than living in a Utopian society where you are not free because you have freedom of choice‚ you are able to have your wants‚ not just your needs‚ and you can choose your own job path. In a Utopian Society‚ everyone will work the same so no one will be different. Life would not be Interesting In that kind of society because
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Is there really such a thing as a perfect society? Will modern day society really be as perfect as some might want it to be? Many books that are written‚ such as The Giver‚ reflect on these questions and recreates the idea of a perfect society. While the society in The Giver and modern day society have some similarities‚ these two are much more different from each other. Although‚ Their society might seem as a perfect place and a perfect way to run a community‚ there are many more things behind this
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pain‚ no color‚ no real feelings‚ no weather‚ no memories‚ no love‚ and more. In the book‚ The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas‚ the main character‚ lives in a Utopian society. A Utopian society is a world that is perfect‚ a world with no problems or any bad things. As Jonas’s Assignment‚ he was selected to be the Receiver‚ the most honored job in the Community‚ and receives special training from the Giver. At first‚ Jonas enjoys the way his Community functions‚ but later wants to explore all of the
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My Utopian World: People Helping People More than 214 soldiers have lost their lives in the last six months‚ while serving the United States of America. In a perfect world this is something that would never occur. The idea of war is something that would be non-existent. The world would be a happy carefree adventure where there were no worries about starving children in Africa‚ schools shootings in the US‚ or global warming‚ to name a few. These are just some examples of the large scale problems
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The Giver is a 1993 American children’s novel by Lois Lowry. It is set in a society which is at first presented as a utopian society and gradually appears more and more dystopian. The novel follows a boy named Jonas through the twelfth year of his life. The society has eliminated pain and strife by converting to "Sameness‚" a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. Jonas is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory‚ the person who stores all the past memories
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