The Idea of Utopia and Dystopia in The Giver The word “utopia” has come to define our ideal of a perfect society in terms of law‚ government‚ and social and living conditions. The idea behind a utopian society is that everyone works together for common good of the society and the laws and government are meant to protect the people within the community from the evils of the human race. In many ways‚ these societies take on a communist belief that order is the way to achieve this perfect society
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The Perfect Vehicle by Melissa Holbrook Pierson. Published by Granta Publications‚ 2/3 Hanover Yard‚ London. N1 8BE. 1998. ISBN:1-86207-119-5 This is a first time foray in to the world of Travel Writing for the forty-something American proof reader and former Art History graduate Melissa Holbrook Pierson. Focusing in and around the world of the motorcycle this part travelogue‚ part voyage of self-discovery could‚ on the face of it be said to have been conceived and executed pretty much
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Utopia Utopias are generally said to be societies in which the political‚ social and economic troubles hampering its inhabitants has been done away with. Instead the state is there to serve the people and ensure the peacefulness and happiness of everyone. The word utopia‚ which means "no place" in Greek‚ was first used to mean a perfect society in 1516 in the publication of Saint Thomas More’s story "Utopia". The story depicted life as it was with its people and social institutions on an imaginary
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The novel Brave New World‚ by Aldous Huxley‚ portrays a dystopian society that completely limits the citizen’s lifestyle. Like many other dystopian societies‚ it is under the guise of being utopian. The residents are born into a permanent caste system‚ all the citizens are at the absolute mercy of 10 World Controllers‚ and they are conditioned and brainwashed into emotionless cyborgs. The readers are introduced to a strict caste system early on in the novel which outlines the conditioning for each
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Thomas More’s Utopia Thomas More’s use of dialogue in "Utopia" is not only practical but masterly laid out as well. The text itself is divided into two parts. The first ‚ called "Book One"‚ describes the English society of the fifteenth century with such perfection that it shows many complex sides of the interpretted structure with such clarity and form that the reader is given the freedom for interpretation as well. This flexibility clearly illustrates More’s request for discussion and
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a interesting‚ and thrilling book that tells us about a boy living in a utopia. A utopia is a perfect world‚ no violence or hate. There are a many reasons like self freedom‚ guidance‚ and equality‚ telling us that the world is a dystopia and utopia. But the one that is depicted the most from the book is utopia. Self freedom is my first reason why The Giver is a utopia. In The Giver there is a lot of evidence explaining to the readers that the characters in this book do live a happy life‚ they are
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In this process‚ people tend to forget‚ who they are and what they are. There is no time to ponder and wonder. They tend to forget the values of life. Travelling is a time when people relax‚ reflect and ponder. Most people‚ after a pleasant travel‚ return home with a fresh outlook‚ new zeal and a better determination. Travelling has also a great informative value. It widens the grasp of our knowledge of geography‚ different cultures and people‚ etc. For example‚ when people of Assam visit
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De Optimo Reipublicae Statu deque Nova Insula Utopia (translated On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia) or more simply Utopia is a 1516 book by Sir (Saint) Thomas More. The book‚ written in Classical Latin‚ is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious‚ social and political customs. The name of the place is derived from the Greek words οὐ ou ("not") and τόπος tópos ("place")‚ with the topographical
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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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