perfect world to you? Utopias are generally communities/societies made so that all of the troubles of the real world disappear‚ only leaving behind a so called ‘Perfect World’. I personally believe that a utopia isn’t possible because as you read in my example above‚ things can never truly
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tries to be‚ but can never accomplish. The word “perfect” is a word used often in some cases but not necessarily accurate. “Utopia”‚ is a word defined as‚ “and ideal place‚ or state”. A utopia is also referred to as “perfect” place. Utopias opposite‚ a dystopia‚ is defined as‚ “a society characterized by human misery as squalor‚ disease‚ and overcrowding”. In most cases‚ utopias turn into dystopias over time‚ and in reality‚ from the inside the people think everything is normal‚ but from the outside
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According to Merrian-Webster‚ a utopia is a place of ideal perfection especially in laws‚ government‚ and social conditions. The Lost City of Atlantis was a real city that sank into the ocean in 9600 B.C. Plato’s records of the city‚ other scientists’ research‚ and the discovery of an underwater city a mile under the ocean all prove that this utopian society existed centuries ago. Plato describes the Lost City of Atlantis as a utopia‚ one that had a perfect republic and held the key to world peace
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single problem? Everyone wishes for it but is it even possible. This is called a utopia. A utopia is an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. It would seem like an amazing experience to have a perfect life‚ but can it be bad in some ways? A utopia does not seem possible because it seems too unrealistic and unreasonable. A utopian community would be completely out of the ordinary. A utopia can be possible in many different ways. It could be awesome to live that perfect
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fiction--20th century--History and criticism. 4. American fiction--20th century--History and criticism. 5. Science fiction‚ American--History and criticism. 6. More‚ Thomas‚ Sir‚ Saint‚ 1478-1535--Influence. 7. More‚ Thomas‚ Sir‚ Saint‚ 1478-1535. Utopia. 8. Language and culture. 9. Future in literature. I. Title. II. Series. PR888.D96S57 1997 823 ’.0876209372--dc21 97-9378 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 1997 by David W. Sisk All rights reserved. No
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an ideal community or society that possesses a desirable perfection. Although it is only an attempt to be ideally perfect. The characteristics of a utopia can portray one’s dystopia or nightmare. That is what leads to the question: do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few? This question determines whether the world or society is a utopia or a dystopia. Unquestionably the needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many. A society that does not care for individual needs begins to slowly
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memories and learn about what used to exist in the community. A utopia is a place where everything is perfect and nothing bad happens. A dystopia is the opposite of a Utopia because it is a place where everything is unpleasant or bad. The community is a Utopia. Jonas’s community is a Utopia because everybody follows the rules‚ nobody knows about death‚ everybody’s the same‚ and nobody lies. First of all Jonas’s community is a utopia because everybody listens to what they are told. In the community
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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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Eastern Wisdom. Delhi: Atma Ram‚ 1981. Hermanson‚Niclas. “ Dystopia: Categorisation”. Exploring Dystopia‚ 29 May 2004. 10 Oct. 2005 < // hem. Passagen. Se/replikant >. ---. ’ ’Dystopia: Timeline ’ ’. Exploring Dystopia. 29 May 2004. 28 Sept. 2005 . ---.“Utopia‚ My Beloved”. Exploring Dystopia. 29 May 2004. 22 Sep. 2005 . Huxley‚Aldous. Foreword. Brave New World.1932. London: Vintage‚ 2004. XXIX-XXXVIII. Karl‚Fredric R.‚ and Marvin Magalaner. A Reading Guide to Great Twentieth Century English Novels. London:
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Quick Write #1: Dystopia/Utopia 1.No‚ because a utopian society expects too much from everyone in the society. Plus‚ if someone in the society feels different or wants to rebel against the society’s unity‚ there could be a fracture in the perfection. People are meant to be special and different‚ not forced into sameness and conforming to society. There was a study performed on Brain Games‚ a Television show on National Geographic Channel‚ where there was a line of 10 people long and the first nine
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