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    Utopia is a term for an imagined place where everything is perfect. It has been used to describe an imaginary world where the social justice is achieved as well as the principles that could guarantee it. Utopia symbolizes people’s hopes and dreams. Utopia turns to be synonymous with impossible because an ideal life in a perfect society that it offers appears to be out of reach. The authors of utopias depict the societies similar to theirs but better organized. They also offer a detailed plan of how

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    Surreal vs. Real Life Every normal human at one point in their life wishes and dreams of‚ and even craves the existence of a utopia‚ a surreal life. All (all as in reference to human beings‚ with a mature level of thinking) want a life that offers more of an upward stability compared to a current state of being‚ which in some aspect may be lacking. Where an ideal life may not include any troubles found today‚ and offers the cliché of clouds with a silver lining‚ real life includes not only troubles

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    Thomas More describes an ideal society and government where people maintain high moral standard and live with ultimate freedom and happiness. In the Utopia‚ the Utopian government strive to fulfill and optimize the benefits and happiness of Utopian citizens. Reasonably‚ people would describe a safe and happy government as domestically stable and diplomatically powerful so that it obtains admiration and fear from both its citizens and surrounding countries‚ thus enabling its citizens to live with

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    Perpetual Dystopias: Analysis of Flawed Human Behaviours in Memoirs found in a Bathtub and Fahrenheit 451 Humans have always desired to gain power and authority over others. The myth that tells the idea of individuals wanting power over others first appeared in the life when Pandora opened her box. As this desire for authority grows‚ the authority unconsciously starts to become selfish‚ calculative and cruel. The presence of these emotions

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    The world is full people with ideas on how to better life. Many people want world peace and with world peace comes the idea of a utopia. If our world was a utopian society everything would be perfect. We would have no crime‚ peace‚ and everything would be absolutely perfect. Our society today is pushing for a utopian style of life. People want to live in a safe and serene world and they are will to sacrifice for our future generations. Who wouldn’t want a perfect society? Although everyone wants

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    without fear‚ pain‚ warfare‚ poverty‚ hunger‚ or terror. It sounds like a perfect world‚ a utopia but as you read farther into the book you realize that to accomplish all of these things you have to take away some fundamental elements of life such as feelings‚ love‚ diversity‚ choices‚ and even the ability to see colors. For a community to take away all those aspects of life I don’t think there is a utopia in fact it’s the exact opposite. Life is all about perception of events and if you take away

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    which are called‚ “utopias”. We persevered in this subject‚ and we will never quit. The complete definition of a utopia is that it is a “dream” society where life is simple‚ and there is no stress‚ fear‚ anger‚ and violence. Even though people believe it is possible to achieve such a world‚ genuinely‚ it is not possible‚ and we are wasting our time with this nonsense because sacrifices would be made to ensure the good of the community (which generally ruins the concept of a “utopia”)‚ the human mind

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    English Dublin Coffman High School School (3306) May 2014 Advisor: Timothy Flora Word count: 3977 Abstract This investigation outlines the fine line between utopias and dystopias. It assesses the topic of when and how the shift from a utopia to a dystopia can occur‚ analyzing the characteristics that make up a utopia and a dystopia. This investigation will examine two utopian/dystopian narratives. In both books‚ we will see characteristics of a dystopia‚ and be further exposed to two

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    book made me think about whether the utopia depicted in the novel would be a perfect place to live or a terrible place to live. It is hard to distinguish where the line is drawn between making life simpler and losing the meaning of life. Although some may look upon this type of life with envy I personally would rather have to work hard and earn my living than to lose the chance to make my own destiny. The first thing that made me dislike the idea of this utopia was the fact that the government overpowered

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    exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go." - E. L. Doctorow Why is it that dystopian stories always reveal some kind of utopia in them? When I hear this question I think about people trying to strive for utopia within their world. Their world doesn’t need to be a dystopia but in striving they make their current situation even worse. But it’s not possible to reach utopia‚ so in trying to reach that impossible thing you reach dystopia. According to www.questia.com‚ “Dystopian literature is a genre

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