Utopian Society Response Letter

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Dear sir Raphael Hythloday I write you today as a man from the Utopian society you have described in your own book the Utopia. I have read it and it seems you got a clear understanding of how we live as utopians however I would have to disagree with you in certain aspects of our life in which you have stated. I do think you have a lot of great points here, but there are some where I see that should not be part of our life. To start things of I would just like to point out the many things which I believe you got right when you wrote about us Utopians. The fact that everyone works from childhood is great. Since equality and contributing to society is what the utopians are about since everyone from an early point in their life is contributing …show more content…
This right here is exactly what Utopia is about everyone has to contribute to society. As I keep reading your assessment in the Utopia I come across things like the types of jobs we do , how we as people socialize and how differently we view the world as a Utopians. Let’s take war for example we as utopians don’t like war and this just makes me feel secure but not only that it shows we shouldn’t go to war for petty things. Despite not liking wars we still practice military training just in case the situation should present itself. We only go to war for things like “protecting our own land, to protect friends, and from invading armies” (Utopia book II 629). This makes me feel like I don 't have to waste my life for silly reasons. As an utopian I feel like I have a cause and a meaning for which when I do things. These are points on which you got correct in your assessment of us and which I can attest to. You mentioned more things where you described the life of myself as a Utopian. Utopians never have an excuse to stop working or contributing to society everywhere you go you always

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