Stanley Varley's 'Persistence Of Vision'

Everyone’s idea of a utopia is different. In Varley’s “Persistence of Vision” the Keller community has reached their unique utopian vision by becoming a singular organism. The Keller society is a singular organism that is a utopia because their language allows them to empathize and understand each other an unimaginable level. They understand each other so well the lines of individuality between the people of Keller begin to blur greatly, but not to the point of completely destroying the line. The Narrator thinks that it may not be perfect because the children have sight and hearing which holds them back from complete understanding the adults share among themselves. I believe there is no crippling divide because the children are born from the group and will join the organism once they mature as shown in the ending. The Keller is unique because of their language. Keller’s unique way of communicating allows for an indescribable amount of information to be shared between one another with different tiers allowing more information to be shared such as from hand talk to body talk. Well the Narrator was analyzing the Keller society he describes Keller, “Keller was an organism… The strength of the organism …show more content…
People may still wander in. The system of doing things in Keller being so specific and perfect in how they do it, it’s very easy for a fool to destroy it. Despite this and that people may have hostile intentions, the members of the community still welcome strangers into their home. The Narrator displays worry over this fact, “A touring group of motorcyclists could wipe them out in a night.” (Page 30) It’s not to say that the community hasn’t taken some precautions. I assume that it’s because home is less important than the people. Even if their home is destroyed and some people are killed the organism still lives on. They let people in because setbacks can be overcome, plants and bugs can be replaced, the dead live within the