Create A Dystopian Society Essay

Would it be nice to live in a perfect society? Free from hunger, war, poverty, and more? Well unfortunately, a utopian society does not exist. A utopia is defined as “an imaginary and indefinitely remote place. A place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions. An impractical scheme for social improvement” (Merriam-Webster.com). In the book, The Giver by Lois Lowry, it explores the idea of what if we lived in a utopian society. However, as the story progresses we see that the utopian society is actually a dystopian society. A dystopia is defined as “an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives” (Merriam-Webster.com). Therefore, can we ever create a utopian society? If so, how can we create it? …show more content…
First, we must decide what type of utopia we want to create. There are religious utopias, a peace utopia, an ecological utopia, and much more. I am going to focus on creating a basic peaceful utopia. In this utopia, people all have jobs, there is no homelessness, no hunger, schools are well funded and teach life skills, there is no war, and we all live in peace and harmony. To do this, there must be someone who must make decisions on what will work for our society and creating a perfect society. In The Giver, it is the Council of Elders that make these decisions. In real life, these people can also be seen as dictators. These dictators make decisions on what they believe will create the perfect society through any means necessary. However, there is no such thing as a perfect society because everyone has a different idea of what will make society great. And when people use means of intimidation, murder, war, and other things, then the society is not