Imagine a world where nothing went wrong. Everyone thought the same way, there was no violence, and no one ever disagreed. That is what a Utopia is, a perfect society. Sounds great right? However, you might be overlooking that people might disagree on what is a perfect society. If you have ever read books or seen movies you have probably heard of 1984, Divergent, Uglies, or Hunger Games. All of theses are examples of utopias turned dystopias. Each society thought they had found the perfect way to live, whether it was making everyone look alike so no one would feel less than another, separating people by their interest or job, or even trying to tell people how to think. Each of these societies failed because they never factored in the that people
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Everyone 's mind works different. That is why some people are better at math than english and vise versa. That is one problem with utopias. For a utopia to form everyone has to be in agreement on what is the best way to live. However, the definition of an utopia is open for interpretation. If you took a hundred people and asked them to describe their own perfect world you would get a hundred different answers. In Utopia/dystopia : Conditions of Historical Possibility, the authors talk about utopian mindset saying, “In the utopian mentality, the collective unconscious, guided by wishful representation and the will to action, hides certain aspects of reality. It turns its back on everything that would shake its belief or paralyse its desire to change things.” (Prakash, Tilley, Gordin 13). This is evident in 1984 written by George Orwell, the government tries to hide certain aspect of reality like love. In the book sex for fun is illegal because all of the peoples’ energy is to go to supporting the party. The government also tries to limit the decisions the people have by choosing their jobs and having arranged marriages. They don 't want the people to think for themselves because it is a danger to the government. Another example of utopian mentality is in the trilogy Uglies written by Scott Westerfeld, in this book everyone at the age of fifteen gets a surgery that turns them “pretty.” The purpose of this to make everyone equal and eliminate jealousy. However what is withheld from the people is that during this surgery the government puts a tumor in the brain that limits independent thought. The tumor keeps the people submissive and no longer willing to explore their full potential. As seen in both 1984 and Uglies, the government is afraid of people thinking for themselves. Broken people is what makes a utopia possible. In the quote above it says the government tries to distract the
Everyone 's mind works different. That is why some people are better at math than english and vise versa. That is one problem with utopias. For a utopia to form everyone has to be in agreement on what is the best way to live. However, the definition of an utopia is open for interpretation. If you took a hundred people and asked them to describe their own perfect world you would get a hundred different answers. In Utopia/dystopia : Conditions of Historical Possibility, the authors talk about utopian mindset saying, “In the utopian mentality, the collective unconscious, guided by wishful representation and the will to action, hides certain aspects of reality. It turns its back on everything that would shake its belief or paralyse its desire to change things.” (Prakash, Tilley, Gordin 13). This is evident in 1984 written by George Orwell, the government tries to hide certain aspect of reality like love. In the book sex for fun is illegal because all of the peoples’ energy is to go to supporting the party. The government also tries to limit the decisions the people have by choosing their jobs and having arranged marriages. They don 't want the people to think for themselves because it is a danger to the government. Another example of utopian mentality is in the trilogy Uglies written by Scott Westerfeld, in this book everyone at the age of fifteen gets a surgery that turns them “pretty.” The purpose of this to make everyone equal and eliminate jealousy. However what is withheld from the people is that during this surgery the government puts a tumor in the brain that limits independent thought. The tumor keeps the people submissive and no longer willing to explore their full potential. As seen in both 1984 and Uglies, the government is afraid of people thinking for themselves. Broken people is what makes a utopia possible. In the quote above it says the government tries to distract the