Codependent No More

Imagine living in a utopia or, in a dystopia. Which society would you rather live in? Utopias and dystopias are two different societies, a utopia is a place or world where everything is perfect and everyone is equal. However, a dystopia is nothing like a utopia, it might also be society but, it is a society filled with chaos. When comparing both of them the two societies have many differences. Although they have many differences it doesn’t mean they have no similarities. Utopias and…

Can Their Be A Utopia Instead of a Dystopia? Introduction Many people would like a utopia and they will do anything to make this happen. How can we make this possible? A Utopia includes a world with perfect qualities for their people. Everyone is equal in this society; everyone can act however they want to act and do whatever they want to do without being disciplined. A utopia is not possible because there are always certain someone that has to do something cruel and that turns our…

when Elie and his father were working, his father started being beaten. Elie stands there and lets it happen. “I had watched it all happening without moving. I kept silent. In fact, I thought of stealing away in order not to suffer the blows. What’s more, if I felt anger at that moment, it was not directed at the Kapo but at my father. Why couldn’t he have avoided Idek’s wrath? That was what life in a concentration camp had made of me” Now normally, in this generation, people would do anything…

where everything is free, or even rainbows and ponies. Just with all these different types of different perfect worlds it is simple to tell that people are never capable of agreeing on what the perfect world should include. So in this generation and more to come a perfect world is impossible because of the fact that people can't agree. In “City Upon a Hill” Winthrop mentions religion, in having a perfect world. This is something that many believe makes a perfect world but in…

For centuries, ideas that open up possibilities and enable men to become free of what constraints may befall them. One such idea that perhaps more than many is the idea of Utopia, Lewis Mumford in his book The Story of Utopias describes as such. Mumford was a historian, critic, sociologist and philosopher in his own right. His works ranged from urban architecture to urban planning, and to the study of the human condition. In The Story Mumford analyses a range of topics relating to the idea of…

Every society has the makes to be either a dystopia or a utopia. Thomas More outlines why he thinks his society is corrupt. Then tries to show that it is possible have no corruption to create a utopia. More talks about the citizens, governments, and equality between his society and the utopia and their differences. However, many of the problems faced in society still cause problems today. One problem faced by the people is how the citizens are treated badly. The people that become thieves as a…

there a real way to be unique and if so is that something we should really be trying to achieve? I believe that while sameness may not be the answer to all of society’s problems it does solve a lot of them. As a whole a uniform society will function more efficiently and effortlessly than an individualistic society. In Thomas More’s Utopia, sameness is a trait that is valued and rightfully so since there are valuable benefits to the idea.…

Contentment among the general population, along with a just government and the wellbeing of citizens all work together to create a successful society. In a ideal world, a utopia, all aspects of daily life work perfectly. Dystopian societies carry an allusion of a utopia, but hold totalitarian government systems, laws, and oppressive conditions for citizens. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, aspects of a dystopian society are present. The cruel, inhumane treatment and absolute control of the…

The idea of Utopia came about through Thomas More’s Utopia. More’s idea of his utopia society is where there is no class, everyone is of the same level and wears the same clothes except to distinguish between male and female. Everybody look the same, act the same and just practically doing the same thing everyday without any freedom to do things they want to or they would probably never wish to as they are expose to the outside world just in their own Utopia society. Furthermore, the housing and…

In his book, J. Patrick Coby describes how Thomas Cromwell and his politics were influenced by Marsilius of Padua and Niccolò Machiavelli. Thomas Cromwell: Machiavellian Statecraft and the English Reformation appears to be written as a work of popular history it reads, however much like a scholarly work of history. The book uses a section outline in which it describes situations based on the subject and it has no exact timeline. The book also lacks footnotes instead of focusing on a large list…