Codependent No More

The original utopia, devised by distinguished humanist Thomas More in his eponymous novel — Utopia (1516), was the faultless product of a superior race. The term itself is the coalescence of two Ancient Greek expressions evoking simultaneously ‘no place’ and ‘good place’, a characteristically classical play on paradoxical concepts. Since its creation, utopian literature have continually critiqued the defects of contemporaneous societies through the modelling of alternatives far superior in moral…

People have tried to make and attempted to make these “perfect” utopias. Most, well failed. But let’s go to the true fact and see why these would ultimately fail. There’s really no such thing as “perfect”. Which is basically just a natural thing anyone should know and learn. In a utopia people always stay with their own system. If not that’s why it causes there death. A example that happened in the Giver was that when a newborn had a twin and if one was different than the other will have to be…

The words utopia and dystopia have been in use since 1516. The first utopia appeared as satire in Sir Thomas More’s Utopia, which depicts an island with perfect social, legal, and political systems. The title was a play on words; combining the Greek “ou” and “topos”, which translates to “nowhere”. By the 1610s, the word was regularly used to describe a perfect place. The word dystopia evolved from utopia. “Dys” meaning “not” transforms a perfect place into the opposite. When first used,…

reign. The story line focuses on King Henry’s insistence on divorcing his wife and the fact that his prominent friend and advisor, Sir Thomas More, refuses to support him. More, being not only a very influential and respected diplomat, is also a good kind man who makes the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of doing the right thing. As we follow our protagonist, More, the film offers the opportunity for the audience to decide who had the right and wrong is this story based on true events. The film…

A utopian society is one where the members believe their way of life is near perfect. Of course, this is a mere opinion that they share amongst each other. In the United States, a movement often referred to as the Second Great Awakening inspired several attempts at the perfect society, many of which ceased to exist shortly after being created. Near the Wabash river in the state of Indiana, Johann Georg Rapp, a German immigrant, established the town of Harmony, in 1814. A bit over 10 years later,…

The Utopia of Equality A utopia is an imagined world in which everything is perfect. While many view a utopia as the ideal world, Kurt Vonnegut seeks to question the truth to that in his story “Harrison Bergeron”. The story reflects a perfect society in which everyone is equal, however, Vonnegut questions that reality by demonstrating what occurs when one person tries to act above his fellow citizens. In this political satire on the idea of socialism, Vonnegut points out the fears that…

descendants which would make the castle Carnegie bought a waste of his money. However, in the same document he says that another way to get rid of his money would be to give it away while being alive. "The man who dies rich dies disgraced." (Doc 8). It seems more like he is forced to give the money away to be remembered as a good person. Even though he says that if he could, he would take the money with him when he…

Throughout Dave Egger’s life, he has come across many influences to inspire him in his art work, and becoming the well-known writer that he is today. Dave Egger’s wrote the Circle, to show the limitless of technology in society. While writing the Circle, one of his biggest influences were the rise of technology, people in his life, and how society is becoming unpliable from technology. Dave Egger was born on March 12, 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was an attorney and his mother was a…

Lampuga has created the world’s most advance electric surfboard the world has to offer. This is a tech savvy surfboard that has a carbon fiber body that only weighs 86 pounds. The electric surfboard that Lampuga has made is also the fastest surfboard on the market with top speeds of 34 MPH it is also eco-friendly by using 52-volt lithium-ion battery that provides 20 to 35 minutes of runtime. There is also an anti-grip surface for ease of use, and an automatic kill switch so if someone falls off…

When I woke up, the other side of the bed was cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Lucy’s warmth, but finding only the absence of her presence.it was a typical day for me. Wake up, eat breakfast, feed Lucy and walk to school with two heavy books on my hands. I was considered the ‘nerdy and shy’ girl at school. I realized senior year in high school only meant learning to me while I was focused on graduating my peers thought about it as ‘the time of their lives’ where they had the chance to party…