Looking Backward

Michaela Lange: I am here today with author Edward Bellamy who is going to tell us a little more about his critically acclaimed novel, Looking Backward 2000-1887. Hello, good morning, Mr. Bellamy. How are you doing today? Edward Bellamy: I’m doing fine. Thanks, Michaela. ML: Good. I am glad to hear that. So, let’s dive right in then. Now, what was your intended purpose for writing Looking Backward 2000-1887? EB: Many people say I wrote this novel as a template for political action. This simply is not true. My intended purpose was to relay my ideas of how to improve society and relieve our country of its social deficits through the abandonment of competition and establishment of state ownership of industry. This was not always an easy task.…

Growing up and living in a small northern community with few amenities can be challenging; Terrace taught me the value in making the best out of experiences, be they positive or negative. Grateful for the slower pace of life allowed, I can appreciate the beautiful life canvas Terrace has provided me. Terrace taught me that I can paint my life canvas with experiences that contribute to my happiness. As a teenager, I believed Terrace to be a sleepy little town that lacked what would contribute…

As human being are always scare from our present and trying to voice mistakes we have done in the past. Mankind is always trying to predict the future in a way that would his present. As in “looking backward” Bellamy tried to imagine how the future would be. In his book he presented different kind of scientific field for example physics, economic, and social science. The Author tried to prove that his system would work better than the current system. Also he predicted new invention based on the…

Deeply disturbed, he warned that any “man’s inhumanity toward man,” would all lead to social collapse (“Looking Backward” 31). As a utopian fiction, the book was an antithesis to his current society, anticipating a future America in the year 2000 of nationalized industry, equal distribution of wealth, and the disappearance of class divisions. This was made possible after, in his story, a “Great Trust” would “absorb all rivals until all business…was under one roof,” which then citizens would…

For someone or something to make a lifelong home on the National Mall property, one must make a lasting mark on American freedom and democracy. It takes recognition from many and the contributions must be lasting, and many Americans both past and present have worthy cases to have monuments built to preserve the lasting effects of their work in America. One individual; however, has a strong case for himself to be known and remembered as a true worker for the American people. Novelist Edward…

In the book Looking Backward, written by Edward Bellamy, Bellamy tells the story of a high-born man named Julian West who was mesmerized in 1887 and awaken over a hundred years later. In the late nineteenth century, whether the gaps between the rich and the poor or the differences between the educated and the ignorant seemed greater than ever. There was no easy and short-term cure for this chronic problem. Julian West was the rich and educated, and also lived a life by exploiting the labor of…

She ran down the alley, not bothering to look back for any reason. God, how she hated running for her life every second. It was easier than several months ago. Claire had barely turned seventeen when the outbrake happened. She has been alone since. Groans from the creatures break her from her thoughts. It can't get any worse than this. She looks around to find some sort if weapon. Anything to defend herself. Her eyes lay on a piece of metal on the ground about five feet in front of…

get his bed made for his evening nap. Audrey and Bee said something about “men these days”. Yes we are so bad just because we put you in your place. How horrid of us. After my job is done at the house I make the long walk back to the orphanage. When I open the door I head to my bed and set my things in my trunk at the end of my bed, then when i go down stairs I am greeted by a bowl of warm soup waiting for me. How nice of Mrs.Gray, to do such a thing. Her husband on the other hand is completely…

In 1888, Edward Bellamy published a novel called Looking Backward. This novel was about a 19th century man who accidentally traveled to the future where a utopian society had been created in which all social, economic, and political issues have been resolved. Bellamy uses his main characters to juxtapose the 19th century society to that of the created utopian society in his book. Through this, he identifies the problems he sees in his society and provides solutions to them. At one point in…

Prompt #1 Human nature is depicted in many ways. In the song “Human Nature” by Michael Jackson he says, “Reaching out to touch a stranger”. His meaning behind this is an optimistic outlook on human nature, meaning that someone’s human nature is to reach out and help others without a second thought. This theory is similar to Edward Bellamy’s in Looking Backward. In this novel, it explains a pure socialist economy and government, were people don’t work for themselves but for the good of their…