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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 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,…

In 1516, Thomas More published his famous work, Utopia, a novel that described a society that were perfect in every aspects, and the idea became the definition of the word “utopia.” However, More himself admitted that such perfect society was impossible. In fact, he used the word “utopia” because it both meant “good place” and “no place.” Interestingly, this idea was not new. About a decade ago, it was the central theme in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tale. During the period of the story,…

cannot abuse power and become too strong and restrictive. Nevertheless, there are designated persons to help ensure the laws are followed. Laws are strongly enforced when broken; however, this is quite uncommon. If you make a rule for yourself, are you more likely to follow it? The people in the society have formed all the laws, and chosen the consequences to these laws themselves. Because they have chosen all the laws, they know their limits and they agree with the rules that are set for…

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…

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…

Can a Utopian Society Survive? What is a perfect world? Can a Utopia be “perfect” or is it destined to fail. A Utopia is an ideal world. Is it possible to make an ideal world flourish and succeed? A Utopia’s rules are supposed to make everyone joyous and safe. For example, someone might think a Utopia to be filled with cotton candy and someone might think it to be filled with vegetables. It is not possible to make the perfect world because perfection as a common rule is never achievable. Ego or…

What would my utopia be like? What is a utopia? A utopia is a perfect world. My utopia would be pretty great to me. I will describe its government, entertainment, education, religion, and family life. First, I should probably tell you the name of my utopia. The name of my utopia is Livopolis. Livopolis’ government is pretty wonderful. First off, everyone would have a job. There would be no such thing as a “dream job” because you would already have it. To make sure everyone is…

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…