Thomas More

stressed the socialist lifestyle. These colonists believed in what they referred to as “complex marriage.” It meant they were all married to each other and monogamy was rejected. The community as a whole raised the children together. Oneida lasted for more than 30 years but finally failed due to the Pastors son withdrawing from his duties as the leader (Hutton) .…

INITIAL REACTIONS TO THE WORK My first impression of Hans Holbein the Younger’s painting, The Ambassadors, is an amazing, captivating piece of art from the Renaissance period. I was immediately drawn to the man on the left with his powerful stance and wealthy appearance. It gave me the impression that he was a scholar and possibly royalty by his attire. The representation of the male on the right is a religious or clergy type person, I assumed this by his clothing of a dark cloak with…

Although they bear some superficial similarities, the differences between The Big Trip Up Yonder and Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut are clear. They display disparate themes but use the setting of a futuristic society to show flaws in varying ideas of perfection. The society in Harrison Bergeron shows a “perfect” society through the concept of everyone being equal while The Big Trip Up Yonder shows the idea of living forever. Both of these stories show a possible outcome for popularly…

a glass of beer is more important than the welfare of his cattle. Thus, in an attempt to create a perfect society in the absence of humans, Old Major creates Animalism as he establishes The Seven Commandments, as follows: THE SEVEN COMMANDMENTS Whatever goes upon two legs is an…

An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect, that is the definition of a Utopian Society. Unfortunately, nothing can be perfect all the time, and Utopian societies have proven that. Utopian societies haven't and will never work. These societies are something that could only ever work out in your dreams, not everything can be controlled. First off, people will rebel, they do not want to be told what to do. No one wants to be controlled their whole life, they want freedom…

Utopias. Not Possible? Are utopias possible, no, over the course of decades humanity has not been able to replicate our view of utopias. While it is great for humanity to be accepting on one another but cultural differences in the world is very humongous. If humans as a race start to accept one another's cultures then there becomes issues with relationships between two cultures, specifically with their children. Their children will feel divided culturally, for there to be a utopia there would…

only few of many flaws of society. In order to create a society that is close to utopia, many people do social movements. To be more specific, there are nonviolent and violent movements in order to get what people wants from the government and king. However, nonviolent movement can be more effective than the violent movement, because of the fact that violence brings more tragedy rather than peace and negotiation. Therefore, many successful nonviolent movements can be seen from human history. In…

others will take more than they need, and this fear is what drives these people to act out of selfishness in order to possess more than others around them. However, in Utopia, that fear does not exist because everyone rejoices in the common good, rather than in personal success. In a Utopian’s mind, personal success is only measured by how successful the community is. The effectiveness of the Utopian society stems from the lack of pride, which is the vice that leads to all of the…

Fahrenheit 451 vs. Our Current Society Have you ever thought of a perfect society where everybody gets along? Well, a utopia doesn’t exist because everybody has different view and perspectives and soon the utopia turns into a dystopia. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, there was a perfect society where nobody really thought twice about things, until some people start to question the rules. Even though our two societies are completely different, we share many similarities such as how we spend time…

What is utopia? If you were to ask William Penn, his reply would consist of three words, “Green Country Towne”. In other words, a place of sparsely constructed homes along the countryside whose verdure surroundings render it invulnerable to fires (Vitiello, 9/23/2014). This idea of utopia is inherently subjective. It overlooks the classism that inhibits those who are not wealthy or part of the elite, and thus do not have the opportunity to live in such a place. Nonetheless, the attempt to…