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    1984: A Dystopian Society

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    Not once have their been a modernized utopia being established because it simply cannot happen. A Lot of factors go into a potential utopia for it to look more like a dystopia from the outside looking in. In general, a utopia is a society that has banded together under the same ideas and have a naturally perfect system that keeps it running. Every utopia challenges the ideas of what is right by opposing others way of seeing their perfect world. When natural rights never see the light of day from…

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    Though humans have been attempting to achieve the utopian ideal, they have been failing miserably. Today’s world does not resemble a utopia because humans are still subject to inevitable negative aspects of life. Furthermore, increases in dangerous weaponry and technology have allowed the rise of institutions that hinder the progress towards utopia. These groups have put society in a vulnerable position that ends in pain and suffering; effects that are not seen in utopian societies. Possibly…

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    The Giver Essay

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    utopian ideologies that have gone awry; thus dystopian and utopian visions are not only regarded as each other’s opposites, but are part of the same project (Booker, Dystopian 15). A dystopian world is not merely an opposite to utopia, but a reflection of a distorted utopia, something that has arised from the ideals of one society and created a new frightening place. It can therefore be hard to see the difference between the two, since there can be a thin veil between a dystopian and utopian…

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    Hitler had a Big Brother… it would be O’Brien The world would be a better place if everyone was happy, if the weather was ideal, if laws were created to reflect the ideal lifestyle. In a utopia, it is thought as a imaginary, and an indefinitely remote place but one person's utopia is another's dystopia (“utopia”). An imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives is a dystopia (“dystopia”).. This is what happens in most cases like in the book of 1984 by George Orwell.…

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    The definition of a utopia is an idealistic or perfect view of society; so why shouldn't we reach for a flawless society and why is it unethical to attempt a “perfect” society? Despite the harmonization of society and the equality of all, individuality lacks within a utopian society. Additionally, basic human rights like freedom of speech are also limited within a utopia, leading to the dehumanization and desensitization of society. Utopias are outright impossible because all individuals have…

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    Utopia is idolized as the perfect society everyone wants to live in. But is living in the perfect society a flaw that people can’t understand. Utopia is so perfect that Dystopia its evil counterpart gets overlooked because of everyone's desire to have perfection. When in reality there is no such thing as a perfect society because not everything is perfect. Somewhere between the lines, there is a flaw that occurs and diminishes the perfection. Dystopia is not what you expect it to be it is the…

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    type of society, called a dystopia. A dystopia is “an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives” (“Dystopia”) and a utopia is “a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions” (“Utopia”). I believe that utopias become dystopias, because no place can be perfect. Places that want to become utopias often try too hard to make people believe that they live in the perfect world. Trying to…

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    trick you into thinking something while something else is happening. This happens in many utopias because the leader is easily corrupted and trick the people think their world is perfect. The author is entertaining the reader about how a perfect society is impossible to create with metaphors. Kermit is comparing the sirens to the voices in his head and the voices in his head are like most leaders in a utopia and how they fill your head with lie and hope. Next, the song mentioned how not every…

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    Suicide In Utopian Society

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    How perfect would life be if no one ever failed and everyone followed a set of standards to be upheld? Sir Thomas More addresses this conjecture in Utopia, in which he discusses different failings of the normal world and compares these issues to the Utopians. More establishes a society that is governed by reason and logic to avoid the consequences of human failings. In the section dedicated to monetary values, More implements a new way of thinking about gold and silver. Punishments and rewards…

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    citizens can think freely also citizens embrace the world. But most utopian worlds turn into a dystopian world because in most utopian worlds become too perfect and people become to greedy and don't want to be like everybody else. One key piece of a utopia is equality and in both Pedestrian Ray Bradbury and in Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. equality has created a dystopian world. In the pedestrian they tried to make it a Utopian society by controlling people and no people can have no…

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