Ideal Society
English & 101
October 18, 2010
Descriptive essay
Every human known to man has their own views on what an ideal society should be like. Society is defined as a body of individuals living as members of a community. Many scholars and well known authors like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Thomas More express those ideas through public speaking or literary examples delivered to society. Although those ideas are just one person’s opinion about the subject matter. Others believe in the power of God and the belief that the world was created by him, which in turn developed societies amongst the people. Society is built upon individuals expressing their own beliefs and their opinions and out them into action. The real question is how we as individuals take those thoughts, and utilize them to the best of our ability in our everyday lives. Realistically an ideal society will only work if the ideals are upheld within each individual in the society. Throughout history mankind has struggled to create an ideal society, even though it may be unattainable. It started with the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence with “a note of promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” (541) Furthermore this set the standards for rules and regulations in trying to create a better society in general. Now a day’s society in the United States has failed in so many aspects I can’t count. On the other hand some people may believe that god created society starting with Adam and Eve. Either way somehow our society in my eyes has never measure up to what our four fathers believed in what it could be, so this is my picture perfect view on a society where people “will be able to work together, to play together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for the freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day,”(543-544) as Martin Luther King Jr. declared in his “I Have a Dream” speech that was
October 18, 2010
Descriptive essay
Every human known to man has their own views on what an ideal society should be like. Society is defined as a body of individuals living as members of a community. Many scholars and well known authors like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Thomas More express those ideas through public speaking or literary examples delivered to society. Although those ideas are just one person’s opinion about the subject matter. Others believe in the power of God and the belief that the world was created by him, which in turn developed societies amongst the people. Society is built upon individuals expressing their own beliefs and their opinions and out them into action. The real question is how we as individuals take those thoughts, and utilize them to the best of our ability in our everyday lives. Realistically an ideal society will only work if the ideals are upheld within each individual in the society. Throughout history mankind has struggled to create an ideal society, even though it may be unattainable. It started with the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence with “a note of promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” (541) Furthermore this set the standards for rules and regulations in trying to create a better society in general. Now a day’s society in the United States has failed in so many aspects I can’t count. On the other hand some people may believe that god created society starting with Adam and Eve. Either way somehow our society in my eyes has never measure up to what our four fathers believed in what it could be, so this is my picture perfect view on a society where people “will be able to work together, to play together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for the freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day,”(543-544) as Martin Luther King Jr. declared in his “I Have a Dream” speech that was