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    Gender and Utopia

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    Utopia and Gender: Short reflection on Queer(ing) Hetero-normativity ‘I think that when the unreal lays claim to reality‚ or enters into its domain‚ something other than a simple assimilation into prevailing norms can and does take place.’ (Butler‚ 2004‚ p.27) ‘The queer is the taboo-breaker‚ the monstrous‚ the uncanny.’ (Castle‚ 1995‚ p.383) Raphael‚ a well travelled and enlightened sailor‚ is the main protagonist in Thomas Moore’s Utopia. In Raphael’s opinion‚ Utopia was the only commonwealth

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    Savage Inequalities

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    Before reading the book “Savage Inequalities” by Jonathan Kozol‚ I was highly unaware of how poor and neglected some schools are in America. I thought that every school in America had a great educational system and educators‚ but clearly I was mistaken. I knew that every school in America was not equal; there were obviously some schools that were better than others. However‚ upon reading “Savage Inequalities” I discovered that it was far worse than I actually knew. The book exposed me to racism/inequality

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    Utopia, 1984 Comparison

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    Research Paper: Love in Utopia‚ Brave New World and 1984 Love is without a doubt one of the most powerful emotions in the world. Most people in the world who have experienced this emotion know that with love‚ almost anything is possible. ¡§When in Love‚ the greater is his/her capacity for suffering‚ or anything else in that matter¡¨ (Miguel de Unamuno‚ The Tragic Sense of Life). The governments in both Brave New World and 1984 understand that eliminating love and loyalty is important in their continual

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    Buddhist Utopia

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    Comparing and Contrasting More’s Utopia with a Buddhist Utopia Nothing could be further apart than the society depicted by Thomas More and an ideal Buddhist society. That may be what is first conveyed to people when they consider these two vastly different societies in a comparative manner. The first indicator of these extreme differences is that the Buddhist utopia is very much a mental one‚ while More’s utopia is more so a place where things are just in their perfected state. That being

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    The Impossible Utopia

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    Jungwon Kim Mrs. Griffith English 10 GT 1 April‚ 2014 The Impossible Utopia “History consists of a series of swindles‚ in which he masses are first lured into revolt by the promise of utopia‚ and then‚ when they have done their job‚ enslaved over again by new masters” (Brander). Animal Farm‚ a farm with animals that are treated cruelly and dream for a better life in which animals are all equal and independent of depraved humans‚ is an allegory of the development of communism‚ even totalitarianism

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    Utopia And Leviathan

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    viewed through the character Hythloday‚ is seemingly based on man’s nature in society being generally good‚ and the faults of man emanate from how society itself is set up. Hobbes takes the opposite view of human nature‚ where man’s will to survive makes him unable to act out of goodness and it is man who is responsible for society’s ills. Both Leviathan and Utopia contain faults in logic that work to undermine the very possibility for these new social structures. In the following I will show how each

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    Utopia Flaws

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    imperfection‚ the broken idea of a utopia is simply unobtainable. Though it may be able to come close to a utopia‚ think about all the separate views people hold. How could a society possibly be able to keep everyone’s view accounted for without in effect causing something that then contradicts another person’s view? The plain and simple answer is you can’t. In fact‚ it’s right in the definition; an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. Though utopias attempt to solve many issues

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    Utopia or dystopia

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    Different world’s essay Utopia or dystopia “The Giver” by Lois Lowry is like any other novel and to every novel there are two ideas and concepts that you may apply to the novel; the one each person thinks of is determined by the different clarification and interpretation the book. In analysis of the building of Jonas’s community‚ some may debate that the community is a utopia or a dystopia. Some may claim of it being a utopia based on the way that they want their world to be and that is different

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    The Prince and Utopia

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    The Prince and Utopia The Prince and Utopia are honored as masterpieces that show two differing styles of government. Both books have many similarities and differences in the governments that are in the their respective stories. Many ideas from the governments they portray have profound impacts on our modern government such as various political principles like the military‚ economy‚ and religion. The Prince and Utopia are both interesting novels that show creative styles of government. The

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    Oz as Utopia

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    Taylor Wilton Dr. Ethna Lay The Wonderful Worlds of Utopia Americans crave Oz because of it ’s utopian vision. On the surface‚ Oz appears to be a perfect utopia to Dorothy. When she first arrives‚ Oz is bright‚ colorful and full of magic and wonder while her home in Kansas is dull‚ lifeless and devoid of hope. In Kansas‚ it ’s as if the citizens are stuck with no real plans or goals for the future. In Oz‚ traveling down the elaborate‚ intertwined yellow brick road offers Dorothy a great chance

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