By the year 2050‚ I predict that the negative utopia of 1984 will not exist. Some of the reasons I think that the negative utopia expressed in 1984 will not overcome our society in 2050 is because of the idea of the different Parties that were described in the book‚ and the roles that they played in the society. Also‚ because of the Inner Party and how it tried to act as a government‚ invading all privacy. Lastly‚ because of the Newspeak Language and how the Party tried to minimize the common language
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Book II 1. Describe the geography of Utopia - “ The island of Utopia is in the middle 200 miles broad‚ and holds almost at the same breadth over a great part of it; but it grows narrower toward both ends. Its figure is not unlike a crescent: between its horns‚ the sea comes in eleven miles broad‚ and spreads itself into a great bay‚ which is environed with land to the compass of about 500 miles‚ and is well secured from winds. In this bay there is no great current; the whole coast is‚ as it
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Dystopia. The idea is explored in a now‚ quite saturated‚ genre of novels‚ many of which predict propaganda integrated into daily life‚ “controlling” the minds of the masses. 1984 is no longer the future‚ and neither is the twenty-first century. Many would believe that we still have yet to live in such conditions‚ but the truth contrasts this more than they may be aware. Propaganda is more prevalent than ever‚ with the advent of the internet‚ a powerful tool that when wielded can instantly connect
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A dystopia is an imaginary wretched place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives‚ it is the opposite of a Utopia. "A dystopia is any society considered to be undesirable‚ for any of a number of reasons. The term was coined as a converse to a Utopia‚ and is most usually used to refer to a fictional (often near-future) society where current social trends are taken to nightmarish extremes. Often the difference between a Utopia and a Dystopia is in the author’s point of view. Dystopias
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What is the significance of travel in Thomas More’s Utopia? Thomas More wrote Utopia during the Age of Exploration. In order to discuss the significance of travel in Utopia‚ I think it is important to compare what humanity during that time wanted to get away from to the place Raphael Hythloday traveled to- the fictional place called Utopia which means No Place. Humanity was asking a lot of questions about their world and about themselves during this time in England and other European countries.
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no citizen is neglected. According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English (1996) equality is defined as the quality or state of being equal: the quality or state of having the same rights‚ social status‚ etc. Equality in More’s “Utopia” can be first seen in the similarity between the towns on the island. “There are fifty-four cities on the island‚ all spacious and magnificent‚ entirely identical in language‚ customs‚ institutions and laws. So far as the location permits‚ all of
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reach it’s musings of a world without flaws. In the novel The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas’s reality appears to be the utopia our society longs for‚ but it’s beauty is only skin deep. At first glance‚ these two civilizations have nothing in common‚ but once you delve into their details‚ eerie similarities appear causing the reader to feel that we are on our way to becoming the dystopia we fear. Granted‚ we have far to go before we become that‚ there are some parallels that can cause debate. Our stances
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societies through an ambiguous utopia in The Dispossessed and a future that is initially perceived to be a utopia but is subsequently revealed as a dystopia in The Time Machine. The author’s respective contexts allows for contrast of these critiques in relation to their challenging of traditional perspectives on humanity. HG Wells’ political commentary of late Victorian England critiques his society and its structure through the exaggeration of humanity’s faults in a dystopia rather than correcting those
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laid off and losing your home and possibly getting a divorce? Maybe even just knowing that no one will ever say anything mean to you or do anything to upset you‚ sounds pretty like a utopia don’t you think? That is why I think Jonas’s community is a utopia. One of the main reasons why I believe the giver is a utopia is because no one cares what they wear‚ they never have to worry about what anyone thinks because there are no attraction relationships. For example they don’t get to choose their spouses;
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My Vision of Utopia There are many different definitions to describe a true perfect Utopia. The reason that there are so many people with many different ideas about the perfect world is because the act of making something perfect in a person vision of utopia is created to suit what that creator deems to be perfect. Perception is the key to understanding what makes a Utopia perfect and what makes it flawed. My view of a Utopia requires several different managements and trade-offs of what is believed
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