English Dublin Coffman High School School (3306) May 2014 Advisor: Timothy Flora Word count: 3977 Abstract This investigation outlines the fine line between utopias and dystopias. It assesses the topic of when and how the shift from a utopia to a dystopia can occur‚ analyzing the characteristics that make up a utopia and a dystopia. This investigation will examine two utopian/dystopian narratives. In both books‚ we will see characteristics of a dystopia‚ and be further exposed to two
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Utopia is a term for an imagined place where everything is perfect. It has been used to describe an imaginary world where the social justice is achieved as well as the principles that could guarantee it. Utopia symbolizes people’s hopes and dreams. Utopia turns to be synonymous with impossible because an ideal life in a perfect society that it offers appears to be out of reach. The authors of utopias depict the societies similar to theirs but better organized. They also offer a detailed plan of how
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Define the terms UTOPIA and DYSTOPIA‚ and discuss whether The Chrysalids can be considered a Utopian or a Dystopian novel. One could describe the novel "The Chrysalids" as a dystopian novel as apposed to utopian. The town in which David and the rest of shape-thinkers live is deffinatly not a utopia as well as the new land to which they move‚ Sealand. The dictionary definition of utopia is an imaginary island with perfect social & political system‚ social and political paradise
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freedom. Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Henry David Thoreau‚ and Roger Williams were all advocates of the right of man and the duty to one’s self as well as Nature. In each of these men‚ their pursuit of Utopia has brought about an individualism and a desire to do what will benefit society as a whole. Finding the Utopia‚ whatever or wherever it may be‚ is equivalent to being one with God. Society struggles most with the temptation that is conformity‚ “For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure”
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current Receiver Of Memory’s apprentice. His world quickly turns blue after it happens. The major reason that there are similarities and differences in “The Giver is‚ because Modern Society is more of a dystopia‚ and Jonas’s Society is more of a Utopia.
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Brave New World - Aldous Huxley The illusion of a utopia is very imminent in this novel‚ some of the factors that disqualify it from being a utopia and‚ in fact‚ make it a dystopia are the illusion of happiness‚ removal of human desire‚ and prohibition of assembly and free thought. The Illusion of Happiness is shown in this book in many different ways and are usually connected to the controllers of the state. Soma is labeled as the perfect drug by the Brave New World and also the World State
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Utopia: Suicide and Euthanasia Utopia by Sir Thomas More portrays similar and different ways the society of today manages suicide and euthanasia. Some of the similarities that will be considered are as follows: helping the terminally ill pass comfortably‚ encouraging the terminally ill to quit their suffering and move on‚ and having the ill cared for that can be cured. The difference that will be considered is that of how suicide is seen in the utopian society versus that of today’s society
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In a perfect world‚ no one gets hurt. A utopia is a world where there is no hurt‚ no pain‚ and no reality. More or less like a dream. But we all know that some dreams are a little far fetched.I believe that a perfect society‚ a utopia‚ is impossible and will eventually fall apart because‚ it is not beneficial to society‚ people will become dissatisfied‚ or it becomes a cut off from society. Utopias will be the demise to some communities. Utopias prove to be not beneficial to society. Many courts
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which are called‚ “utopias”. We persevered in this subject‚ and we will never quit. The complete definition of a utopia is that it is a “dream” society where life is simple‚ and there is no stress‚ fear‚ anger‚ and violence. Even though people believe it is possible to achieve such a world‚ genuinely‚ it is not possible‚ and we are wasting our time with this nonsense because sacrifices would be made to ensure the good of the community (which generally ruins the concept of a “utopia”)‚ the human mind
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politics‚ art and society‚ imagining a world in which capitalism has been abolished by a workers’ revolution and nature and society have become beautiful habitations for humanity. It is interesting to note that Morris chose to utilize the translation of utopia as "nowhere" in the title of his work. While this title might emphasize the elusiveness of an ideal society‚ the final message is one of hope‚ that the narrator will be encouraged by the glimpse of the happiness of the future. There are several utopian
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