Before my group and I worked on the presentation about Utopias and “El Dorado‚” I didn’t really understand what they were or how it correlated to the book Candide‚ by Voltaire. After we made the presentation‚ it made more sense to me. In our presentation‚ we covered what the true definition of a utopia is‚ and how it doesn’t really exist. This was interesting because in the novel‚ Candide and Cacambo eventually reach El Dorado‚ the place where everything is considered perfect. It’s ironic to me that
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Marco Flores 9/24/12 Utopian Lifestyle Throughout much literature such as Candide‚ by Voltaire‚ a concept of a Utopia is introduced. In this book‚ the utopian society was represented by El Dorado. Here‚ no realistic world ideals were present‚ as they were completely satisfied with what they had. They did not pray to God for help or even were curious enough to venture off outside the premises of their city. Lack of curiosity‚ which is completely against the norm of human nature‚ was what made
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Thomas More wrote Utopia a few years before the Protestant Reformation‚ during a period rife with religious instability. Not everyone trusted the corrupt Roman Catholic Church‚ and many Europeans looked elsewhere for their religious inspiration. Though the Utopian religion has some similarities with Catholicism and Protestantism‚ it is an entirely unique belief system uninfluenced by the numerous European faiths of the period. The main thing the sets the Utopian religion apart is its complete religious
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Weston Boone Mrs. McCrady D.C. English 101 20 October‚ 2014 Dystopia or Utopia? In the books 1984 by George Orwell‚ Brave New World by Aldous Huxley‚ and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury all have a theme of dystopia. Dystopia means an imperfect society. It is the opposite of utopia‚ which means a perfect society with no flaws. Dystopia is the word that comes to mind with the stories and political horrors with government control‚ politicians‚ and community leaders being those who are most opposed
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My Utopia Utopian society in my view is where people are their own individuals‚ but live in small communities‚ supporting their neighbors and not worried about the whole world. Utopia is where people take responsibilities for their actions and feel self-empowered. They don’t complain‚ don’t protest or agitate. If they don’t agree with something‚ they organize themselves and try to make a change through action and not just getting in a public place and scream their discontent for how things
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English 4‚ Unit 2: Utopia and Dystopia Vocabulary: Words to Know Directions: Using context clues from the sentences provided‚ try to guess the meaning of each word. Type the guessed meanings in the appropriate spaces provided. Then‚ use dictionary.com to listen to the pronunciation and find the meanings of the words as they are used in each sentence. Type the dictionary meanings in the appropriate spaces provided. 1. When he heard the sound of the gun‚ George winced. Hazel could tell the
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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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Utopia. The word by itself invokes a large amount of images‚ images which are different from person to person. For some‚ the word means some futuristic city where technology meets all humanity’s needs‚ for others‚ "utopia" is the simplest life possible‚ a life supported by nothing more than nature’s resources. Some people depict utopia as a world in which you have an unlimited source of money‚ popularity or love. The only similarity between all of these is the main idea of utopia‚ your own perfect
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