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    Animal Farm’s Utopian Society Animal Farm by George Orwell is a novel detailing a farm’s revolution as the animals fight to take back what is theirs and keep it for themselves rather than supply a farmer and his needs. The animals succeed in recapturing their farm‚ and one of the first things they do is set up a list of seven commandments to provide structure to their utopian society. By the end of the book‚ one realizes that the utopian society the animals set up was riddled with holes‚

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    Fiction

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    Elements of Fiction 1. Settings * Place and time where the story takes place * It sets the mood of the story 2. Characters * Elements that move in the story *Classifications of Characters* * Protagonist – good guys * Antagonist – bad guys * Round – complex‚ many sided * Flat – one to two traits only * Static – sake sort of person from the beginning till the end * Dynamic/developing – undergoes permanent change * Major – main roles * Minor – supporting

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    Oneida Utopian Community

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    Oneida Utopian Community The Oneida Community can be considered one of the most successful utopian societies that there has ever been. “The Oneida Community‚ in many ways the most radical social and sexual experiment in American history‚ was founded in central New York by John Humphrey Noyes and a small band of Christian perfectionists in March 1848” (Olin‚ 285). The community eventually came to an end around 1879 and although somewhat short-lived‚ this utopian community presented many ideas that

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    The Giver is a book set in a utopian society‚ however as the story reveals it is apparent that it is in fact a dystopian society. By having no choices the people were protected from making the wrong choices. The people who first inhabited Jonah’s community wanted to create a perfect society and this was their way of doing it. They took away everything that could possibly make anyone different‚ other then Jonah‚ he was chosen to be the receiver of memory. The only way it could be possible to conform

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    everything is the same . There’s nothing to desire because everyone and everything is the same ‚ will be the same ‚ or possess the same things. If everyone is perfect ‚ then no one would lack and want to be someone else . A great example to this utopian universe would be the world in the book The Giver by __________. There was no crime because there was no hate or envy . There was no envy because everyone saw the world the same . I believe that there is not a mentality that could make this universe

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    Utopian Research Paper

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    Utopia and the perfect society‚ especially around election time. It begins with a vision‚ imagination‚ money and a desire for you‚ the society that you’re in and the nations of people after you the freedom to live a happy‚ healthy and prosperous life. Utopian ideas are usually born and fostered in the minds of a depressed or oppressed society‚ where its inhabitants

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    there are many factors that make up a dystopian society. All of which can be pointed out through the story of "By the waters of Babylon". From the imperfect government to the tragedyless‚ and carefree environment. So as long as you understand that a dystopian society is the opposite of a utopian society‚ and that anything that can go wrong basically will you can see how By the waters of Babylon is a story about a man from a dystopian society. The oxford American desk dictionary and thesaurus

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    Brook Farm Utopian Society

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    Brook Farm Institute of Agriculture and Education‚ was just one of multiple utopian communities throughout North American history. Between 1663 and 1858‚ around 138 of these “perfect societies” were established in the continent (“Utopia”). While it is up for debate as to whether Brook Farm succeeded in creating the perfect society‚ it has remained as one of the most well known and preserved entities of the United States’ utopian past. In 1841‚ a man by the name of George Ripley started Brook Farm

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    The Giver Utopian Society

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    The Giver was written by Lois Lowry in 1993. It tells about a utopian society in which every person is assigned their life’s purpose at different ceremonies that occur yearly. The society is very organized‚ and everything is very matter-of-fact and by the book. Every year there are ceremonies for the children growing each year‚ named the year they are turning. Each year new milestones are reached‚ and everyone looks forward to the Ceremonies‚ especially the Ceremony of Twelve. The Elders decide what

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    and the people can’t be who they want to be in life because of the government. The structure of this government resembles more of a dystopian society rather than a utopian society. A utopia is an imagined place or state of things in which everything is ideal or perfect. Unlike a utopia‚ a dystopia is not a good place or a frightening place to live. This is a dystopian society and world where the people can not be who they truly are and are forced to live in misery. Here‚ the government makes people

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