Utopian Societies

Utopian Societies

Utopia is defined as a perfect world. It’s when there are perfect people, living in a perfect place, under a perfect government. However, I believe that everyone has their own opinion on what a Utopian world would consist of. I may disagree with a peer, and the president of the United States may laugh at the Prime Minister’s ideas. We as imperfect humans, cannot have a perfect world, because we are flawed. So when you read my ideals of a perfect world, please keep in mind that we are all different people, with different ideas. But, I feel that if we all compromise on some things, we could make a somewhat “perfect” world. In Animal Farm by George Orwell, the animals of the farm decided to make seven commandments which all would make the farm a peaceful Utopia. Later in the novel, we come to realize that these commandments weren’t as helpful as they believed it was. As I explain my ideas, I ask you to question this; what would your Utopian world be like?

In the first place, I believe that our world could be closer to Utopia by creating a free and equal education for everyone in the world. If everybody were to have a somewhat extensive education, there would be less conflicts because people would be able to solve conflicts peacefully,which could help solve impending wars. Another benefit would be that people would be able to create new machines, find new ways to solve terminal illnesses, and maybe even finding places never heard of before. Another benefit of education is that it can prove to be an escape from the outside world. At some point in everybody’s life, they need to “zone out” and travel into their imaginary world. As Hellen Keller says, “Literature is my Utopia”. So by reading, it will help our economy,...

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...istakes and problems in the world. If we grew up without any conflict, we would never be the same way we are today. So maybe this would work. Maybe it’d be paradise on Earth. On the other hand, it could prove to be a complete dystopia. Or maybe even both. I believe that Utopia is just an idea that humans create to escape from the world we live in. The world is a maze, and maybe this is how you get out of it - by creating a fantasy. In the novel Looking for Alaska by John Green, there is a quote that I feel states what I believe Utopia is. “You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present”. In this quote’s case I believe the future can be replaced with Utopia, and the labyrinth is life.