Thomas More's "Utopia" features the description of an ideal commonwealth established in the island of Utopia. ... For the purpose of this essay I will discuss the theme of unemployment in Book I and formulate an argument to show how the presence of this theme in the first book allows the readers to grasp the contents of Book II. The theme of unemployment is introduced by Raphael Hythloday, while giving detailed reasons for his disinterest in serving royalty. ... (Utopia, Bk. 1; Logan and Adams, p.13) No choice remains to them but to beg and be "jailed as idle vagrants"(Utopia, Bk. 1; Log...

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In BNW, this is brought to us by a reflected image of our reality through an utopia world. ... From the mass' point of view, the purely brainwashed individuals of this utopia world, the questions raised by the social disturbers are fool questions because they are not answerable by the so "obvious" answers they possess and that everybody else does. ... On this level, there is a difference with Brave New World because the life of each individual living in the utopia is totally meaningless. ... From these observations, we can conclude that Brave New World and The Lottery have a common theme:...

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"Brave New World" is about a Utopia, an ideal state, a bad ideal state. It is therefore a novel about ideas, and its themes are as important as its plot. ... It lists the Utopia's prime goals. ... Throughout "Fahrenheit 451", the key themes of conformity, apathy, stagnancy and censorship are shown in a variety of ways. ... In truth, the entire text of Fahrenheit 451 is a discourse in theme. ...

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The World State, the functional society in Brave New World, seems Utopian in theory, but its overarching plan for moral, social, and cultural improvement actually results in dystopian themes such as loss of individuality and brainwashing. ... The idea of this society theoretically fits the mold of a Utopia because there are not any deeply rooted issues or discontented citizens. Where this utopia breaks down however, is when it is compared to life outside of the World State. ... It only gives false happiness through taking away individualism and brainwashing, which really is a dystopia, not ...

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The misconception that they're living in a perfect world––a utopia. ... Now, because living in a utopia is not possible, the reader understands that this is not a functional society hence the term, dystopian fiction. ... If not that, they contain a moral lesson that guides the reader into understanding what things one should avoid to prevent the themes of dystopian fiction to become the salty favoring to the autobiography of our own lives....

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The dystopian theme, "society is divided into castes or groups with specialized functions" is supported well by the novel "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. ... All-day and everyday, the animals would work like, as it said, slaves, which is really an important word and theme in the book. ... Utopia is impossible to achieve when there are slaves, and the fear that the higher social class of the pigs imposed on the other animals contributes to the utopian vision truly being a dystopia. ... The book shows that in a society divided into social classes and without equality, utopia can'...

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In Huxley's Brave New World and Orwell's 1984, the authors portray a controlling government in order to exemplify the theme of the sacrifice of freedom in order to achieve a stable society. ... Thus, they must be censored from the people, illustrating the theme of personal freedoms as a sacrifice to durability. ... The authors suggest that a true utopia can only be achieved in society through a balance of these personal freedoms and stability. ...

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Sometimes very advanced societies overlook the necessities of the individual. In the book Brave New World, Aldous Huxley creates two distinct societies: the Savages and the Fordians. The Fordians are technologically sophisticated, unlike the Savages. However, it is obvious that, overall, the Savages...

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