what is a utopia and what is the best way to write one?

Answer 1

A utopia is a perfect society, which is why you can never have one.

Answer 2

Hello Alex

The most important thing to remember about a "utopia" is that it would be different for each person, that is why no one single "Utopia" can exist.

There are some basic or standard parts of most utopian societies. One is usually peace, where there is no violence toward any one. Another would be freedom from wants, such as hunger, homelessness, greed. Once people are free from most of the daily struggles, then they would be free to create great things.

But hey! That is just MY idea of utopia!! What would be yours???

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Answer 3

Utopia (from Greek: οὐ no, and τόπος, place, i.e. "no place" or "place that does not exist") in its most common and general positive meaning, refers to an imaginary, ideal civilization, which may range from a city to a world, regarded to be attainable in the future by some.

Human efforts to create a better, or perhaps perfect society are called utopianism. Ideas which could be/are considered able to radically better the world are often called utopian ideas.

"Utopian" in a negative meaning is used to discredit ideas as too advanced, too optimistic or unrealistic and impossible to realize. Hence, for example, the use by Marxists, of such expressions as "utopian socialism".

It has also been used to describe actual communities founded in attempts to create such a society in order to better themselves in an economic and political fashion. Although some authors have described their utopias in detail, and with an effort to show a level of practicality, the term "utopia" has come to be applied to notions that are (supposedly) too optimistic and idealistic for practical application. Utopia, however, is difficult to achieve.

Utopia is largely based on Plato's Republic. It is a perfect version of Republic wherein the beauties of society reign (eg: equalism and a general pacifist attitude), although its citizens are all ready to fight if need be. The evils of society, eg: poverty and misery, are all removed. It has few laws, no lawyers and rarely sends its citizens to war, but hires mercenaries from among its war-prone neighbors (these mercenaries were deliberately sent into dangerous situations in the hope that the more war-like populations of all surrounding countries will be weeded out, leaving peaceful peoples). The society encourages tolerance of all religions, but not of atheism, since the people believe that a man must fear some God, else he shall act evilly and their society will weaken. Some readers have chosen to accept this imaginary society as the realistic blueprint for a working nation, while others have postulated More intended nothing of the like. Some maintain the position that More's Utopia functions only on the level of a satire, a work intended to reveal more about England than about an idealistic society. This interpretation is bolstered by the title of the book and nation, and its apparent derivation from the Greek for "no place" and "good place": "Utopia" is a compound of the syllable eu, meaning good, and topos, meaning place. But the homonymous prefix ou, with the meaning "no," also resonates in the word: the perfectly "good place" is really "no place."

Answer 4

The word "utopia" describes a place that is ideally perfect in all its aspects.

So "writing utopia" basically means that you have to write a piece describing utopia.

A book with an example of a utopia: "The Giver" by Lois Lowry.