) All utopias are dystopias , the term "dystopia" was coined by fools that believed a "utopia" could be functional -A.E. Samaan Utopias and dystopias are two sides of the same coin; as beneath every façade of a utopian community , there is a dystopian undercurrent detected . The term Utopia is coined by Plato in his book The Republic (380 BC). Plato 's Utopia represents an ideal society of freedom ,justice and equality (Gerhard 2 ) . In 1516 , the term "Utopia" was used by Sir Thomas More in his book by the same name which depicts an imaginary country names Utopus , a country based on social equality and freedom from conflict (Sisk). In his article "Dystopia", David Sisk gives a brief background on the origin of the word utopia ,asserting that it is " derived from the Greek ou ("not" or "no") and topos (place), a utopia is "no place," a land that does not exist"(607). To oppose the idea of utopia, dystopian literature flourished into being . While utopia is the good place , Dystopia literally means a bad place (Sisk 607). The term was first used by British MP John Stuart Mill in 1868 in his criticism of the government 's policy in Ireland (Shannon).However, it did not become widely used until the mid 19th century. In their article "Biology , Culture Presistent Literary Dystopias" ,Nanelle and David Barash define dystopias as " imagined societies in which the deepest demands of human nature are either subverted, perverted, or simply