The idea of Utopia came about when More faced displeasing encounters during the involuntary departure from his routined life in London. More was sent by the king’s council to take care of commercial and diplomatic treaties. During his travels, he showed his distress in several of his affairs. This includes his disdain and shame at the diminishing amount of income he is earning, causing him to worry of his family’s living condition, further stressing the fact that he misses his family. Furthermore, he also shared his concern with Peter Giles on “the nature of equity and civic duty” (Ackroyd). These concerns are translated in Thomas More’s Utopia, Book One in which More created fictional characters to describe the current living standards. However,