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Utopian Societies Do Not Exist

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People say nothing is perfect for a reason. I believe Utopian Societies can not exist in the modern world today. There are some studies that try to figure if a Utopian Society would work, the study came out as negative The first reason is: Most of the people secretly do not like the rules “I think i'd like to be a birth mother” Lily said..“Three years” Mother told her firmly. “ Three lazy years”. (The Giver page 21) Jonas’s mother does not agree with the rules of a birth mother's work schedule and does not want Lily to be a birth mother. The long series of failed experiments yields some interesting lessons. (Why Utopias Fail paragraph 10) There are series of failed experiments proven to show that Utopian Societies can not exist. “Two children one female, one male to each family unit. It was written very clearly in the rules”. Lily giggled. “ Well, she said, I thought maybe just this once”! ( The Giver page 10) …show more content…

The last reason is, All the rules have a road block as to something to do with confusion or not enough of “ I have caused you anxiety”. She said. “ I apologize”. ( The Giver page 56) The Chief Elder caused them to have anxiety and confusion. Which provides evidence for my quote that they were confused.Most of the rules didn't work out because it has bad human nature (Utopian Cities that didn't pan out paragraph 1) They didn't have sameness in the cities so the rules didn't work out for the

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