Life is perceived through many angles. The one that you choose not only shapes the world around you but also the opinions of others around you and when it comes to the topic of utopias and dystopias there definitely Is no exception to the rule. Throughout history the vision of a perfect world has always been one that has intrigued society and so has led to the reflection of what the social and political values of that time are. A great example of this is the novel Utopia by Thomas More. More not only pushes the boundaries of his own social beliefs and social standing but he also creates what some believe were the thoughts of a simply discontented man who used writing a book like utopia as an escape from life in Europe, and although the text itself is very floored he presents alternatives to the current situation in which he is living in and so to him this might have been his own personal Utopia.
However in doing so More creates this idea that questions the realism of utopia’s that then leads to the quote by Albert Camus that “Utopia is that which is in contradiction with reality” and this is proven time and time again with More almost constantly contradicting himself as he not only creates disobeying un-loyal utopians in order to prove point on a particular subject but he also contradicts himself as a lot of what he writes especially in the section about religion goes against his on beliefs that he inevitable died for.
Being hedonistic would have been or should have been, one of the last things on More’s classically catholic mind, regardless of this More creates his Utopians with this word in mind, not only do the utopians live for the pleasure and happiness of their own life on earth but do not hold too much value in the afterlife and things such as euthanasia and seeing your bride and groom in the nude before the wedding are things that are socially and morally correct in his story, which completely opposes the status quo...