Like many of us, I grew up believing that utopia was both a
perfect place and one where the people has complete say over how to run the
country. After reading Thomas More’s Utopia,
it’s safe to say that my vision of utopia has completely changed.
The way the idea of utopia was presented, it has more of a “big
brother” feel to it. If the people of utopia, came on their own free will, on
the basis they would have say in how the country works; is it necessary to have
someone/something always watching? Or appear to be. The fact that people can
just walk into your house, without knocking, is not only creepy, but just
downright weird. Regardless of the fact that some rules are meant to be broken,
someone’s house is their personal paradise, you cannot have people just perusing
around.
In my opinion, the idea of utopia presented in this novel,
is nothing more than a new way to fool people into living in a place where they
believe life will be different and perhaps better than where they currently
reside. When in reality, it is more similar to the world they left than they
realize.
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