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In Latin, the term Utopia, directly translates into good world.

All who are in this perfect society are ideally at a consensus of happiness. However in reality, true happiness is impossible to achieve, which creates room for potential problems. No matter how manageable these supposed perfect societies may seem, a utopia is always prone to failure in the near future.
Animal Farm is a timeless satire about how a farm came under the control of average farm animals. Written by George Orwell, this classic tells of how dissatisfied animals overthrew their human owner to achieve their utopia. The utopia in this story was inspired by Old Majors dream, as he stated it was a dream of the earth as it will be when Man has vanished. It then became the motive of the Animal Farm to put an end to mankind, and to make animals the new leaders of the world. In the first few pages of the Animal Farm, all animals worked for their own fruit of the labor, and received equal treatment amongst one another. The animals lived by the Seven Commandments, which were the unquestionable rights set for all animals. All seemed to go well, until greed got the best of Napoleon, the pig dictator of the Animal Farm. The animals were brainwashed, and soon became controlled by this unworthy figure. Napoleon took advantage of the Seven Commandments to bring favorable tidings only to himself, and his fellow pigs. In the end, the animals lost their equality, All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others, and the pigs became the new humans of the farm, The creatures looked outside looking from pig to man, and man to pigbut already it was impossible to tell which was which. The animals pursued utopia failed, and the animals quietly returned to their former lives. In Shu Tings poem, Assembly Line, the world struggles through day-to-day life that appears to be a never-ending factory shift. This poem illustrates that what humans believe

to be a utopia is actually a dystopia in disguise. Surely, life must be productive, We come home from the factory night-shift, but individuality is lost, We share the same tempo and rhythm, and no one is happy anymore. A utopia should be a place for dreams and wishes to thrive, however in this society, Im unable to show concern for my manufactured fate. This utopia appears to be manageaable, but its demise is met when happiness is lost. Everyones lives are controlled, and this utopia becomes an entity that nobody desires. A utopia is simply put as a luxury that no one can afford. Utopias cannot exist, and mutual happiness is never guaranteed in a mans quest to find this perfect society. As in George Orwells Animal Farm, utopias that appear to be attainable are actually doomed for failure in the near future. In the Assembly Line, utopias are actually proved to be dystopias in disguise, meaning that a utopia in reality can never be found. That is why in a utopia, there is always more than meets the eye.

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