Changing Worlds Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy is a novel in which the protagonist, Julian West, is able to experience a whole new century through a deep, mesmerizing sleep. He is hypnotized one day in the middle 1800’s before he goes to sleep. When Julian awakes, he finds himself back in Boston, but in the year 2000 and in a completely different society. As he experiences the new ways of life such as a new government …showed first 75 words of 715 total…

…showed last 75 words of 715 total…loosely basing this on communism. There are many positive aspects of these ideas, and it would be great not to have any poor groups of people, but it won’t ever work. Not having any corrupt government officers, riots, or wars would be great for everyone. As a society we could do without some of these things, but there will always be many factors such as greed, corruption, and competition stopping progress in its tracks.