In today’s society, pleasure often overpowers work. To be honest, when having the choice of writing a paper or going over to a friends’ house, I would have to choose the latter. Wouldn’t most of us? In today’s time, yes, most of us probably would. Back in the 16th century most people would also choose play over work. If they had to work to live, then their off time would be spent …showed first 75 words of 1145 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1145 total…about –a place considered perfect. We can only dream about it, knowing in the back of our minds that it is false but all the while ignoring that thought because of our natural desire for this sort of perfection. Maybe the Utopians are a race unto themselves where human nature is the desire to ‘cultivate the mind’. Are they a symbol of what we have the power to become? Why not try and become it?