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The Importance Of Utopia In Society

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Merriam Webster’s online dictionary states the definition of a utopia as “a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions” or as “an imaginary and indefinitely remote place.” Utopia, is stated as an “imaginary place of ideal perfection”, and I have visions of what this world would look like if everything could reach perfection for all of society, and hopefully, over time this imagined place could become the reality. I envision a utopia in which all races and genders are truly honored and treated equally because that is how society should be. Physical appearances cannot be what create the judgement of people, everyone deserves to be respected for how they are on the inside and by what talents or characteristics they possess which work to help contribute towards the betterment of society. In reference to The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvior, We Should All be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and a Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr., the importance of equality for all people, no matter what differences appear to be present, is established through use of personal stories, powerful diction, and imagery focused on the goal of a new and just society.
Today’s society is composed of two genders, male and female, each gender truly not much different from the other, as they only differ based on the twenty-third chromosome pair they were born with. In The Second Sex, de Beauvior quotes, “The division of the sexes is a biological

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