Thomas Moore’s Utopia
When Donald Trump says he will make America “great” again, he typically defines “great” using three to four of the following adjectives: “strong,” “wealthy,” “proud,” and “safe.” Write a paper explaining what makes Utopia (described in Book Two of Utopia) “great.” Be sure to read all of (and use quotations from) both Book One and Book Two of Thomas More’s Utopia before you write your paper, so that you can show that Utopia is “great” in contrast with Europe during Thomas More’s time (using quotations from Book One) and on its own terms (using quotations from Book Two). Pick three or four adjectives to describe what is “great” about the society, and illustrate/defend their use with quotations. (You may wish to use Raphael Hythloday’s words since he is main advocate for Utopia in both Book One and Book Two.) Conclude your paper not by summarizing what you have already said but by contrasting Hythloday’s Utopia with Trump’s America. How does each vision respond to the problems its advocate (Hythloday in one case, Trump in the other) identifies in (or claims to identify in his society?
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