Essay 1

Go to the textbook. Read the chapter on Utopias: Model States.

Go to Course Content. Read the information at every link associated with the Rapsani Project.

Go to http://brbl-archive.library.yale.edu/exhibitions/utopia/

Click on each author’s name and read the information. After reading about utopian literature, click on the link to the right: Dystopian Literature. Click on each author’s name and read the information.

Prepare a well-developed, specific report which addresses the following topics. Organize the requested information underneath the bold internal section headings listed below. Be sure to include these headings in the body of the report. Submit the report at the Essay 1 Assignment Folder by the announced deadline.

Introduction

Define the terms Utopia and Dystopia. Give two examples of each type of society. Describe each of the four societies (two utopian societies, two dystopian societies). What are the defining characteristics of each?

Country Profile

Provide each of these four facts regarding your utopian nation. Tell how you selected each one.

1. the name of the nation

2. the national flower

3. the national animal

4. the name of the currency

Motto/Flag

What is your country’s motto? Did it come from a source or did you create it? In what way is this motto related to the utopian nature of your nation? What does the motto reveal about your nation and its people?  Which flag did you choose and why? If the software permitted a customized flag, what would your country’s flag look like?

Conclusion

Can a perfect world exist? What are the obstacles to a perfect world? In addition to what you’ve discussed above, what are your ideas regarding your nation so far? What is your utopian vision?