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Amelia
Well, I don't think Utopian is really a genre, but I can definitely see some people thinking this world is a utopia. I, personally, would not say this, I think it's a dystopia.
My definition of a dystopia is a land where everything might seem perfect, but it's actually really unfair and unjust. You'll notice in a lot of dystopian books, most of the people in the society are satisfied with their lives, and believe whatever the government is telling them, but when a character realizes something is off, it sparks the conflict that will fuel the plot of the book.
A world where death is cured might seem like a utopia, but it causes whole new problems. If almost all causes of death are eliminated, than the population would grow exponentially, overcrowding our planet. They solve that problem with Scythes, but this creates an unfair balance of power. Even though you have good Scythes, like Faraday, there are other ones who are using their power to make things worse for other people.
I don't really think a sort of utopia exists. Whenever you solve one problem, that can create nother, as we see here. And also, everyone has a different version of a utopia. There's just no way to please everyone. That said, we don't have to live in a dystopia, we can try to create a sort of in between.
Sorry for such a long answer. This is a really interesting question, and I just kept building on my answer.
My definition of a dystopia is a land where everything might seem perfect, but it's actually really unfair and unjust. You'll notice in a lot of dystopian books, most of the people in the society are satisfied with their lives, and believe whatever the government is telling them, but when a character realizes something is off, it sparks the conflict that will fuel the plot of the book.
A world where death is cured might seem like a utopia, but it causes whole new problems. If almost all causes of death are eliminated, than the population would grow exponentially, overcrowding our planet. They solve that problem with Scythes, but this creates an unfair balance of power. Even though you have good Scythes, like Faraday, there are other ones who are using their power to make things worse for other people.
I don't really think a sort of utopia exists. Whenever you solve one problem, that can create nother, as we see here. And also, everyone has a different version of a utopia. There's just no way to please everyone. That said, we don't have to live in a dystopia, we can try to create a sort of in between.
Sorry for such a long answer. This is a really interesting question, and I just kept building on my answer.
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