How Does Butler Create A Dystopian Society

Past experiences help create personalities, doubts/fears, aspirations and pave the way for the rest of the lives. In a perfect utopian society, no problems persist. No problems translate into no crimes, no murder or stealing, no criminals and ultimately no criminals as well. As of now, there has yet to exist a world like that let alone a society in a novel. Though Samuel Butler hopes to achieve a novel that incorporates utopia, it only ends up more similarly reflected a dystopian society. Mental and physical illnesses classify as crimes in a utopian world.

Erewhon and the End of Utopian can best be described as a satire of Victorian institutions. It can be seen as more dystopian including a backwards society; "The physically ill people are treated as criminals, while criminals are nurtured as if they were sick" (Text 1). Complications arising overall challenges the concept of a perfect utopian society. "Erewhonians punish their sick and hospitalize embezzlers; they imprison those who have suffered grievous misfortune to hard labor"(Text 1). The text was written meant to come off as a utopian society but clearly

Poor individuals are strongly disliked; "Those of lower birth, with little money, good looks and health, are to be disliked and viewed as objects of disgust..."(Text 4). Close to the made up rules as to what can be accepted both civically and socially. To add on to the list of crimes, physical disabilities can also be considered crimes ; "When a neighbor woman visits the Nosibors without her husband she does not say he could not accompany her due to ill health. Instead, she claims he had stolen a pair of socks in the town square" (Text 4). The lie further proves how worse being ill rather than a robber