Unity In Thomas More's Utopia

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Could a country ever be completely united and equal, with no inner division and equal opportunity for everyone? It certainly seems so in Utopia, a fictitious country, presented by, a fictitious explorer, Raphael Nonsenso in the very real novel Utopia by Thomas More. Now the question arises, how could a country be united that well? The answer lies in the way that Utopia handles religion, labor, and property. In these Utopia creates unity by promoting equality throughout.
The ways Utopians handle religion creates unity by promoting equality. In Utopia, as in every other country, there are many different religions. However, in Utopia, this does not mean there are multiple feuding divisions within the country like there are within other ones. Instead the country is more unified as a result of all the religions. According to Raphael “the most ancient principles of [the utopians] constitution is …show more content…

In Utopia, everyone works. There are no vagrants hanging around and doing nothing, every person has a job there. Furthermore everyone has “one job they all do, irrespective of sex, and that’s farming. It’s part of every child’s education” (pg. 55). Unlike other countries where jobs are divided into jobs that men can do and jobs that women can do Utopia creates an equal opportunity for everyone. With every child learning how to farm in school everyone has access to the same skills and in this sense everyone is equal as well. Of course this is not the only way that Utopia creates unity and equality with labor. The Utopians believe that when putting humanity under a more powerful microscope one will be “surprised to find how few people actually produce what the human race consumes” (pg. 57). With the system that Utopia uses everyone produces his fair share and everyone does their fair share of work. No one does more and no one does less to provide for the country and through this everyone is equal and

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