Does a Utopian world really exist? I believe not.The book The Giver is a great example on how a utopia does not exist even in the most perfect society. In this book the government tries to have everyone be equal, so they say. But this ends up being false. There is never anything that is 100% perfect, especially not humans. We are the worst living species to the environment and there is nothing that can be done because majority of humans are Catholic. The catholic religion puts the man on top. Leaving out environment, where?
In 50 years everything remains the same; as far as our environment goes. At least that's how government wants us to think of it. They want to make us believe that there is nothing wrong with our environment, but in reality there is a million things wrong. 50 years later, we are drinking very unhealthy water that is not 100% water, since our valley is almost dry I feel like we drink artificial water. But this we cannot help since our current and past generations have been growing tremendously. We do not have sufficient water to provide every human being. This is why our water might be artificial. Another problem that is occurring is death. The percentage rate of death goes up every summer. The desertion and need of water is killing people because Global warming. Global warming isn't getting better, it's only getting worst. But the sad thing is that 50 years ago we were told that global warming was getting a tiny bit better. This I do not see, did the government lie?
The government will not admit, they cannot afford to tell California of the great risks they are running. California cannot afford a political uprising, like the one that happened in the Middle East. People would go crazy and would try to move out as soon as possible. Causing other countries across the nations to be over populated since California holds so many people. This is the big dystopia I see in 50 years and humanity will still be lied to by the government like it always has. Eventually people will find out of the horrible situation and will do something about it. Maybe it will take longer, perhaps another 50 years.
But this could have been prevented, a great example of this would be the book Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. This book gave a clear message on how our lives would be on the long run. The main focus in the book was water and our main problem now is water. Another way this could have been prevented is having everyone believe in something different, a religion like Taoism for example. Because not unless people believe; they will do what they believe in and taoism is a religion that favors the environment in every way possible. I wish that 50 years ago, as I read the book and learn about Taoism in my English 101 class in California state LA I would have tried to spread the warning around or actually have done something about it with my classmates. Because here I sit typing this very thirsty.
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