Thomas Mores Utopia and Gorge Orwells 1984 explore the issues of equality frequently throughout the texts

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Equality is understood and implied differently by everyone. That’s why it is easier said than done to pin point what equality truly is, or else can be classed as. Thomas Mores ‘Utopia’ and Gorge Orwell’s ‘1984’ explore the issues of equality frequently throughout the texts, although it is the same theme that is portrayed, the way in which they do it is individual to their personal views and interpretations of equality, which is often effect by there culture and the time period of which was written.                                  Thomas More implies the theme of equality throughout the book through the subject matter of labour and education.                                                                                                                                                                 ‘…farming…is everybody’s job…’                                                  

The women and men both have equal opportunity to study a trade as well as functioning in farming. Furthermore, the Utopians all have the same working hours and hours of free time, building the people into an equal unit, contrasting to a status based capitalist countries. More eludes the sense of equality through the use of pedantic numerical figures, omnisciently manipulating the reader into believing in this all equal society without questioning, almost creating a semblance.                                        More continues to reinforce the theme of equality by touching on the Utopians educational methods. An illustration of this would be the fact that students are taught in mixed ability groups, there is no higher achy foundation or higher tiers. Utopians are all taught equally rather than individualising them through different intellectual ability. From the word go the Utopians are indoctrinated into prioritising agriculture. They are all required to study from a small selection of trades; this removes the ability to make individual choices making the utopians become psychologically equal. This is so the people do not became philosophical and start questioning their society, therefore they are all equally being manipulated. More eludes equality through synthetically listing the trades, subliminally making us believe Utopians have a large choice of trades, when in reality there is a small restricting hand full that makes sure people are equal and can not gain status through their work place. Everyone is brought up to have equal aims working the trade that is essential to the Utopians survival.                                More successfully creates a constant feel for equality trough the repetition of plural pronouns;

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                        ‘…they all…everyone…’

The connotation of the lexical choices used suggest of equality and collaboration. More never individualises anyone, an example of this would be the fact that during this passage Raphael never uses the names of the people this subliminally reinforces equality.                                                         

        Practicality is clearly an equal priority for the Utopians;

                ‘…essential to the public…’                                                   

They only practice trades that are essential to survival their clothing is produced based on practicality in the work place as well as every day functioning although this way of life sounds lifeless and boring nether the less ...

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