A READING RESPONSE TO UTOPIA: BOOK 2 BY THOMAS MORE (Essay Sample)

A READING RESPONSE TO UTOPIA: BOOK 2 BY THOMAS MORE Author’s name Course name Date After Raphael Hythloday has developed his motif of the Utopian commonwealth, More provides his remarks to the reader. More notes that Hythloday discourse including the religion, the traditions, and the absence of exchange of money was peculiar to him. He finally notes that he could concur with all the thoughts of Hythloday but notes that government should reflect some of the features apparent in the Commonwealth of Utopia. The last remark by More creates confusion on whether he believed in the structure of society he espoused in his text. It is arguable that he was merely allowing a fancy thought as he expresses in the book that some of the most of the things that occurred to him regarding the structure of that society were absurd. Nevertheless, one can allude that More subscribed to the idea of Utopia since he would not have written the book on an idea which he considered absurd. In fact, he made several contrasts between Utopia and Europe, particularly the Christian nations, to show a society that almost attained the epitome Christian society by having a rational government. Notably, in regarding the book as a theoretical discourse with Utopia as an ideal civilization, the concept of truth becomes problematic. For instance, if the Utopians’ culture are proper, how applicable are they to, us, the readers? Hythloday argues that the Utopian plans could benefit Britain. However, the s...