Monday, December 7, 2009

UNIT 2 - A SEASON IN UTOPIA


Hello friends, this week we are going to discuss about utopias and perfect societies. Please answer the following questions after you read the text on page 26.



1- What is the aim of Brook Farm society?

2- What are the incomes of this society?

3- Is it money which dominates this society?

4- What do you think is the most utopic practice of this society?

5- Are there social classes in this society?

6-Would you like to live in Brook Farm?

7-Do you think it is possible today to create such a society? Why or why not?

4 comments:

  1. 1)its aim is to insure a more natural union between intellectual and manual labor than now exists, to guarantee the workers the fruits of their toil,......
    2)the incomes of this society is the farm of about 200 acres and a school with a six year college preparation course.
    3) no it is not.
    veysel öz
    4)the most utopic practise of this society is that there was no person to take authority.
    5)there aren't social classes in this socety.it aims to combine individuals in one individual.
    6)ı would like to live in brook farm.because ther was discipline and respect.
    7)its not possible to create such a society because in our society there is injustice everywhereand there is system like caste.

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  2. 1)The aim of the brook farm
    society is change the natural link between intellectual and manual labor, make it better than now exist.Moreover,it supplies everyone opportunity to work according to their tastes,their ability by assuring them the highest mental freedom.ıt is said to them they would receive a recompense for their labor.Except this,it is also aiming to make people benefit from education ın adition to this they are aimining healtier life for people.As it is stated in the passage they want to right the wrongs of society,to give all individuals an opportunity in life and to bring the assist of all the aid of each one
    2)It has two sources of income;the first one is the farm of 200 acres and the second one is a school with six-year college preparation.
    3)No,actually it isnt the thing that dominate the society.I think by giving more importance to equality of people they show that there is sth more significant than money..
    4)I agree with Veysel, ı think it is the most utopic practise of this society is no authority.Every part of our lives.Someone is always higher than the others..It is accepted as a rules today's society.
    5)No there is no classes,actually it already aims to abolish the class discrepancy.
    6)I would like to live in brook farm,too.As ı mentioned afore,it gives a great importance to human.You live a society,and it just cares about the people,aims to make life easier and more comfortable for people.
    7)I think it is not possible because people'wishes have changed related to time.Furthermore,everybody has already accepted existence of the authority.We accustomed to this system, and it is really challenging to implement a new system..

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  3. ı want to give an extra information about brook farm.in fact about how it was destroyed.the community's buildings were destroyed by a fire and they couldnt afford to repair those buildings,so the community financially devastated and never recovered again..so,now the land on which the brook farm was settled is now used as a cemetry...what a failure..

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  4. 1)The aim of Brook Farm Society is to build a society which has no inequaility,barriers or classes between people,and let all people work for their society whatever their positions are.
    2)İt has only two incomes:the farm of about 200 acres and a school.
    3)Money dominates the society but ı think labor is more important than money in this society...
    4)The author states that there is no outhority;each was master or mistress of his/her actions,this is the most utopic practico for me because throughout the history,people always have needed authority to carry on their lives.
    7)İt is not possible to create such a society because,as ı mentioned before,society has no authority,but if you have no authority or president,then who puts rules,who gives free when someone steal something or another thing.

    ABDULLAH

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