A Modern Utopia by H.G. Wells

     Every individual has his/her own ideals about everything and all these ideals, when formed into a single idea also creates a utopia in which that person may usually perceive as perfect for themself. A utopia is the state of being a perfect world in all points of reference of life in that world. What the common utopia is for everyone in the world now is constantly being debated, and is nowhere close to being found and accepted. But, there are ideals originating from those utopias that have been generally accepted by all. A Modern Utopia by H.G. Wells is an essay-story that presents the author's ideals surrounding his own utopia in which he finds achievable, consisted of the ideals from other utopists and philosophers in history until his time.

     Something that Wells tells readers about his utopia is that the small social issues are things bound to occur anywhere where there are people, and although his utopia has said conflict it is still a utopia. Wells' utopia also has some aspects in which helps to maintain its state of perfection, which is also another reason why social conflicts become such an insignificant factor in his utopia. His utopia is made to constantly be in a static or positively progressing state. This doesn't really account for any visitors from our world entering the story. Wells uses the characters from the story part of his writing piece, the Botanist and the Narrator, to draw in readers and to open up discussion about his ideals. When they enter a utopian society, can they not produce a conflict that can cause this utopia to no longer be a utopia? After having analyzed and observing the author's utopia, I have to say that even the slightest most insignificant thing as such can progress into something more greatly impactful. One of Murphy’s laws is that, as time progresses things are bound to worsen, which contradicts the whole concept of utopia.

     Then, H.G. Wells also mentions a major aspect of his utopia which one may find very debatable. Something that helps in maintaining his utopia is an openly secret society which has the power to keep the state intact. In other words it makes negative progression nonexistent allowing growth without it being unethical or dystopian. A powerful exclusive group separate from a state’s government with the ability to build up or break down that state, has always been very controversial in the real world. One of the first to have a similar idea was Plato. Instead of it being the Samurai as in Wells’ work; he called them the Guardians. Many have found such a thing as a possible necessity for a utopia, especially it coming from one of the first and most famous philosophers. In contrast, one of the first applications of the idea was the Freemasons who were responsible for the beginning of the United States (and few places around the world). After evil overcame the society and anti-freemasonry movements started, they slowly faded away from history losing any supplemental power they had in the country.

     Herbert George Wells also draws a reference to Thomas More's utopia. More's utopia does exhibit a utopia, but one in which he did not believe was achievable to any extent. Wells uses his works to try and prove his ideals in order to strengthen his utopia. Seeing that these two are very distinct men who have developed in very different places, times, and ways, it is quite obvious that they think differently. This is also why their ideals are very different, mostly tending to conflict with another. You can’t prove another utopia wrong, but you can present your own ideas as H.G. Wells did. There really is no limit to what one can do other than the limits that every individual creates for themselves.

     Utopia is something that is achievable, as shown in Wells’ utopia and many others. It all varies with what every person believes is utopia. Some may feel that utopia is a place where they get the most benefits while others believe it is a state which we know is there but we cannot achieve. No matter how you see it, everything hitherto surrounds the improvement of our world in the present.