ore 633). Each citizen in the society has an equal amount of responsibility. Each performs the same task, farming, and each has his/her own specialty (i.e., carpentry, blacksmith, etc.) With this he strips away pride. How can one man be proud if there are so many others perform the same task as he? He goes on to say, “after supper they have an hour’s recreation, either in the gardens or the communal dining halls, according to the time of year” (633). More sets the sleeping time, almost as a law, taking into account the society rather than the individual. More, just as anyone, was a slave to the society in which he lived. His view on the English society, in which he resided, was one of oppression, being ruled by a higher authority. More attempted to create a society in which oppression did not exist; however, oppression did exist with the use of a Styward. A Styward’s only job was “…to see that nobody sits around doing nothing, but that everyone gets on with his job” (632). It is quite contradictory that More intended to erase power when he places the Styward with power. Increasingly contradictory is that More states that women are the “…weaker sex…” (632) and “…are given the lighter jobs” (632). More goes on to state that “…wives are subordinate to their husbands…” (634). Not only does this express More’s own slavery to his society but does this not instill more power in the men? Thomas More unsuccessfully, and optimistically, describes human nature. He seems to believe that man is a creation of his governing authority; and that if the governing power is to be removed then man would be a less hostile force. He depicts that man by nature is good-willed and conforming. He forgets that man is an animal in the world, competition runs fierce. When it comes down to it, one man will overtake the other to better himself; and with th...
