s in a single fence. Result-hundreds of farmers are evicted." (More, 47) Without land, people have no means of supporting themselves and are forced to either turn to begging and lose all of their self respect or steal to survive and More says "theft comes easier to a man of spirit".(More, 48) More sums up his feeling on the matter by saying "Thus, a few greedy people have converted one of England's greatest natural advantages into a national disaster." (More, 48)When examining the problems of English society, More points out that another of the main contributing factors is the centralized kingship of the country. More says, "it is generally agreed that a king can do no wrong, however much he may want to, because everything belongs to him, including every human being in the country...". (More, 61) Because the king has so much power over his country and his land, there is nothing to assure that the people under his command can lead happy and healthy lives.One of the main points More focuses on in Utopia is the kings powers and how he uses them. Kings have the ability to make war, but More questions why anyone would want to go to war in the first place by saying "I don't see how it can be in the public interest to prepare for war, which you needn't have unless you want to, by maintaining innumerable disturbers of the peace-when peace is so infinitely more important." (More, 46) Kings have the power to send their people off to fight and lose their lives perhaps because he just feels like war or because he is land hungry. More feels that the kings should simply focus on the land and subjects he has rather than dividing his attention between his duties and his ambitions. He also feels that what kings fail to realize is that they are creating crime and then punishing people for the wrong doing. By allowing war to occur, they are creating an environment of lower moral standards in their kingdom. People are hungry and since the king i...
