Week 2-Utopia

I felt that Thomas Moore wrote Utopia with an idea in mind of a society that he could only wish to live in. Also with the underlying disappointment in the way of life during that time period. Thomas Moore indirectly criticized the overly wealthy class. In turn, he made the people in Utopia all have the same roles. For example, the gold and silver are not prized positions but instead worn by prisoners. At the same time diamonds and minerals are for children to play with and then grow out of. I felt that Moore did this to underplay the wealth and riches that is normally associated with the upper class. The book was originally written in Latin therefore his audience was the more educated people.
Going back to Moore’s motives for writing this, I found it very obvious that he was writing this with hopes that someone would take on his ideas or even agree with him. It was almost as if he was instructing someone how life should be in contrast to how it was then. There is a response/excuse for any possible criticism towards this “untouchable” society.