It’s true that one person’s utopia is another’s dystopia. For example, if someone were to place me in a “perfect” world that centered on bodybuilding and running, I would be in a personal hell! However, others may excel in that type of environment. There is no way to create a world that everyone will be perfectly happy with. At least, it has not happened yet and I do not think a solution will ever be presented in the future. Literary works allow one to explore possibilities of our world without the potential risk of creating an environment that is harmful to someone. This means that authors are free to express their ideas of what perfection means to them. The reader can then consider the author’s claims and either reject or accept (and make
