Literary experts explain that the Greek meaning for Utopia means “no place”, this shows that the Greeks thought that Utopia couldn’t be real or possible. Lois’s experience with her father's aging and dementia allowed her to establish a setting of an Utopia/Dystopian society in her novel.
For example, Dystopia/Utopia shows how homes and dwellings are different. In The Giver, all the dwellings are the same. However, in the real world most people’s