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Looking Backward

            DREAM on, for dreams are sweet: Do not awaken.
             The word dream has many definitions.
             as a series of images that occur in the mind during sleep, yet many.
             other definitions of the term dream exist. A dream can also be .
             thought of as an aspiration; an achievement that is desired or longed.
             for. Bellamy believes that he has a vision, a dream. The utopian.
             community which he creates is; however, an impractical and idealistic.
             strive for social and political reform. A sight which if existed in his.
             day would have never found light.
             The nineteenth century was a point in history where the mighty.
             industry ascended. It was the time when social equality was.
             completely vapid. There was a distinctive gap that existed between.
             that of the rich and the poor. Few individuals were so lucky as to.
             "strike it rich," while the majority of Americans sweated by their very.
             brow everyday in these factories. Bellamy saw this issue of social.
             inequality as the largest issue facing this nineteenth century society.
             He believed if social equality existed, which in turn means that social.
             classes do no exist; every American in their own way would be.
             powerful. In his very eyes, a society based on publicly owned capital.
             would be the solution necessary to this predicament of public.
             disparity. What would happen to a society if every resident is well.
             educated, has credit, and is capable of almost any dream he wishes?.
             Why would someone with all these qualifications wish to settle for a.
             job as a mere laborer or waitress? They wouldn't. It is assumed that.
             if this was true in the nineteenth century, industry might have not.
             even survived, and the growth of the country in general would have.
             not been as successful. This crisis would have arisen because citizens.
             would be overqualified to perform these manual labor tasks. It can be.
             said that social classes are very necessary for a society to maintain.
             order and structure. .
             In Bellamy's twentieth century society he informs us of the.


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