Life is perceived through many angles. The one that you choose not only shapes the world around you but also the opinions of others around you and when it comes to the topic of utopias and dystopias there definitely Is no exception to the rule. Throughout history the vision of a perfect world has always been one that has intrigued society and so has led to the reflection of what the social and political values of that time are. A great example of this is the novel Utopia by Thomas More. More not only pushes the boundaries of his own social beliefs and social standing but he also creates what some believe were the thoughts of a simply discontented man who used writing a book like utopia as an escape from life in Europe, and although the text itself is very floored he presents alternatives to the current situation in which he is living in and so to him this might have been his own personal Utopia. However in doing so More creates this idea that questions the realism of utopia’s that then leads to the quote by Albert Camus that “Utopia is that which is in contradiction with reality” and this is proven time and time again with More almost constantly contradicting himself as he not only creates disobeying un-loyal utopians in order to prove point on a particular subject but he also contradicts himself as a lot of what he writes especially in the section about religion goes against his on beliefs that he inevitable died for. Being hedonistic would have been or should have been, one of the last things on More’s classically catholic mind, regardless of this More creates his Utopians with this word in mind, not only do the utopians live for the pleasure and happiness of their own life on earth but do not hold too much value in the afterlife and things such as euthanasia and seeing your bride and groom in the nude before the wedding are things that are socially and morally correct in his story, which completely opposes the status quo of the 1500’s, with most of Europe believing in the notion of sacrifice and the penance of past sins all in the hopes of having a better life in heaven with God. This greatly shows the amount of discontent that More felt even though he did not himself realize that he held such feelings, which shows that most utopic visions are usually sparked from the change in social idea’s or political movements and in this case this would have been the breaking away from the catholic church and the forming of the church of England by Henry the VIII. Utopia’s are simply an escape and nothing more because as proven by More attempt they are unattainable and even the notion of them is unrealistic as not only do they usually mean the recalibration of the human condition but also one person’s utopia might be another’s dystopia and therefore not meeting the definition requirements of the word utopia as a utopia must please everyone’s needs. Another utopic vision is one of Frank Capra in the film Lost Horizon. This film explores the prospects of finding a utopic civilization just as More describes however the intension of this film is not to escape from the normal situations happening but in fact the dilemma of having to choose between staying in this almost too perfect world or returning to the imperfect but familiar of earth. This film is many a times classified as a Utopia due to the perfectness of the new world that R