Derived From The Greek Word For "No Place - " Utopia Refers To A Perfect Society With Peace And Harmony - No Disease - And Bountiful Food. In Theory - A Utopia Should Be The Most Perfect Version Of The Future. However - Science Fiction Often Challenges The Idea Of Utopia - Suggesting Utopia Can Never Truly Exist. At First - It Seems That The Eloi Live In A Utopia - But Wells Argues Utopic Lack Of Struggle Would Cause A Weakening Of The Species And Loss In Intelligence - Resulting In The Eventual Demise Of Humanity. Similarly - The Lion Of Of Comarre Presents A Utopic Future In Which Robots Perform All The Hard Labor And Men Are Free To Pursue Their Dreams. Still - Many People Try To Escape From Society And Spend The Rest Of Their Lives Asleep. "Even In Utopia - " Clarke Write - "Some For Whom The World Had Nothing To Offer But Sorrow And Disillusion." This Suggests That Hardships Will Exist In Any Society - And Utopia Can Never Truly Exist. Dystopia Is Defined As A Society Of Normalization - And Can Manifest As Either An Authoritarian Surveillance State - As In George Orwell's 1984 - Or A State Of Lawlessness - Dispersed Power - Or Rival Warlords - As In Cormac Mccarthy's The Road. Both Types Of Dystopia Feature In Man In The High Castle; The Great Nazi Reich Represents An Authoritarian State - While The Neutral Zone Is A Dangerous And Lawless Society. Unlike Utopia - Dystopias Can Exist And Have Existed. Octavia Butler Presents The Weylin Plantation As A Dystopia; The Slaves Are Constantly Monitored By The Weylins And The Overseer - Knowledge Is Restricted And Books Are Sometimes Burned - And The Head Of The Plantation Acts Like An Authoritarian Leader With The Unrestricted Power To Harm Or Kills His Slaves. Politicians Often Create Ideas Of Both Utopia And Dystopia To Create All Encompassing-Social Visions. Frederick Jameson Says These Visions - Which He Calls Social "Totality" - Are Necessary To Achieve Political Progress And Make Those Visions Possible.