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When looking at utopias through out history, Mores’ novel Utopia (which can be argued to be the original “blueprint” for how a utopia should be run) and Pleasentville, which is a movie that depicts how a utopia would be run in the mid 1900’s, are two pieces of literature that seem to stand out. In a time in which England and most of Europe were in a dark period, More thought of a place in which perfection was a way of life. He “created” an area where everyone was happy, had full stomachs, and were for the most part equal. There is still a hierarchy of government officials that run the society, close to the one that we have in place now in the United States. With an elected King and with people working below him, like senators. But more so from the political structure is how the families are run. The eldest male runs the family in which a couple families live together in the same household. That is until he becomes senile o