George Gilliam Marx/More Comparative Essay English 215 In Utopia by Thomas More and in the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, we see the authors describing two different visions of an improved system. reality in which all citizens are on an equal footing with each other. Both works arise from the authors' own grievances regarding the "status quo" and seek to provoke serious reflection and (in Marx's case) action on the state of affairs existing in their respective times. The context of these two works is very important when considering the substance of Utopia and the Communist Manifesto: Thomas More lived at a time when European government was based on feudalism, meaning that royal families and wealthy nobles held the overwhelming majority of power. Marx lived during the Industrial Revolution, when class antagonisms became rather aggressive due to the major gap between rich and poor (bourgeois and proletariat) resulting from the increased need of a large number of workers and a wealthy minority who results. Utopia and the Communist Manifesto are similar in the way they propose or at least spark visions of major ideological changes, but the two also have a number of key differences. More's Utopia seems more like a fictional story on the surface, but of course, there is a lot of depth to this literary work. Utopia plays out primarily as a conversation between three men: More, Hythloday, and Giles. Hythloday is arguably the most important character in this story, as he is the one who transmits all the information about the land of Utopia to More. Hythloday made many explorations with Amerigo Vespucci and came across the island “Utopia” during his travels – there he had the opportunity to act almost like an anthropologist, observing and studying...... middle of paper..... .urgeoisie and the industrial system in general (especially when compared to our current economic crisis), it seems to me that the moral values ​​of utopia are extremely important for the development of humanity. Of course, as with a text like the Bible, not everything is meant to be taken literally. I don't agree with everything More wrote in Utopia. However, I believe that the overall philosophy "act with good intentions and good things will come to you" is a very important philosophy that all humans must adhere to. I'm a bit of a cynic when it comes to human nature and, unfortunately, seeing the parallels between Marx's grievances and our modern state of economic and political affairs, I have little hope that any change in our own government succeeds. . Human nature is stingy, and unfortunately, I don't think that will ever change..