text: how would you feel about living in a utopian world? i need help w/ my essay on utopis. in this case, it would be a world w/ no pollution, crime, or illness. what do u think? reminds me of lois lowry's book "the giver". read that to get a better feeling for utopias. it's short, >200 pages.  ===== more =====  ok, so you read the giver. then, i would ask: "at what price is the utopia achieved?" the universe is balanced, so if you eliminate pain, suffering, and saddness you cannot retain joy, happiness, and desire. you have to wonder if life in a utopian world would have any meaning. remember what walt whitman said:  o me! o life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless--of cities fill'd with the foolish; of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than i, and who more faithless?) of eyes that vainly crave the light--of the objects mean--of the struggle ever renew'd; of the poor results of all--of the plodding and sordid crowds i see around me; of the empty and useless years of the rest--with the rest me intertwined; the question, o me! so sad, recurring--what good amid these, o me, o life?  answer.  that you are here--that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.