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Bellamy's Boston

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The Boston of the year 2000 is radically different from the 1887 Boston that Julian West is from.  Upon waking up, he finds himself in the house of a Dr. Leete and his family, and after gazing at the city of Boston from a bird's-eye view, Julian West says, "If you had told me. . . that a thousand years instead of a hundred had elapsed since i last looked on this city, i should now believe you."  The Utopic Boston society is so radically different that Mr. West truly cannot believe the relatively short amount of time which had passed.

It is important to note that all revelations of Bellamy's utopia come from the viewpoint of Mr. Julian West, the individual, and his quick immersion and comfort in the new, extremely foreign society speaks to its utopic nature.  Even though he is from a completely different time he becomes well-acclimated and freely accepted in the futuristic Boston, hinting at its inherent good nature from the beginning.

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