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How Would You Feel If You Lived In A Dystopian Society?
Embedded Assessment 2.1 How would you feel if you lived in a dystopian society instead of living in modern day society? Today in the world there are places where people have freedom and books that have societies that are like today but very different. There can be societies in the world that can be like the books. Why are they different? Dystopian societies have more have more laws to control their society. Look and read the differences and similarities of a dystopian and modern day society. There are certain aspects that make up a dystopian society. The government controls everything. For example, in The Hunger Games everyone has to live in districts. People in this society cannot go against the government because of their fire power and the laws they have. “Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than good imposed on him?”, (Burgess). The author of this quote is saying that it is better to go against the government. To add to that breaking the laws of their society can be doing what is right. Living in a dystopian society can be very harsh, all of the totalitarianism and corrupt places, compare that to modern day society. …show more content…
Today, there are places everywhere and we all keep it how we like it. “Our modern day society-especially in the West, and especially now-revers youth,”, (Eastwood). In addition, we make new inventions and improve our buildings. Also, today in modern days we have freedom. According to the first amendment, we have the right to freedom of speech, religion, petition of the government, assemble peacefully, and the freedom of the press. So how would it feel if you lived in a modern day society? It is better than a dystopian society, but there is more infamous crimes than a dystopian society. So what do they both have in

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