Quick Write #1: Dystopia/Utopia 1.No‚ because a utopian society expects too much from everyone in the society. Plus‚ if someone in the society feels different or wants to rebel against the society’s unity‚ there could be a fracture in the perfection. People are meant to be special and different‚ not forced into sameness and conforming to society. There was a study performed on Brain Games‚ a Television show on National Geographic Channel‚ where there was a line of 10 people long and the first nine
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The society in The Giver comes down to being a Utopia or a Dystopia. Seeing things from both sides‚ I conclude that Jonas’s community is a Dystopian society. Not being able to have choices‚ having citizens unhappy‚ and keeping people from being independent would not be considered part of a Utopian society. To begin with‚ Jonas’s community has no say in making their choices or decisions. Based on chapter 13‚ Jonas says‚ “‘But i want them!’ Jonas said angrily. “ It isn’t fair that nothing has color
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also be seen in various individuals as well. It is important to teach a person‚ what is good and what is bad‚ at an early age as this would help in shaping the person’s future. In Margaret Atwood’s “the Handmaids Tale”‚ certain individuals in a dystopian society go against the government’s rules. The government of Gilead is a theocratic government that removes the rights from the women and creates a strict caste system. The residents in Gilead are supposed to follow the rules or else they would
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George Orwell’s book 1984 (1949) shows a futuristic dystopian society‚ through the perspective of a character named Winston Smith. Winston lives in Airstrip One‚ which used to be Great Britain before the world broke into superstates. Britain is part of the state Oceania‚ which also includes North America‚ South America‚ Greenland‚ Australia‚ and parts of southern Africa. There are two other superstates‚ Eurasia‚ which includes Russia and most of Europe‚ and Eastasia‚ which includes China‚ Japan‚
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Estimating Price Elasticities with Theory-Based Priors Author(s): Alan L. Montgomery and Peter E. Rossi Source: Journal of Marketing Research‚ Vol. 36‚ No. 4‚ (Nov.‚ 1999)‚ pp. 413-423 Published by: American Marketing Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3151997 Accessed: 22/07/2008 16:25 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions
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Thomas More believe in a perfect world in which everybody lived in harmony and peace‚ such as Utopia. He wrote about Utopia to identify the dystopian issues he saw and wanted to fix. Dystopia is the complete opposite of utopia; bad and unpleasant. “It is true that I am not one of those who laugh at utopias. The utopia of today can become the reality of tomorrow. Utopias are conceived by optimistic logic‚ which regards constant social and political progress as the ultimate goal of human endeavor;
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protection of the American people has always been a primary ideal of the United States government. In the past five years‚ new technology has emerged that has aided the government in ensuring this ideal. In the novel 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ Orwell uses a dystopian society to portray a government which utilizes technology and procedures to make it seem like they are protecting the citizens‚ but in reality is generating fear to control and have complete power over the people. In modern America‚ the government
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and Contrasting Apples and Oranges Oranges Apples Learning Target Write a compare and contrast paragraph. by Dr. Deborah Wahlstrom Successdeb@aol.com Visit my blog at http://datadeb.wordpress.com/ http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/compcontrast/ By Dr. Deborah Wahlstrom Successdeb@aol.com Visit my blog at http://datadeb.wordpress.com/ Comparing and Contrasting Apples and Oranges Apples Oranges Both fruits red green Smooth skin Grow in cool climates food orange juices rough skin Grow
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Although many people thought it was just a weed killer that was only used to wipe out jungles‚ Agent Orange had devastating effects on many humans who were exposed to it. Agent Orange was a toxic herbicide that was sprayed over large areas of thick jungle to kill its vegetation during the Vietnam war. The U.S. military did this so they could identify the North Vietnamese easier. Agent Orange had a mixture of dioxins in it that‚ when exposed to it‚ would later cause all kinds of health problems to
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This seems to be a common feature in dystopian novels. This is to say‚ societies in books such as Anthem‚ Brave New World‚ and City of Ember all seem to revolve around a system in which careers are assigned by random or by leaders deemed more intelligent than the rest of the population and any resistance to the pre-established traditions results in exile. Systems such as these would pose a problem for our society since one’s perceived intelligence or capability is vital for their lifelong success
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