study of your two texts has deepened your understanding of your composer’s contextual concerns” Analyse: Identify components and the relationship between them; draw out and relate implications Ray Bradbury and Andrew Niccol are both sci-fi/dystopian authors who have expressed concerns of the use of technology in the future. Ray Bradbury displays his contextual concerns about the destructive capabilities of technology in his book Fahrenheit 451‚ and Andrew Niccol in his film (based on his book)
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concerns as a forewarning. Aspects of Utopia have been subverted to create a Dystopian environment. An example of this is the late twentieth century film‚ American Beauty‚ directed by Sam Mendes. Outlooks on the American Dream ridiculed‚ and is questioned the limits that the suburban lifestyle places on you. This is demonstrated through the resisting character of Lester Burnham. Alma De Groen’s Australian play reflects the dystopian genre to suggest the impossibility of achieving equality for all genders
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loss in the dystopic societies. The qualities of Dystopia apparent in 1984 and V for Vendetta through the absence of Independence and Freedom provide groundwork for the texts classification of a cautionary tale. 1984 gives way to the oppressed protagonist of Winston Smith who through his experiences provide insight to the dystopia present in the novel. By Winston expressing paranoia of the Thought Police even at the confines of his own home seen with; “The thought police plugged in on any individual
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1984 ICE “War is peace‚ freedom is slavery‚ ignorance is strength” (Orwell 4). These three slogans depict the aim of the party in George Orwell’s dystopian novel‚ 1984. The development of the protagonist and tactics used by the party emphasize the author’s main purpose of the dangers of totalitarian government. Winston‚ a common man‚ struggles against the party’s control throughout the novel and his final downfall into the party’s power enhances the dangers of totalitarian government. In the
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depiction of a dystopian world that employs firemen to destroy literature and the printed word. The protagonist‚ Guy Montag‚ faces internal as well as external conflicts during the novel. His character is constantly evolving throughout the course of the text. Fahrenheit 451 is essentially a bildungsroman due to the fact that the protagonist is so dynamic in character and continually changing. A bildungsroman is a novel in which the moral and psychological growth of the protagonist is depicted from
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the slaughterhouse.” .Power is presented as a central theme by Atwood and Chaucer in each respective texts‚ whilst their female protagonists‚ are victims of patriarchy; they are able to deviate from the norm of subservience and lack of control assigned to women in the society. In essence‚ both authors are able to create a compelling distinctive voice for the protagonist. Chaucer is able to adopt a satirical approach through the wife’s narrative to explore how power is assigned
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John Emerich Edward Dalberg said‚ "power tends to corrupt‚ and absolute power corrupts absolutely." In the novels Anthem and Brave New World‚ Ayn Rand and Aldous Huxley explain what life in a dystopian society is like through the eyes of two outcasts; Equality 7-2521 and Bernard Marx. Neither agree with the action of their councils and try to do something about it but cannot because they are the only ones that actually notice the corruption. Which causes them to create a new society. Through the
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The Hunger Games‚ written by Suzanne Collins‚ is a dystopian young adult novel published on 2008. The protagonist of the story‚ also the heroine‚ is the sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen. She comes from District 12‚ where coal is produced‚ and most people live in the state of poverty. Every year‚ two tributes are reaped from each district to compete in a sickening ‘celebration’‚ the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games has only one rule: to kill‚ or be killed. When Katniss’ sister was chosen as a tribute
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fundamentally expressions of the composer’s contextual concerns‚ where differing perspectives upon similar issues provide insight into the values prevalent in the composer’s time. Fritz Lang’s expressionist film Metropolis (1927) and George Orwell’s dystopian satire novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) (1949) are linked by their shared exploration of technological advances and social structures that restrict individual autonomy. Lang is optimistic about societal reform whereas Orwell completely rejects the
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Lastly‚ George Orwell’s writing techniques help to emphasize the purpose of the novel. The author uses a distinctive writing style to create the dystopian atmosphere of “Oceania”. The descriptive language utilized‚ constructs the atmosphere of the story and allows the reader to connect and feel the vibrations of being confined in a society‚ like the protagonist of the story experiences. The organization of the novel includes sectioning the book into parts‚ followed by chapters as subheadings. Orwell’s
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