The dystopian narrative is one that is very popular among young adults in today’s society. Countless stories and movies are released in which the government has taken complete and total control of its citizens. With many similarities in all of these stories‚ it is easy to wonder if today’s world is headed down that path. There are many visible aspects of the dystopian narrative creeping through the surface of today’s society. The novel Brave New World and the film The Giver accurately predict the
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A country that I would consider a dystopian society would be Syria. Syria has several dystopian qualities. Compared to America Syria seems like a very harsh‚ consequential place to live. The dystopian qualities have most likely alway been around in Syria‚ but it really took a turn for the worst in 2011. The president in office for that year started several problems with in Syria and citizens started rebelling. The whole situation turned into a huge problem and it lead to harmful consequences. Also
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Both societies were ruled by a dictator that took away their freedom. Unfortunately a society that is seeking perfection usually becomes a dystopian society. A dystopian society is a society that is dehumanizing and as unpleasant as possible. Harrison Beregeron’s world and N. Korea both shared these traits. Both societies were ruled by a dictator that took away their freedom. In Harrison Beregeron’s story‚ everybody was equal. Nobody could be different from anyone else. If you were beautiful
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Shakespeare‚ he wrote exquisite plays‚ including Macbeth written in 1606. Macbeth was written as a fable‚ he often wrote plays for King James I‚ the book however is portrayed as suspenseful and very solemn. The main characters would be Macbeth the protagonist and the witches as antagonist. Macbeth is portrayed as gullible because he believes everything the witches say about his destiny as king and as ambitious because he has just learned he is going to be king. The witches‚ however are portrayed to
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Dystopian films and novels tend to portray many universal elements and they are based off of frightening societies. An example of this type of story is “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins. In this story‚ the different districts often went through hard times causing them to lose humanity. Living in homes with no heat‚ rough conditions‚ and a scarcity of food‚ water‚ and basic necessities forced the citizens of these 12 districts to fight for their lives everyday. And just this example of a dystopian
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The last reason The Hunger Games is a dystopian novel is free speech isn’t given. Katniss said‚ “ When I was younger‚ I scared my mother to death‚ the things I would blurt out about District 12 about the people who ruled our country Panem...I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts.” Katniss’s mother must have known of something that happened previously to someone that spoke badly about the Capitol. This is the reason
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Dystopian High Rise The novel ‘High Rise’ written by J. G. Ballard focuses on a massive forty story apartment building that houses thousands of people. Anthony Royal‚ who is the architect of the apartment‚ designed the building with shops‚ a school‚ swimming pools‚ and enough space to accommodate an overwhelming amount of people. Ballard does not write the plot of ‘High Rise’ in an attempt to illustrate the urban possibilities of modern innovations or future novelties of our evolving world
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wouldn’t want a perfect society? Although everyone wants a utopian society it may not be reachable. The books we have read contain societies‚ which a Utopian society is strived for. Every single book has flaws in the system‚ which makes it a dystopian novel. A dystopian society is the opposite of a Utopia and consists of human misery‚
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has taken on a new meaning than what we know to be true today. These dystopian future novels are often dark‚ and there is almost always previous event in that timeline that would lead to reason why the system is set up in that particular way. Family is often a big theme in this type of book. Whether it be because that is what the government demands or reprimands‚ family is almost always an interesting aspect of futuristic/dystopian novels. However‚ when societies become too controlling or demanding
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Dystopian novels have tried to warn us about several things. The main idea is that there will be a small group or an individual who gain so much power that the rest of the world easily surrenders to them and follow their instructions. In my opinion‚ it is most likely that this will happen due to a government that spirals out of control. This could be any government‚ but there will be a sudden change of power and the government will get much more powerful than they were before. The government can
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