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    “Brave New World” utopia or dystopia? The novel Brave New World has often been characterized as dystopia rather than utopia. Nevertheless‚ the superficial overview of the novel implies a utopian society‚ especially if judging by what the Controller said to John‚ the Savage: People are happy; they get what they want‚ and they never want what they can’t get. They’re well off; they’re safe; they’re never ill; they’re not afraid of death; they’re blissfully ignorant of passion and

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    Giver’ the price is definitely too much to pay. Therefore‚ the ‘community’ is definitely more of a dystopia opposed to being a utopia because everyone behaves as if they are incompetent of feeling‚ emotion‚ all civilians of the community have limited prerogatives and limited decisions which they are allowed to make and the fact that differences are not tolerated leans the ‘community’ towards a dystopia as opposed to utopia. However‚ the largest price which the community has payed by far is the fact

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    Lily Jones Mrs. Valderrama ELA8H 29 November 2015 America versus Dystopia Just imagine a world where everything was the same all the time. Every day‚ the weather as plain and ordinary as the clothes you wear. This is the world perceived in The Giver. The Giver is a story of a boy named Jonas living in a dystopian society where everything is the same; the people‚ the homes‚ the weather. Though they have eliminated all fear‚ pain‚ war‚ and hatred‚ they have also eliminated choice. But when Jonas

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    Utopia or Dystopia Film Review- Gattaca Welcome back your listening to 104.7 FM Radio National Breakfast and it is time for films with Jane Smith. Today I’ll be reviewing Gattaca‚ There is no gene for the human spirit. Gattaca enters the same category as Contact (1997). Starring Ethan Hawke‚ Uma Thurman and Jude Law Gattaca is a Science Fiction film about a possible future dystopian world. The movie draws on what it means to be human and the concerns over reproductive technologies which facilitate

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    cultural context of “Sive” and “Children of Men” means to examine the world of each and the values and attitude of the people in these worlds. The worlds created in “Sive” and “Children of Men” are very distinct but also have many parallels. Both texts explore the concepts of family‚ love‚ fear and control. The setting of each text was paramount in informing me about the attitudes and values of that time. Each text depicts an oppressive and controlled society. “Children of Men” is set in the year 2027

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    Essay 1984 is a dreary dystopia written by George Orwell set in London‚ Oceana. This society is controlled by The Party that brainwashes everyone into believing a reality they create. Their ideas of love are nonexistent and sex is an act done solely to produce the next generation they can control. Ultimately‚ there is no existing feelings or ideas of love; affection and sensuality is a heinous crime. So the question applied to our existence is: Can a society based on hate survive? Our ability

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    "Brave New World” utopia or dystopia? The society displayed in the book shows that it is quite hard to label as one or another. Many would say that in the novel Huxley portrays a systematic utopian society. Whereas others such as author Leon Kass states "Huxley shows the reader a dystopia that goes with rather than against‚ the human grain". (p.311) Advances in scientific research allow the World State to create a world where people are conditioned to be happy the way they are. In the novel science

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    Designer Babies: A Future Utopia or Dystopia? Smart. Beautiful. Athletic. Healthy. All qualities a person would want in a child. For people in today’s world‚ they would get these things from their parents in a somewhat random lottery‚ but imagine a world in which someone could choose these traits for his or her child before they were born. While it may seem like something from a science fiction novel‚ the technology already exists to allow for that option. The technology is a combination of many

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    striking and frankly alarming similarities‚ there are basic laws and societal beliefs in place that prevent Orwell’s unnerving vision of the future from coming true today. The most apparent similarity between today’s society and that of Orwell’s dystopia is the constant surveillance of its citizens. All over the streets and buildings of Oceania are posters of “Big Brother” their inconspicuous leader. This gives off an aura that there is always someone watching‚ but the device that truly manifests

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    and enforcing a strict technological control on society. Utopia is a term used to describe a state or condition that is ideally perfect. It is a state that has the perfect respect of politics‚ laws‚ customs‚ beliefs‚ traditions and conditions. Dystopia is the contrary. In a Dystopian society a futuristic‚ imagined universe is under oppressive societal control and the illusion of perfect society is maintained through corporate‚ bureaucratic‚ technological‚ moral‚ or totalitarian control. Dystopian

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