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    Dystopia Speech

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    would it look like? Who belongs there? Fictional...or real? Is it anything like our modern world or is it a fear beyond your wildest imagination? At the heart of every dystopia is essentially‚ the exploration of human nature and the expression of the fears that drive our societies. There are three main fears which are involved with dystopia. They are; political dispute and rebellion‚ the stifling of freedom to express individuality and the loss of human connectedness‚ which is central to our need for

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    Dystopia and Utopia

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    Do you believe that the life you live will stay ‘perfect’ forever? What is the true definition of ‘perfect’ or ‘utopian’ and who decides what this is? One man’s utopian mansion could be another man’s dystopian nightmare. Using extracts from popular movies‚ poems and novels such as Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake or the movie directed by respected director Peter Weir‚ The Truman Show‚ this essay will compare and contrast why the modern definition of the ‘Utopian’ condition is unsustainable. The

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    Big meaning of ‘Dys’ Most of you have heard the word ’dystopia’ before‚ but maybe you don’t know the true meaning of it. It may be determined in a theoretical fiction and science fiction as well. Besides fiction this word includes horror‚ apocalyptic‚ unnatural‚ fantasy‚ and unknown ideas that didn’t or might not even happen yet. It reflects the opposite of Utopia‚ the perfect world where human nature haven’t faced any problems. Dystopia is different from ‘utopia’ by its prefix ‘dys’ that tells

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    The Giver Dystopia

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    There are many strange things in The Giver. The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ has many good traits‚but even more bad ones. This book is a dystopia. A dystopia means world that looks perfect but is really not; utopia means a perfect world. The community is a dystopia because of lack of knowledge‚ sameness‚ and complete control. The Giver takes place in sameness. In sameness they have a lack of knowledge. The receiver of memory only knows the past.Each of the families have only two books. Every

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    Utopia, Dystopia

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    Utopia and Dystopia Literature (keywords): • Utopian literature: • A fictional text dealing with an ideal (future) society. • Dystopian literature: • A fictional text dealing with a future society in which human freedom is severely limited. A dystopia often criticizes our present-day society by exposing trends and tendencies towards totalitarian control. Brave New World- background knowledge • Written in 1931 • Set in distant future Generally known elements: • Total control of society

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    Dystopia In The Giver

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    As perfect as it appears‚ the community in the novel “The Giver” can be considered a dystopia for numerous reasons. Three of which are limited rights to the civilians‚ only one person suffering‚ and severe or humiliating punishments. A disadvantage of Jonas’ community that factors into why the community is a dystopia is that the civilians have limited rights. The people have to “apply for a spouse” and are assigned a significant other during the Matching of Spouses (Lowry 48). In this ceremony the

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    the things that they have taken away are the right to feel their own emotions‚ make their own choices and create an family. The community has taken away so many basic rights that instead of creating a utopia they have created a dystopia. Jonas’s community is an dystopia because they have taken away the right to feel their own emotions. The community that Jonas lives has tried so hard to hide and shield off any real emotion. This is why any time Jonas feels any emotion in his training it hurts ten

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    Dystopia In Pleasantville

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    It seems that the town of Pleasantville is a utopia for everyone that lives there. However‚ the town of Pleasantville is actually a dystopia with utopian elements. Everyone in Pleasantville has a niche that they fill. They’re not allowed to go below or beyond that niche. It seems that all the people are happy being who they are but in reality they feel that way because they don’t now what else to feel. The "norm" in Pleasantville has left the citizens of it unable to express true freedom and emotion

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    Dystopia Transcript

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    Transcript Dystopias are a futuristic‚ imagined universe which enforce oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate‚ bureaucratic‚ technological and moral control‚ such as in the text ’We’ by Yevgeny Zamyatin and ’2081’ by Chandler Tuttle. Often we see in these societies the ways that humanity can be repressed‚ losing one’s individuality and also the ways a hero rises to challenge the Dystopia’s laws‚ only to fail and become a victim to the dystopia

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    Dystopia or Utopia

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    Weston Boone Mrs. McCrady D.C. English 101 20 October‚ 2014 Dystopia or Utopia? In the books 1984 by George Orwell‚ Brave New World by Aldous Huxley‚ and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury all have a theme of dystopia. Dystopia means an imperfect society. It is the opposite of utopia‚ which means a perfect society with no flaws. Dystopia is the word that comes to mind with the stories and political horrors with government control‚ politicians‚ and community leaders being those who are most opposed

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