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    was God: " Saint Matthew’s parable of the Lilies illustrates that god take care of all things and we need not worry; the Lilies don’t work or worry‚ yet god provides for them" (Sisario).  The evidence is suggesting that the only solution for this dystopian society is from the help of God and how he will take care of

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    a society divided into five factions‚ all-working with one another to progress as a society. The same idea goes for V for vendetta‚ The Matrix and many other dystopian texts. Huxley formed the basis for dystopian literature; even George Orwell was a main contributor with the novel ‘1984’ to the standard of all modern totalitarian dystopian texts. Though why does it seem to be that in recent years these great names have been lost to the

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    which was programmed to do certain things without the help of people. Even with the family gone‚ it remained doing the things it was programmed to do. With this short story‚ Bradbury tried to show that a world without reason and understanding is a Dystopian world The house and the robots inside are portrayed as people. “The house was an altar with ten thousand attendants‚ big‚ small‚ servicing‚ attending‚ in choirs. But the gods had gone away‚ and the ritual of the religions continued senselessly

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    Many teenagers in the present like the book genre dystopian. Dystopian can show how life can evolve in dark ways. “Anthem‚” by Ayn Rand can be relatable to teens in many different ways. School can resemble dystopian by forcing students into things they cannot do or things they don’t want to‚ it also limits how much they can express themselves whether it make clothing‚ hair‚ or word choice. Another example would be parents. Parents can set high standards pressuring oneself like expecting their child

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    deals with deep moral questions of how humans are essentially barbaric in their most primitive state. Golding conveys his idea of the ’darkness of a man’s heart’ successfully through effective use of allegory‚ symbolism‚ and his perception of a dystopian society. _Lord of the Flies_ can be viewed as a political allegory of the Cold War. Golding served in the Royal Navy and recalling later his war experiences‚ he remarked that "man produces evil‚ as a bee produces honey." The Cold War was a struggle

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    Dystopian Society Essay (Harrison Bergeron) Everyone have his or her own idea of a dystopian society. A dystopian society is a world in which everything in a place or state is unpleasant or bad‚ normally a governmental or environmental degraded one. Harrison Bergeron is just that. Harrison lives in a society where everyone is equal. The government made everyone equal by making the middle class and middle class equal to the lower class using ‘Handicaps’. No one is stupider‚ uglier‚ weaker

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    emphasis on individual existence‚ freedom and choice. This has developed as literature that is unique and creative‚ with strong main characters who are trying to make the world they live in a better place. I have decided to examine this philosophy in dystopian films and novels from the 21st century in hopes that these futuristic films can help to make sense of the chaotic world we live in. From these texts I have gained a larger understanding of ideas such as the importance of being an individual and making

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    Divergent‚ there is access to guns‚ but all the people are split up into factions and anyone who does not fit into the one they choose is cast out of society‚ where they couldn’t receive any supplies not given to them by one of the factions. These dystopian societies have unique ways in discouraging their people from having opinions that differ from the government‚ while our real world government is concerned with protecting our right to not only have those opinions‚ but to also share them within the

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    Céline Smith Task D - 4th genre Essay 1 February 2015 District 9 is more evolved as a science fiction film than Avatar if one analyses the following themes portrayed in the films: The Alien as the “other”‚ Genetic transformation and Dystopia through the use of camera angles and shots‚ colours and music. District 9’s prawns are seen as disgusting creatures that have no recognizable hierarchy‚ no drive and no understanding of their situation. They are just animals that have the misfortune

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    views which promoted inequality‚ communism‚ imbalance of rights‚ etc. A word which can be used to describe this inequality is dystopia; a dystopian society is a place powered by fear in which there is a disparity of rights of the government and citizens of the nation. For example‚ Benito Mussolini made certain independent decisions which rendered Italy into a dystopian country. When one analyzes the dystopia in

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