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    Fahrenheit 451‚ the citizens don’t have rights we have today. The people try to hide their feelings and only care about themselves. This describes our society a little because people are still fighting for rights and there is crime wherever you go. The dystopian society in Fahrenheit 451 is much like and different from our society today. In the novel‚ the people act dull and in unison. Even their houses have “no front porches… they had time to think. So they ran off with the porches” (pg. #). The

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    Even though the government makes people believe that they have freedom of choice and that they are in total control of their lives‚ the dystopian society in ‘Fahrenheit 451‘ resembles the present day world because people have stopped questioning the government mainly due the fact that they have stopped reading which makes them ignorant and their lack of knowledge and their inability to think makes the government’s job easier to control and manipulate them through fear . Another reason why

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    Exploratory Essay Dystopian Literature "Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go." - E. L. Doctorow Why is it that dystopian stories always reveal some kind of utopia in them? When I hear this question I think about people trying to strive for utopia within their world. Their world doesn’t need to be a dystopia but in striving they make their current situation even worse. But it’s not possible to reach utopia‚ so in trying to reach that impossible thing you reach dystopia

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    ‘Dystopia is merely a utopia from a different point of view’. Discuss this statement in relation to two pertinent literary or filmic examples. The following essay proposes to consider the concepts of dystopia and utopia‚ analysing the ways in which they can be deemed to constitute the same phenomenon understood from a different point of view. For the purpose of perspective‚ we intend to consider the problem from the standpoint of H.G. Wells’ A Modern Utopia (1905) and Aldous Huxley’s A Brave New

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    part of teens creativity‚ it’s the famous dystopian literature that’s hitting charts lists and it’s being buried in every teenager’s nose. It’s a pathway to our painful but at the same time entertained reality that makes us question the future. It did not only started in the 21st century with all of this high-quality movies and modern TV shows‚ but back at 1516 with Sir Thomas More publishing his famous

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    When examining Fahrenheit 451 as a piece of dystopian fiction‚ a definition for the term "dystopia" is required. Dystopia is often used as an antonym of "utopia‚" a perfect world often imagined existing in the future. A dystopia‚ therefore‚ is a terrible place. You may find it more helpful (and also more accurate) to conceive a dystopian literary tradition‚ a literary tradition that’s created worlds containing reactions against certain ominous social trends and therefore imagines a disastrous future

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    How would you react if the people in your community had to work to supply for you and everyone else? That is exactly how it works in a socialist type of government. The government of Ylime became dystopian when the next generation was not taught how to take care of the environment‚ but could have been prevented by the current citizens teaching the next generation. The word socialism originates from a word meaning ‘direct control’ (Peerform). In a socialism‚ the government is in charge of everything

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    seemed to completely understand the usefulness of science as a tool. His curiosity and opposition towards his society lead him towards him escaping from his society and forming a new society that promoted more individualistic ideas. Despite the dystopian

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    emotions allows it to walk down the path of corruption. As history has shown‚ the desire for power makes society corrupt‚ weak and eventually dystopian. The following narrative on humanity becomes a reality in Koushun Tamaki’s Battle Royale and Frank Miller’s Batman: the Dark Knight Returns. The selfish actions of the power in both works contribute to a dystopian society; however‚ the course of action taken by each power to achieve a dystopia is distinct. The key contrast between the two governments

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    One of the best known censorship books is definitely Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury . The dystopian world in the book is way different than our society ‚however‚ Bradbury noticed a few problems in our world today that could lead to a dystopian society like the one in the book. He is sending a message through his book that if we do not make change in our political and social norms‚ that our society could turn out like Fahrenheit 451. The society in Fahrenheit 451 is characterized by fast cars

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