Victor Mardikian Mr. Garner ELA 8A May 6‚ 2011 The Matrix Dystopian Film Analysis The film‚ The Matrix took place in both a virtual reality and the real world. The hero‚ Neo‚ tried to understand how he was chosen to be “the one.” His goal was to fight off the agents who were not only computer programs but also the gatekeepers of the Matrix; therefore‚ Neo and Morpheus had to fight off the agents so that the human race would cease to be manipulated and used for energy. Since Neo
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AN ESSAY "Speculative texts through the creation of distinct worlds can challenge or reinforce understanding of ourselves and how we live in the world" Utopian and Dystopian composers employ the creation of distinct worlds as a medium to covertly express political concerns. The fictional worlds created by Aldous Huxley and Ursula K. Le Guin in “Brave New World” and “The Dispossessed” elucidate prevalent social issues of their respective contexts‚ provoking alternate understandings of humankind
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This seems to be a common feature in dystopian novels. This is to say‚ societies in books such as Anthem‚ Brave New World‚ and City of Ember all seem to revolve around a system in which careers are assigned by random or by leaders deemed more intelligent than the rest of the population and any resistance to the pre-established traditions results in exile. Systems such as these would pose a problem for our society since one’s perceived intelligence or capability is vital for their lifelong success
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news that you absolutely have to know. So important is the device that it is essential that you wear your apparat around your neck at all times and if you are seen without the device or still carrying an older model‚ you are mocked. Shteyngart’s dystopian novel almost revolve around the apparat in that‚ the abandonment of books and reading‚ the forfeiting of personal privacy and rights‚ the pornifing of relationships‚ the inability to construct proper sentences and so on can all to credited to it
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The film Divergent directed by Neil Burger is set in a dystopian future‚ in a country which is divided into five factions‚ Abnegation (the selfless)‚ Candor (the honest)‚ Dauntless (the brave)‚ Amity (the peaceful) and Erudite (the intelligent). Each managed in an attempt to form a utopian society. At the age of sixteen children of the factions must choose a faction to which they will now be apart of for the rest of their life. A character that changes throughout the film is strong willed sixteen
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Smith Independent Reading Project The Giver By: Louis Lowery The Book I read for my independent reading project was called “The Giver” by Louis Lowery. This book is multiple types including social science‚ science fiction‚ and utopian and dystopian fiction. The main character’s name in the giver is Jonas. Jonas is a twelve year old boy who lives in a utopia. Jonas goes to the what we would call retirement home frequently to bathe old people. He goes there mainly to see Fiona one of his friends
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state in nowhere and has been a prototype of many modern Utopias. But by the passage of time this notion of Utopia got subverted‚ the ideal state gave way tothe horror and nightmare of dystopia. In my paper I intend to trace both the Utopian and dystopian elements in William Golding’s novel Lord of the flies. This text tells the story of the journey of a group of innocent children‚ victims of a plane crash‚ and their struggle for survival in a deserted island which is nothing short of a heavenly
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Perfection Doesn’t Mean Freedom In dystopian novels‚ it’s very common that society is rather corrupted‚ restricted‚ and unfree. Citizens are expected to follow orders without a second thought and behave like everyone else. Nonetheless‚ these dystopias are treated as if they are perfect and ideal. Why do these troubled societies are appear to be perfect? Is it because they appear to be the best option as other countries are even more corrupted? Are citizens brainwashed into believing that their homeland
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as small as a group or as large as a country. According to multiple sources‚ government has been around since the first city-state was created. Just by this source alone we demonstrate how society has always needed an order and power: Government. Dystopian: An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad‚ typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. Lord of the Flies‚ a novel that is realistic is the fact that it parallels with the real world. The moral that Golding
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guilt in Omelas. Although‚ they weren’t actually aloud to feel guilt in Omelas. In order to be happy and for them to not feel guilt‚ someone must suffer; there were terms to follow in order to have happiness. It actually turns into somewhat of a dystopian world in the end. There were times when a boy‚ girl‚ man or woman would go see the suffering child in the cellar and go home in silence: if they even went home at all. If they went home‚ they left soon to “walk down the street‚ alone‚ and out of
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