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    Type your title A worthy study stands for something that has significant value to someone. 1984‚ a novel by George Orwell‚ depicts a dystopian society that’s run by a government and a figurehead Big Brother. Also‚ The Truman Show‚ directed by Peter Weir‚ represents a false utopia‚ similar to 1984 with the same idea of somebody watching someone’s every move. Both these works have similar themes. Because The Truman Show uses film techniques to illustrate an Orwellian theme‚ the film represents a worthy

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    Dystopia In Animal Farm

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    We have all read a book or seen a movie of a dystopian society ‚ wether it’s the new The Hunger Games movie ‚ or a classic like Animal Farm. These days dystopias have become so complex and realistic but they still share similar characteristics of dystopias written in the past. A dystopia is a society that is made up of humans suffering and living in oppression. On the other hand‚ a utopia is a society where everything is perfect : government is stable‚ people have rights‚ and there are laws benefiting

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    Inauthentic society Fahrenheit 451‚ a novel written by Ray Bradbury‚ illustrates the absence of feelings such as remorse and happiness‚ which when taken away creates a lack of authenticity in humans; those living in the dystopian society of Fahrenheit 451 believe that they are living an authentic life in front of screens unable to express emotions towards others and process their surroundings‚ as most of the city lives like this‚ there are others like Clarisse‚ who has been living a life of teachings

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    typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one." The definition of utopia is "an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect." Many dystopian communities are created while trying to make utopian ones. Both The Giver and The Prophet of Yonwood are both dystopian. Just because both of these books are dystopian‚ it does not mean they’re similar‚ but also doesn’t mean they’re completely different. One difference between The Giver and The Prophet of Yonwood is that The Giver

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    feeling. This is an example of technological control. These machines have progressed enough to oppress their own creators. They completely control all sources of information‚ independent thought‚ freedom‚ or individuality‚ all characteristics of a dystopian society. Also‚ the natural world has been completely banned from The Matrix‚ These many facts combined with the theme of control and technological dictatorship help cement in our minds that The Matrix is a dystopia. The movie was ultimately created

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    Hunger Games

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    The Hunger Games The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins has many characteristics of a dystopian society. Propaganda is used throughout the book to control the citizens of society. The people of the twelve districts have their Information‚ independent thought‚ and freedom restricted. The type of dystopian control present is corporate control. Propaganda is use to control the citizens of society. “The real message is clear‚ ‘Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you

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    possible. Firstly‚ dystopian literature explores the problems that arise when governments use brainwashing in order to prevent any unique thoughts within their citizens. Secondly‚ dystopian literature explores the consequences that derive when governments choose to alter arts and media that provoke individual opinion in order to prevent distinction within the population. Thirdly‚ in dystopian societies class structure is used to prevent singularity within the population. Dystopian fiction explores

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    Josh, Doppelganger

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    Character Profiles Josh BAD CHARACTERISTICS In the dystopian world‚ we find that many aspects of Josh’s personality are the same as in the normal world. Josh seeks power and always wants to be the leader and he always seems to get his way by intimidating‚ belittling and pressuring others. This happens in both the real world and the dystopian world. An example of this happening in the dystopian world is when Josh savagely cuts Skinners arm with a knife‚ just to prove what he can get away with

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    Tris who found she was divergent and has to hide it from everyone else. The novel The Compound by S.A. Bodeen is about a boy named Eli who had to evacuate to a compound during a nuclear war and has been there ever since. Both of these stories use dystopian control and mood to suggest the theme that we should not just follow leaders blindly without knowing what is actually going on. First‚ in Divergent‚ Roth uniquely uses mood to show how they became distracted when they finally got into Dauntless

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    In class we are learning about the dystopian genre. Dystopian means an imaginary place where people are unhappy and usually afraid because they are not treated fairly. In class we read The Giver and The Hunger Games. In the book The Giver they tried to create a utopia which means modeled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic. There are three main similarities or differences that stood out in these books. In The Giver and The Hunger Games they were in a “dome” or a closed

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