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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 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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    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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    Dystopia in 2BRO2B

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    Dystopia in 2BRO2B In a dystopian world‚ there are no extra people in the world. If you want a child‚ you must have a volunteer to die for that child. Everyone is perfect. There are no diseases‚ illnesses‚ accidents‚ or death of old age. Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr. shows us how a perfect world‚ is the most frightening kind of future that can possibly happen. Vonnegut wrote “I want those kids‚ I want all three of them. I don’t want my grandfather to die‚ either”(Vonnegut 4). Then “Wehling shot Dr. Hitz

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    Gattaca Film Essay

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    Utopias and dystopias exist as different worlds in order to raise awareness of future outcomes of contemporary issues in society. Andrew Niccol’s Gattaca reveals the possibilities of future technological development and the effect of genetic modification on society. J.G Billard’s Billenium puts forward the possible threat of overpopulation and the issues linked to it. Francis Lawrence’s I am Legend portrays the potential possibility of a virus outbreak resulting from a mutation of a successful cancer

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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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    Dystopia in Literature

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    Dystopia in Literature Dystopia‚ a society in an oppressed and controlled state‚ is a common theme in world literature. I have chosen texts 1984 by George Orwell‚ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey‚ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and the film‚ V for Vendetta‚ directed by James McTeigue. These texts display different types of repressive control systems and some even accurately predict today’s society’s trends. How do the characters react to their dystopian society? In 1984‚ by

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    Feed: Dystopia

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    04/04/2014 Mr. Fama ENG3U Emily Coffey Analytical Paragraphs: Technology & Society Does “Earth” as described in M.T. Anderson’s Feed reflect a dystopian society? Dystopia; a place or state characterized by human misery‚ as squalor‚ oppression‚ disease and overcrowding. Often referred to as an unpleasant‚ totalitarian or environmentally degraded state of living. M.T Anderson’s “Feed” portrayed much of earth’s natural environment as being succumbed to the ecological turmoil caused by

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    The Giver-a Dystopia

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    Jonas’ community appears to be a utopia‚ but‚ in reality‚ it is a dystopia. The people seem perfectly content to live in an isolated wreck—in a government run by a select few—in which a group of Elders enforces the rules. In Jonas’ community‚ there is no poverty‚ starvation‚ unemployment‚ lack of housing‚ or discrimination; everything is perfectly planned to eliminate any problems. However‚ as the book progresses and Jonas gains insight into what the people have willingly given up—their freedoms

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