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    Dystopia Essay Dystopias are not as common in the world‚ as they used to be when technology was not as advanced as it is today. Two good examples of what a Dystopia society would be like is “Animal Farm” by George Orwell and “Wall-E”‚ the movie created by Disney Pixar motion pictures. Dystopias are environments where citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance‚ where information‚ independent thought and freedom are restricted and where propaganda has a huge influence on the actions

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    Kimberly Villagonza Professor Delany-Ullman Writing 37 18 January‚ 2013 Exploratory Draft Societies that are futuristic in settings are what we call a dystopian society. Dystopia is literary the opposite of what a utopian community will be like. In dystopia‚ everything is distorted where people are ruled by either a strong-opposed individual through the use of militarism or technologies and also by technology themselves. Citizens of a dystopian community doesn ’t hold their own rights and are

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    RR: Lee Daniel’s The Butler Sara Crocker For this reader response‚ I chose to see the movie‚ Lee Daniel’s The Butler. I was really surprised at how I took the movie. It was almost as if the rest of the day‚ I continued to see parts of the movie in my head and be disgusted with my ethnicity and the history of white people’s actions. It was sickening to see how black people were treated‚ and the extremes that white people would enforce in order to inhibit their freedom. Throughout the life of Cecil

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    Dystopian governments have complete control over their people. It is the only way to keep their government in rule. It is easier to control your citizens when you have trained them to be obedient and compliant This is a dystopian society. The word "dystopia" traces its roots back to the Greek word "dys" (meaning "bad") and "topos" (meaning "place) (Dictionary). Citizens in a dystopian society never question their government. They are either brainwashed or too scared to speak up against the injustices

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    1984‚ A Dystopian Novel The novel “1984” by George Orwell‚ is a quintessential dystopian novel. A dystopia is a vision of society in which life is typically characterized by human misery‚ poverty and violence. A dystopian society have an oppressive societal control and the illusions of a perfect society are maintained through corporate‚ bureaucratic‚ technological‚ moral‚ or totalitarian control. The novel 1984 takes place in a totalitarian state of Oceania that would make even dictators like Hitler

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    Never would they know that it could change in a instant‚ with the technology and safety could make it very forceful by one person it would be a world you will never want to be. When citizens value an easy life to much‚ the society can become a dystopia that blindly follows rules. In The Lorax‚ people buy air and don’t care about pollution at all therefore one day all that they have will make the world even worst. People don’t care for there community‚ the filth and dirtiness. The society will get

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    Parable of the Sower takes place in Octavia Buttler’s apocolypse (Old English‚ via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apokalupsis‚ from apokaluptein ‘uncover‚ reveal‚’ from apo- ‘un-’ + kaluptein ‘to cover’). In an interview‚ Buttler said that when writing the book‚ she took many of the issues of the modern world and took them to their natural conclusion. In doing so‚ by defintion‚ Buttler has created an apocalyptic work. For Parable of the Sower to be fully understood‚ one must first

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    Gospel Extravaganza I can honestly say that I’m truly blessed to know the faculty and staff that I do on campus. I’ve always been told that it’s not about what you know but about who you know and on May 30th‚ 2014. I’ve always been a fan of gospel music‚ considering I grew up in the church and most of my family is in the ministry in some way‚ I guess I didn’t really have a choice. I’ve been on he choir myself since before I can remember and there just something about gospel music that makes me

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    Definitions: Utopia - Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The term has been used to describe fictional societies portrayed in literature. It has spawned other concepts‚ most prominently dystopia. Dystopia - dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state‚ often under the guise of being utopian. Dystopian societies feature different kinds of repressive social control systems‚ and various forms of active and passive coercion.

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    Running away from the dark woods at a silent night‚ the man finally finds the paths. These two paths are separated by an old massive tree. Through the dim light from moon‚ the sign of the right side says “Brave new world‚ King—Aldous Huxley”. Turning to the left side‚ the men reads the sign “Utopia‚ King—Thomas More”. Thinking and wondering around the road‚ the men still can’t figure it out which road is better to choose. Suddenly‚ a wizard popped out. Switching the magic wand‚ the wizard said “Don’t

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