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    The Giver Response

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    but in this book‚ the society is exactly this. Being able to make your own choices is really important‚ most of us don’t realize it right now but it’s important to appreciate freedom. In the Giver‚ what may seem like a perfect society is actually a dystopia is because theres no individuality‚ you are assigned a family‚ and jobs were assigned as well. To begin with‚ individuality didn’t even exist in this community. Everything is conform‚ no one is allowed to know their own identity‚ and everyone’s

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    promoted inequality‚ communism‚ imbalance of rights‚ etc. A word which can be used to describe this inequality is dystopia; a dystopian society is a place powered by fear in which there is a disparity of rights of the government and citizens of the nation. For example‚ Benito Mussolini made certain independent decisions which rendered Italy into a dystopian country. When one analyzes the dystopia in

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    Later his alliance with Lepidus ended. At the same time‚ his alliance with Mark Antony began to decline. Before Antony allied with queen Cleopatra of Egypt and had relations with her‚ he was married to Augustus’s sister‚ Octavia. Augustus thought that Antony miss-used Octavia. Augustus attacked Cleopatra and Antony before they could strike Rome. He defeated the troops of both Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C. The Battle at Actium destroyed much of the Egyptian fleet. After

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    He wrote about how one can achieve a utopian society in his time. Utopia is a perfect world where everything is perfect and nothing scandalous can happen. It is a place that is impossible to create. There is always some type of dystopia in the world we live in. Dystopia is the exact opposite

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    contributions. I will be analysing and comparing the texts commenting on visual codes‚ technical codes‚ language and mode of address‚ target audience and representations. Children of Men is set in the future‚ 2027 dystopia‚ part of the sci-fi genre. We are able to understand that this is a dystopia film by the colour variety‚ mostly browns‚ blacks and greys. These harmonious colours connotes depression‚ unhappiness‚ pain‚ war. The camera shots mostly mid-shots‚ long-shots panning and point of view shots

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    Humanity In Blade Runner

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    audiences with three profound questions that are relevant to the modern context of society‚ which we have already seen take place. Blade Runner introduces the topic of human’s responsibility to the environment through the presentation of a futuristic dystopia (opposite of utopia “perfect society” therefore meaning “imperfect society”) in Los Angeles 2019‚ nine years from now! Blade Runner apprehends the ideas that futuristic technology will only be a means of commerce‚ causing the unethical and immoral

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    Wall-E‚ dystopian societies work to alert the audience of current issues that‚ if not resolved‚ could negatively alter the world. While both societies appear farfetched‚ Wall-E’s prediction of Earth in 2805 is more plausible. To comprehend a dystopia‚ one must initially ask‚ what is a utopia? Purely gedankenexperiments‚ utopias are imagined idealistic societies in which every aspect of existence‚ from government‚ to relationships‚ to wealth‚ to material possessions‚ to education‚ to health‚

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    When Wilson was getting torture‚ he kind of jumped into a state of mind that wasn’t his reality. In the journal “From Utopia to Dystopia: Levels of explanation and the politics of social psychology” it express how democracy is seen as an illusion in an implicit dystopia (Klein‚ p. 91). That the “free man” and his choice are false claims‚ that a society will be controlled regardless of any rights‚ because when people get rights they’ll have no

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    Is Utopia Possible through Planning? Utopia is often used to describe a place in our imagination. Utopia is a virtual world in which we think everything will be perfect‚ everything would be planned and set out for all of our needs at any time‚ but that’s just our imagination. If we were to create a Utopia we would need a huge amount of the cites population to becomes neutral on what Utopia is to them. Is it possible for utopia to become true? Utopia would be possible if everyone just dropped their

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    Impact of Nero

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    Assess The Impact Of Nero’s Principate on Rome Nero was 17 when he ascended the throne in AD 54‚ after the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of his adopted father‚ Claudius. During the first few years of reign‚ Nero ruled Rome with efficiency and effectiveness‚ with the guidance of those closest to him. However‚ it is generally agreed that Nero’s instantaneous descent commenced when he committed matricide 59 AD. It is during this period‚ where the Ancient writers focus their attention

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