Betsy K. 5-23-13 4th Period LA The Giver In your opinion‚ is the community in The Giver a utopia or a dystopia? Like many countries such as North Korea or Cuba‚ the community appears to be a dystopia. The environment of the community may seem impractical‚ however‚ there are many places like this in the real world. The community in The Giver is very similar to the country of North Korea. For example‚ both of the governments in these regions are controlling and predominant. In these
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Imagine a word with no love‚ no affection‚ and no biological families. Well in the dystopian society in The Giver by Lois Lowry. This is their everyday life‚ which makes the protagonist Jonas wonder why is this the case. Jonas’ society and modern day society have close to nothing in common. While Jonas’ society is emotionless‚ experiences sameness‚ and does not have choices‚ Modern day society consists of love‚ celebrates individuality‚ and has freedom to choose. In Jonas’ society they have no
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Metropolis Homework Task 1 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
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Utopia and Dystopia Literature (keywords): • Utopian literature: • A fictional text dealing with an ideal (future) society. • Dystopian literature: • A fictional text dealing with a future society in which human freedom is severely limited. A dystopia often criticizes our present-day society by exposing trends and tendencies towards totalitarian control. Brave New World- background knowledge • Written in 1931 • Set in distant future Generally known elements: • Total control of society
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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 by the audience
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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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Dystopian fiction is a world where everything is misery and is under strict order by the government and the people have no control and rights in the world they live in. The general reason why authors write dystopian fiction based books is to have criticism on society today or give warnings on the possibility of what could happen to our world and the devastating effects that can happen if we were to have a dystopian world. 1984 is set in a totalitarian society and this book gives us a message that
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would it look like? Who belongs there? Fictional...or real? Is it anything like our modern world or is it a fear beyond your wildest imagination? At the heart of every dystopia is essentially‚ the exploration of human nature and the expression of the fears that drive our societies. There are three main fears which are involved with dystopia. They are; political dispute and rebellion‚ the stifling of freedom to express individuality and the loss of human connectedness‚ which is central to our need for
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Big meaning of ‘Dys’ Most of you have heard the word ’dystopia’ before‚ but maybe you don’t know the true meaning of it. It may be determined in a theoretical fiction and science fiction as well. Besides fiction this word includes horror‚ apocalyptic‚ unnatural‚ fantasy‚ and unknown ideas that didn’t or might not even happen yet. It reflects the opposite of Utopia‚ the perfect world where human nature haven’t faced any problems. Dystopia is different from ‘utopia’ by its prefix ‘dys’ that tells
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According to Merriam-Webster‚ a dystopia is defined as “an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives”. Cinder‚ a novel written by Marissa Meyer‚ fits this description perfectly for many reasons. The main character‚ Cinder‚ is a cyborg and is 36.28% not human. Cinder’s “stepfather” passed away from Letumosis shortly after his trip to Europe‚ where he adopted her without the approval from his wife‚ who became Cinder’s “stepmother” and caretaker. At home‚ Cinder is not treated
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