after he becomes self aware of the terrible mindless society that he lives in. Not wanting to just go with the flow Montag decides that he will no longer conform to the status quo of the government‚ nor the dystopian nightmare that he lives in. A dystopia in this case being a time set far off into the future where the government decides to exert power beyond its boundaries in an attempt to help the society‚ but only harm it far more than imaginable. Given the example‚ Fahrenheit
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Utopia Vs. Dystopia Each person has their own vision of utopia. Utopia means an ideal state‚ a paradise‚ a land of enchantment. It has been a central part of the history of ideas in Western Civilization. Philosophers and writers continue to imagine and conceive plans for an ideal state even today. They use models of ideal government to express their ideas on contemporary issues and political conditions. Man has never of comparing the real and ideal‚ actuality and dream‚ and the stark facts
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The Community that Lois Lowry creates in The Giver appears to be a utopia‚ but is in fact a dystopia. To get rid of the extremes‚ such as pain and hunger‚ you have to get rid of things like true friendship and happiness. Jonas is constructed to convey ideas about society by his speech‚ thoughts‚ actions‚ appearance‚ interaction with others and his name. We first see this when his sister‚ Lily says to him‚ “He has funny eyes just like you Jonas!” Most people in the community have dark eyes but
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the experience “was not the grasping of a thin and burdensome recollection…[the experience] was different” and “for the first time” he “heard something he knew to be music… he heard people singing”(178-180). Jonas realizes the fallacies within the dystopia of the “town” he lives in‚ and runs away‚ reliving the town of an important role they rely on. As he finally reaches elsewhere with the baby‚ he realizes that this was familiar in a way unlike the memories he was given‚ however‚ this was something
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A.P Literature Ms. Maxwell February 26‚ 2014 George Orwell 1984 novel demonstrates a dystopia futuristic world call Oceania where the government seeks total control of its citizen by using power‚ manipulation of the memory and the past and by putting fear into their citizen. Orwell achieved his goals but showing us the value system of the protagonist versus the antagonist The value system of Winston and the other characters in 1984 is that they all want to rebel while others wants to maintain
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A Utopia is better than a Dystopia You will always have food and water‚ and a job with a family‚ and you will never get sick or injured and die because they would be able to heal you and fix your injuries and illness‚ also you will never be sad or depressed because you will get along with everyone. This is a utopia. Where everything is perfect and nothing ever goes wrong. First you will always have food and water‚ a job‚ and family. In a utopia everyone would be well nurtured never starving
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able to learn efficiently if everything is the same. The Giver states that everything is as close to same as anyone can get. If everything is the same‚ how can one learn about true life? If life doesn’t have mistakes‚ how can one learn efficiently I believe this is to hide the outside world‚ not to protect the people. Also‚ The community in The Giver s a dystopia. This community is a dystopia because in the text it states it states‚”Dystopia‚ which is the direct opposite of utopia‚ is a term to describe
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The poem‚ “Dystopia” by Josh Gibbins has various meaning and can be interpreted differently by each individual. However‚ there are many examples of misfortune and depressing thoughts throughout the poem that set the tone as such. It begins with the setting as having ashy skies that were “filled with hate.” The fields were bleak and empty‚ which shows the reader the area may have been abandoned. The following stanza begins with a description of operating machinery with people walking around without
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world of the Giver all the people wear graym with the same haircut and no colors. Although some people may claim the world in the fiction novel The Giver by Lois Lowry is a utopia‚ it is a dystopia because sameness means there is no diversity which takes away from being human. Although sameness solves many of this world’s problems‚ it is not worth giving up diversity. In the story‚ as Jonas continues with his training he starts a conversation with The Giver about sameness. The Giver says “It wasn’t
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variation as possible in favor of Sameness and a predictable society‚ Jonas’s community has rejected the truly utopian possibilities of a society where people are free to move society forward. The result is a dystopia of conformity. A series of conversations between Jonas and The Giver shows that the totalitarian rationale for restricting each person’s choice of clothing‚ job‚ spouse‚ and children results from the fear of making wrong choices. Yet‚ as Jonas realizes after he escapes from the
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