1984 "Dystopia: an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad‚ typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one."1 George Orwell’s dystopian novel‚ 1984‚ should be read in high school classrooms because it’s message is still relevant almost seventy years after it was published. The novel exposes students to a dystopic style of literature‚ which demonstrates to students the dangers of totalitarianism and propaganda. Adolescence is a period of natural rebellion against
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The comic Kingdom Come depicts dystopia through the violent acts committed by the civilians. Dystopia is defined as a society characterized by human misery as squalor‚ oppression‚ disease and overcrowding lead to violence and lack of trust. The 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell‚ “...has become famous for its portrayal of pervasive government surveillance and control‚ and government’s increasing encroachment on the rights of the individual” (Nineteen Eighty Four e.p. 1). In a totalitarian
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Essay Prompt: At the start of George Orwell’s dystopia novel‚ Animal Farm‚ the animals set out to establish a perfect community‚ a “society of animals set free from hunger and the whip‚ all equal‚ each working according to his capacity‚ the strong protecting the weak.” However‚ by the end of the novel‚ we see that a very different society is actually formed. A cruel dictatorship rules: no animal can speak his mind; all animals work in hunger‚ pain‚ and gross inequality. In a brief two-page essay
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A dystopia can be anything from everyone looking and acting the same‚ to complete chaos. The dystopias all have one thing in common - perfection. "The promises of technology and sociopolitical theory only resulted in war‚ poverty‚ famine‚ and chaos." The people that were a part of that quote wanted a perfect place where they didn’t have to do anything because of technology. A dystopian author shows what they feel is going on and what they think might happen if things continue on that path. A dystopian
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Year 11‚ English Extension Essay ( 2 CORE texts and 1 RELATED text) What ideas do you see linking the texts you have studied through your exploration of Utopias and Dystopias. The novels Utopia by Thomas More and 1984 by George Orwell and short story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut explore the Utopic and Dystopic genre through the structure and regulations of their societies. In Utopia‚ More provides us with a contemporary understanding of society and human nature‚ with an indepth study of
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Oceania is a State of Dystopia In George Orwell’s 1984‚ the citizens of Oceania are forced to endure life in a dystopic state. Life is brutal and anything but merry. One constantly feels anxious as the threat of torture or death is always near‚ if one was to break one of the Party rules. For characters like Winston and Julia‚ who are against Big Brother and who realize the true extent of their horrible lives‚ life is unbearable. Exploitation‚ corruption‚ and dehumanization are evident
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are unhappy and usually afraid because they are not treated fairly” (“Dystopia”). The animals rebel against their farmer‚ Mr. Jones‚ in an attempt to live life freely without the rule of a human. However‚ a pig named Napoleon takes over‚ and as the novel progresses we can see that he “is worse than the humans‚ and thus that the animals would be better off under benign human control” (Fitzgerald 3). The farm becomes a dystopia because there is mass poverty‚ the animals have no freedoms‚ and violence
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inside the maze and no access to the outside world. In The Hunger Games‚ Katniss has no privileges as a “citizen” in the districts and is put inside an arena to kill people as a show for the Capital‚ who is basically a dictatorship. The theme of dystopia is fairly similar in the fact that both characters begin in a very tragic
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The Rash by Pete Hautman‚ I feel this book extruders the qualities of a dystopian novel. The reason being is that the book is filled with futuristic inventions and ideas. That includes high tech cars‚sports gear‚camera’s‚ and even schools. Also‚many rules are put into place which dictates how people live. Related to that is a penal system that the government put into place. All these features make the book very dystopian like. Information‚independent‚thought‚and freedom are limited in this society
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The Great Gatsby Outline I. Introduction A. Symbolism B. Thesis Statement: In the classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the author‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ creates a satirical work of literature that uses symbolism to point out geographical and environmental characteristics throughout the different settings of the story. II. Color A. Symbolic location of the green light. III. West Egg and East Egg A. Geological and social values portrayed IV. Valley
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