Dystopian Stories: Creative Worlds “Perhaps the greatest utopia would be if we could realize that no utopia is possible” (Jack Carroll) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins‚ Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ and There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury are all dystopian stories. In The Hunger Games each year two children are picked from one of the twelve districts to fight to the death in The Hunger Games‚ to show that they can not rebel against the capital. They are forced to do this to show
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It’s not surprising that “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins contains many situations that cause the reader to step back and question the morality and ethical issues surrounding the entire story. Likewise‚ the main characters echo our own questions by asking themselves similar things when faced with moral dilemmas. A character that shows a strong ethical approach to the games is supporting character Peeta Mellark. What it takes to “win” the hunger games goes beyond just killing people. A person
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Spoken Essay - Dystopian Genre The dystopian film In Time (2011) directed by Andrew Niccol‚ portrays a world where quite literally time is money. Once you run out of time - you die. Due to scientific advances people stop aging at 25‚ but after 25 a person is genetically-engineered to live only one more year. With a glowing‚ green clock counting down from one year on their forearm. You can earn more time at work but must sell if for goods and services for example a cup of coffee costs 4 minutes.
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I believe that Dystopian literature is popular right now among teens because. It shows the rebellious side of characters. It also shows how unique the main characters are‚ whether they are free or not it always shows them finding a way out of wherever they happen to be in the story‚ and they always survive because of their ability to adapt and use their mind to figure things out and find solutions to problems and challenges that they face‚ and overcome adversities. In the book maze runner thomas
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in many ways throughout the novel. The rich control the poor so does in hunger games‚ the capitol control the districts by making a hunger games in the reaping day and help the one who win with some foods. The candidates of the reaping day must survive in the wilderness. There are plenty of themes in the hunger games and one of them is inequality between poor and rich. Every reader of the novel will get it that the Hunger Games talks about the poor districts and the rich capitol when they are read
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In the book The Hunger Games by Suzanna Collins‚ 2 contestants from the twelve different districts in Panem are sent to the arena to fight against the tributes. The person who survives to the end of the games will return to their district and live the life they were living but knowing that they survived whilst watching other people die. The themes of betrayal‚ love‚ courage and trust have been used through the book. Obviously the theme of betrayal was used a lot during the novel. In one section
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Dystopian Fiction Dystopian fiction presents a problematic‚ often bleak and/or future world. It calls into question the legitimacy of the practices of societies traditional guardians and governors. (Eg. Police‚ government‚ education systems) By portraying contemporary aspects of society in a distorted or exaggerated fashion dystopian fiction is both protest against the unquestioned authority of traditional institutions and a rally cry for change. Often‚ dystopian fiction will illustrate the future
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The main character in The Hunger Games‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ is a strong and independent teenager who has to conquer many gruesome challenges. The challenges she faces not only require being strong physically‚ but also emotionally. I personally can’t even imagine living in Katniss’s society‚ where being in horrible and life-threatening situations is very common. Fortunately‚ Katniss has the skills and personality to overcome these obstacles. Throughout the story‚ there are three specific situations
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Dystopian Societies Two stories that have shown significant discriptions of a dystopian society would be the novel‚ Farhenheit 451‚ and the film‚ The Island. As dystopian societies‚ they both have a protagonist who ventures out of the rules and restrictions and finds a new beginning. Farhenheit 451’s protagonist‚ named Guy Montag‚ was dissapointed with his marrige‚ and the horrific distractions he faced throught his daily life. With no books in his society‚ many citizens where uneducated with the
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In the Hunger Games ‚author Suzanne Collins presents the idea that fear causes people to act against their values when survival is at stake. Fear takes over when it comes to survival.If fear is in play‚ then it influences human behavior and choices and on top of that ‚ survival is something that everyone else ( in the hunger games)‚is competing for‚ so behavior‚ choices and fear is definitely impacted when it comes to survival in the hunger games. This theory is presented because in the book‚the
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