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    Bigelow ENG 090-03 Pleasantville vs. The Giver Compare & Contrast In the movie‚ Pleasantville‚ and in the book‚ The Giver‚ there are many different similarities and differences. One similarity is that the communities are portrayed as utopias but in reality are actually dystopias. Another similarity is the weather and the fact that it’s extremely ideal. Also‚ in both the movie and in the book the communities have no understanding of sex or sexual feelings. However‚ in the book The

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    1984-Dystopias and Utopias 1984 is one of the pioneer novels of the dystopia genre of books and one of the most famous examples. Published by George Orwell in 1949 it helped set the precedent for the genre as a whole‚ including establishing tropes such as constant government monitoring‚ government mind control‚ the rebellious individual that stands against the government‚ and the sheer size and power of the oppressive government known as The Party. In the novel protagonist Winston Smith explore

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    one’s entire life planned out for them‚ no hunger‚ no war‚ no poverty. Thomas More had that same thought in 1516‚ creating an idea that still lasts today in several places around the world‚ like Twin Oaks‚ Virginia . But what is needed to create a utopia? In this modern world‚ one would need a self-sustaining society that is broken off from the world‚ a democratic and unbiased government‚ and a unsegregated and equal view on the society held to the utmost of importance. If a self-sustaining and separated

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    is rumored to exist down below the desert wasteland. The people who live in the underground society are known as “downunders”. While neither Vic nor Blood want to find this society‚ Blood wants to find the “promised land”‚ where many above-ground utopias exist‚ whereas Vic wants to stay and continue to use Blood to sniff out women for him. On their quest to find the Promised Land‚ they encounter many obstacles such as murders and thieves. Along the way‚ Vic meets a girl‚ Quilla‚ who tries to convince

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    Books (Books # 1-4) 1/22‚ 1/25 Book # 5 2/3‚ 2/4 Books #6 and 7 2/5‚ 2/8 Book #8 2/11‚ 2/16 Books # 9-11 2/25‚ 2/26 Books # 12-13 Your notes (your ideas for essay‚ Book Thief pages‚ Book Thief quotations) Utopia/dystopia A utopia is an imaginary place‚ situated in a particular time and space‚ that is socially‚ morally‚ and politically ideal. A dystopia is an imaginary place‚ also situated in a particular time or place‚ but which is socially‚ morally‚ and politically

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    live in this utopia where everyone is happy‚ joyous‚ and carefree. The people of Omelas have these qualities: “How can I tell you about the people of Omelas? They were not naïve and happy children- though their children were happy. They were mature‚ intelligent‚ passionate adults whose lives were not wretched. O miracle! but I wish I could describe it better” (209). The people that live in Omelas felt that it was good to be happy in a city where anything is possible. The point of a utopia is that everyone

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    Jaleesa Richardson ENGL 1302-4515 Professor Rossum February 15‚ 2015 An Ideal Society We all strive to be perfect people and to live in a perfect world. However realistically no matter how hard we try to be perfect or make things around us perfect it is simply impossible to create a real Utopian lifestyle. Most of us have some type of vision on how we believe the world should be ran and the things we can do to have what some may call the ideal society. For centuries many countries‚ colonies and

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    around the island. In More’s utopian society the Island supplies all of its goods itself‚ becoming self reliant and‚ “responsible for cultivating the soil‚ raising livestock‚ felling timber‚ and transporting it to the towns” (More 51). More’s idea in Utopia of a self-reliant society helped us when sculpting the perfect society that could get on by itself in times of trouble. Each county contains a central hospital‚ government meeting houses‚ centers for the poor‚ and tourist centers. These counties

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    valued‚ respected and their desires are fulfilled there would be no place for conflict; but the reality is‚ this “better world” is completely unachievable‚ especially given the inherent nature of human beings‚ and that “every dystopia is masked by a utopia” (Mackenzie Draman). Having acknowledged the imminent‚ throughout history‚ literary and cinematic sources have shown us time and time again

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    significance of Gulliver’s Travel’s Book 1. Irish writer and clergyman‚ Jonathan Swift was born in an age of “The Satirist”. His novel Gulliver’s Travels (1726‚ amended in 1735)‚ regarded as the best among his full-length works‚ is treated as both a satire on human nature‚ party politics and religious differences‚ and a parody of the “traveller’s tales”. Therefore‚ the story of A Voyage to Lilliput is looked upon as a political allegory in which the relationship among the Lilliputians and the events

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