Anderson Speech and Debate 04/02/2013 Utopia VS Dystopia A utopia is an imagined place or state of being in which everything is perfect. Opposite to that is a dystopia which is an imagined place or state of being in which everything is unplesant. The first time that a utopia was invented was in 1516 in the book Utopia by Sir Thomas Moore. Two present day examples would be an Omish Community‚ because of the set rules that everyone must follow to make the society perfect‚ and Heaven‚ which is
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How do you feel about dystopias? What if I said you might be living in one? Dystopias are in fiction‚ but they are also in the real world and you might just be living in one. There are fictional dystopias like in George Orwell’s 1984‚ but there are also real life dystopias like the MOVE organization. The four Ministries in 1984 make the citizens of Oceania think they live in a utopia. In reality the Ministries are what make it a dystopia. The MOVE organization is the same way with how the people
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is a Dystopia? The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ was written in 1993 and inspired by her father who had lost all of his memory. She wondered what it would be like if there were no memories or feelings. The Giver is about a 12 year-old boy named Jonas who lives in a utopian society where everything is perfect. In the book Jonas is chosen to be the Receiver of Memory. Once Jonas was chosen as the Receiver of Memory he started to wonder whether his community is a utopia “A perfect society‚” or dystopia‚“An imperfect
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A person living in a perfect utopia wakes up to a dystopia! “A utopia is a place of ideal perfection‚ especially in laws‚ government and social conditions.” (Merriam-Webster). On the other hand‚ “A dystopia is an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives.” (Merriam-Webster). A Utopia can become a dystopia by either the population becoming aware and rebelling or the society not being able to function (this may be caused by the leader and or corruption). An example of this
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This is depicted in film and literature. For example; William Golding’s novel and novel based film ‘Lord of the Flies’‚ films; ‘V for Vendetta’ by The Wachowski Brothers‚ ‘Gattaca’ by Andrew Niccol and ‘1984’ by George Orwell. These are some films and novels that portray why a Utopia cannot be created‚ sustained or even controlled‚ dystopia to utopia or utopia to dystopia. “Our life dreams the Utopia. Our Death achieves the ideal.” [2] This quote is displayed in the novel and film ‘Lord of the Flies’
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Animal Farm Dystopia Humans are just as bad as animals‚ or is it the other way around? True equality between societies can never be accomplished because of true human nature leads societies to become dystopias. Animal Farm by George Orwell is the perfect example of a dystopia for three main reasons. One‚ propaganda is used to control the citizens of the society. Two‚ a figurehead of concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society. And third‚ the natural world is banished and distrusted. Coming
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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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market: the archetypal dystopian society. The Hunger Games‚ The Maze Runner‚ Uglies‚ Divergent‚ Matched‚ to name just a few series‚ are a mere trifle of the many young adult dystopian novels that flooded bookstores in just the past two decades. Dystopia itself is not by any means an unfamiliar face in the world of literature. Some of the earliest inklings of dystopian societies can be found in H.G. Wells’s book The Time Machine (1895). The future society the Time Traveller visits in 802‚701 A.D
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Evan Bergstrom Mrs. Hunter English Literature 1-2A November 19th‚ 2012 Aftermath The year is 2085‚ twenty prolonged years have gone by since the explosion of the A-14 EMP device went off in earths crust surrounding the United States of America. The United States of America that is now split into two parsimonious parts‚ one named the New California Public‚ while the other the Enclave. The A-14 EMP was set of as a terrorist attack against the United States by the combined forces of Russia
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A dystopia is an imagined world in which everything is unpleasant‚ which is typically an environmentally degraded society. Divergent‚ is a movie based off of the novel series Divergent which was published in 2012. The setting of the movie is based in Chicago at an unknown future date‚ and the main characters are Tris and Four. This movie is an example of a dystopia because the events are not real‚ and it is in an environmentally degraded society‚ where everyone believes that there was a war that
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