Category: Dystopia

We live in a society where we have the freedom to voice our opinions and have control of our own lives. If that was one day taken away from us by a superior power the people would revolt against an inhumane leadership. In the dystopian futures of the films The Matrix and The Hunger Games,…

In todays society, we are always striving to make our world a better place. Many texts and films have been created to depict a utopian world that enables people to explore and experience the perfect society anyone could wish for. However, aiming to establish a utopian society can lead to a dystopia, as we may…

Dystopian writers focus on the oppression of their gender and fail to consider the oppression of the other sex within their novels Explore how far you agree with this view [30] Dystopian literature often suggests that gender plays a pivotal role in ones freedom, both Atwoods The Handmaids Tale and Orwells Nineteen EightyFour demonstrate the…

Katniss and Peeta have to work even harder to overcome the bias against them and win the hearts of the sponsors and the crowd. Being as poor as they are comes with some benefits and some disadvantages. They have been underfed most of their lives which means they are skinny and weak compared to the…

A dystopia is a futuristic society, usually fictional, that is unpleasant and terrifying. the characteristics of a dystopian society are the use of propaganda to control, a person or concept worshipped by the citizens, the restriction of independent thought, information, and freedom, Citizens under constant surveillance, and dehumanization, and the citizen’s fear of the outside world.…

For what reason did the Hunger Games begin? The amusements began to stimulate and remind the general population who was in charge, that is the Capitol. The Hunger Games is a yearly occasion in which one kid and one young lady aged 12 18 from every one of the twelve districts encompassing the Capitol are…

It could suggest that the past is not dead, due to its emphasis and depth of portrayal, as well as its common reoccurrence throughout both texts. Ishiguro and Williams both use their first-person narratives to explore themes and central character depictions, by creating a retrospective, backward-looking tone, reflecting the strong emotional attachment characters have to…

Karl Marx, a German philosopher, believed in two dividing classes in a capitalistic society: the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. He emphasized that the bourgeoisie is the ruling class or oppressors and the proletariats are the working class or the oppressed. To maintain this power structure, they exploit the working class to maintain revenue. The novel,…

Dystopian Literature’s function stems from the fear that a utopic change can cause a dystopian future. Novels such as Orwells 1984 and Atwoods The Handmaids Tale present this concern over the present of their novels time but also for the present of modern readers. Both Atwood and Orwell reflect the conditions of their time in…

Many people have questioned the importance and production of dystopian novels, along with the overall reality and impact it has on todays society. However to grasp the true importance of dystopian novels, one must know what the term dystopian means. Most people refer to dystopias as a utopia gone wrong, a utopia is an imagined…