Category: Dystopia

  • Fahrenheit 451: Critical Review

    Fahrenheit 451 is a novel that was written based on a dystopian society. It begins to explain how society copes with the government through conformity. Most of the characters in this story, for example: Mildred, Beatty, and the rest, start to conform to the government because it is the culture they had grown up in.…

  • Article Religious Ideals and Communism In Harrison Bergeron

    Religious ideas have manipulated societies for centuries and existed as covert supremacy, dictating the actions executed by humanity. Religious discrimination is not a prehistoric phenomenon, with modern-day occurrences such as antisemitism and the holocaust, predominantly initiated by faith. Islamophobia is amplified issues emerging from terrorism and Islamic radicalism and extremism, as well as recent terrorist…

  • Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury: Book Review

    Fahrenheit 451 was published in 1953. 1950 was the year that TV turned into a really mass-culture wonder in the United States. To certain individuals, it appeared to forecast the demise of humanized talk, proficiency, and independence, and this is plainly portrayed in the book Fahrenheit 451. At the time Bradbury was composing this book,…

  • Fahrenheit 451 As An Iconic Representation Of Dystopian Fiction

    Fahrenheit 451 is an iconic representation of dystopian fiction its a world where ignorance is blessed, war is always on the horizon and knowledge itself is under constant attack, the legendary story of book burning firemen guy Montag journey of rebellion is infamous because its themes and ideas are still relevant today, Bradbury got the…

  • Shirley Jackson and Horror Genre to Critique Dystopian Tendencies in Society

    Shirley Jackson uses The Lottery as an allegory for the dystopic inclinations in society, as well as utilising features of the horror genre to emphasise the harsh depictions of violence displayed. Publishing this story close to the Holocaust was retrospective and reflected on highlighted the unbridled nature of justifying an act of brutality. Furthermore, The…

  • Dystopia Satire: Hunger Games and the Handmaids Tale

    A dystopian satire is a significant and interesting type of literature to read and get engaged in .If you read various types of dystopian based stories you would notice that they normally have three main themes though-out the text. Such as Futuristic , Survival, and Government Control. Those who enjoy it say that it is…

  • Difference Between Utopia and Dystopia

    The Dual Nature of Utopia and Dystopia In every second of our life, we need to decide between action and inaction. These pull us towards one of two future, a heavenly and other is more hellish. Other is more utopian versus one that is more dystopian. Its our human nature to dream about utopia, a…

  • The Stone Gods as a Dystopia

    Abstract This body of work has targeted to analyze and evaluate on the story The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson, with respect to its dystopian aspects. By evaluating and giving examples from the story, we will try to present what makes this novel a dystopian work. Dystopia is defined in dictionaries as an imagined world…

  • The Elements Of Dystopian World In Fahrenheit 451 & WALL-E

    The evolution of dystopian text emerged throughout the French revolution, 1700s, although it was commonly anti-collectivist until the late 20th century. Dys (bad) topia (place) are ancient Greek words that are used to create fictional texts of an unfavourable society to live. Generally, these civilizations are controlled by oppressive governments or other forms of despotisms.…

  • Dehumanized Through the Dystopia Of It All

    What does it even mean to be human, why do we feel emotions, how does it benefit to think for myself and in the end how do we process it all. Imagine living in a world where you might not ever come to know yourself as an individual human being. I imagine not having the…