LITERATURE QUESTIONS
DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE
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corrupt, and wields far too much control.
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fantastic ____ optimized for individuals to thrive
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a mix of good and bad elements.
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exactly like our own.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society. Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted. A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society. Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance.
Detailed explanation-2: -Technological control: Society is controlled by technology-through computers, robots, and/or scientific means. Philosophical/religious control: Society is controlled by philosophical or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic government.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dystopias are often filled with pessimistic views of the ruling class or a government that is brutal or uncaring, ruling with an “iron fist". Dystopian governments are sometimes ruled by a fascist or communist regime or dictator.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dystopian fiction is often typified by physical and overt forms of control, such as Orwell’s projection of the future of “a boot stamping on a human face forever” in the classic novel 1984.