ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How does the author’s discussion of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four contribute to the text (Paragraph 8)?
A
It proves how unrealistically dystopian fiction portrays social and political issues.
B
It gives examples of how dystopian fiction is based on what the author observed in reality.
C
It shows how our society can avoid becoming the world depicted in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
D
It stresses how inevitable it is for our society to become the society depicted in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -How does the author’s discussion of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four contribute to the text (Paragraph 8)? It proves how unrealistically dystopian fiction portrays social and political issues. It gives examples of how dystopian fiction is based on what the author observed in reality.

Detailed explanation-2: -How does the author’s discussion of the film Halloween contribute to text? A. It provides an example of a scary movie that offers the controlled fear that gives viewers a fun-scary experience.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dystopian authors argued that the pursuit of perfection will inevitably lead not to ‘no place’ but to a ‘bad place’, because of flaws within the system. And they made it their business to use fiction to hold up funhouse mirrors to magnify those flaws and force discussion about them.

Detailed explanation-4: -How does the description of the 1900s in paragraphs 5-6 help us understand the qualities of dystopian literature? They show the results of society trying to create real utopias.

Detailed explanation-5: -PART A: Which of the following identifies the author’s main claim in the text? Dystopian fiction exaggerates existing problems in our reality to show readers what could happen if society continues down a certain path.

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