ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In a dystopian society, the government seeks to ____ its citizens.
A
control
B
help
C
punish
D
reward
Explanation: 

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: -Dystopia is the opposite of utopia: a state in which the conditions of human life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror (or all three). A dystopian society is characterized by human misery in the form of squalor, oppression, disease, overcrowding, environmental destruction, or war.

Detailed explanation-4: -bureaucratic control-a government with relentless regulations rules. corporate control-a large corporation controls people through media or products. philosophical/religious control-an ideology enforced by the government controls society. More items

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