ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE

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Leonard is arrested by the police for going for a walk, because walking isn’t common and it is seen as weird and “regressive."Is this a personal, external, or systemic obstacle?
A
Personal Obstacle
B
External Obstacle
C
Systemic Obstacle
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mead dares to stand up to the government and does not follow their rules. For this defiance, he is arrested and sent to the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies.

Detailed explanation-2: -He appreciates nature, taking in the sights, sounds, and smells on his walks. His enjoyment of nature and his imaginative reveries show that Mead has cultivated a Romantic sensibility, allowing him to maintain his individuality in the face of pervasive social conformity.

Detailed explanation-3: -He doesn’t make enough money for it to be considered a career.

Detailed explanation-4: -Leonard Mead’s innocent hobby of taking late night walks instead of watching television is condemned by the police force as a “Regressive Tendency”, and sends him to a psychiatric center to be studied for such behavior, (194).

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