ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
One way power is maintained in dystopian societies is by setting the expectation for citizens to conform to certain standards. Which example from The Giver is NOT an example of conformity?
A
Jonas taking the apple from the lunchroom
B
Jonas and all the other 11s becoming adults on the same day
C
Jonas and all of his friends wearing the same kinds of clothes
D
All of the families having a mother, father, one boy, and one girl
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Example 1. George Orwell’s 1984 is the classic statist dystopia. In this imagined future, the government has abolished individual freedom and identity, and dedicated themselves to a hateful ideology of violence and domination.

Detailed explanation-2: -Types of Dystopian Controls Examples include Minority Report and Running Man. Bureaucratic control: Society is controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dystopian societies are often depicted in science fiction literature and film. Examples of dystopian fiction include George Orwell’s 1984, Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dystopia: A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control.

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