LITERATURE QUESTIONS
DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE
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Citizens not always having basic needs met, like food and shelter
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Citizens not having access to loved ones like family and/or mates
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Citizens wearing assigned clothing and working at assigned jobs
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Citizens being allowed to have civil rights and make choices for themselves
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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: -Some examples are Russia under Stalin, Germany under Hitler, China under Mao, and Europe under the Roman Catholic Church during Medieval times.
Detailed explanation-3: -Published in 1908, Jack London s multi-layered narrative is an early example of the dystopian novel, and its vision of the future proved to be eerily prescient of the violence and fascism that marked the initial half of the 20th century.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Time Machine (1895), by H.G. Wells. The Iron Heel (1907), by Jack London. My (1920; We), by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Brave New World (1932), by Aldous Huxley. Atlas Shrugged (1957), by Ayn Rand. A Clockwork Orange (1962), by Anthony Burgess. More items