LITERATURE QUESTIONS
DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE
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The Hunger Games
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The Running Man
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The Giver
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The Barcode Tattoo
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Detailed explanation-1: -What novel seemingly opened the floodgates for young-adult dystopian literature? The Giver opened the floodgates for young adult dystopian literature.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Giver describes a dystopian society, where people are assigned spouses and children. There are no holidays or traditions, and the people are unable to see colors. Meanwhile, the Committee of Elders controls every aspect of daily life, including what jobs people have, starting at age 11.
Detailed explanation-3: -Before Ernest Cline’s “Ready Player One”, George Orwell’s “Ninteen Eighty-Four” and Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World”, there was Yevgeni Zamyatin’s “We”, the first dystopian novel ever written.
Detailed explanation-4: -Young adult dystopian novels are known for their intense plot twists. These twists make these novels intensely popular because it causes adolescents to engage themselves into the book.