LITERATURE QUESTIONS
DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE
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The Danger of a Particular Government
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The Danger of a Particular Policy
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The Danger of Technology
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The Danger of Free Will
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Detailed explanation-1: -Characteristics of a Dystopian Society A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society. Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance. Citizens have a fear of the outside world. Citizens live in a dehumanized state.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dystopias are societies in cataclysmic decline, with characters who battle environmental ruin, technological control, and government oppression. Dystopian novels with a didactic message often explore themes like anarchism, oppression, and mass poverty.
Detailed explanation-3: -Quickly Establish the Reality. As stated above, dystopian fiction allows for a fairly broad field of representation. Lay Out the “False Utopia” The “Event” The Totalitarian. The Resistance. The Result.
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. The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), by Margaret Atwood. More items