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DYSTOPIA

DYSTOPIA. Background. Dystopia comes from the Greek word meaning “bad place” Usually devolves from a Utopian society gone awry- if everyone’s “Utopia” is different, then a Utopian society cannot last. How to Identify a Dystopia. Futuristic, foreign technology

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DYSTOPIA

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  1. DYSTOPIA

  2. Background • Dystopia comes from the Greek word meaning “bad place” • Usually devolves from a Utopian society gone awry- if everyone’s “Utopia” is different, then a Utopian society cannot last

  3. How to Identify a Dystopia • Futuristic, foreign technology • Repressive, authoritarian government state • Mass conformity and lack of individual expression • Heavy handed moral

  4. Dystopian Hero • Most Dystopian stories have a hero • Usually the only person in the society who realizes that the society is repressive and dangerous • Often rallies the society into rebellion • Sometimes meets a tragic end, as a warning to the audience

  5. Examples (so many to choose from!) • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley • Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell • A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess • The Giver by Lois Lowry • And movies: • Equilibrium, The Island, Idiocracy, V for Vendetta, The Matrix, Serenity, Soylent Green, Planet of the Apes

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