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Dystopia

Dystopia. The Almost Perfect Society. Defining Dystopia. Where did the word come from? Ancient Greek: δυσ -  ( dus - )= Bad , Hard, Unfortunate τόπος  ( topos )= Place , Location Literally: dus+topos =dystopia, or Unfortunate Place. Dystopia in Practice. Utopian Societies are perfect.

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Dystopia

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  1. Dystopia The Almost Perfect Society

  2. Defining Dystopia Where did the word come from? Ancient Greek: δυσ- (dus-)= Bad, Hard, Unfortunate τόπος (topos)= Place, Location Literally: dus+topos=dystopia, or Unfortunate Place.

  3. Dystopia in Practice • Utopian Societies are perfect. • Can something be perfect? • Dystopian Societies seem perfect, but they have an overwhelming flaw. • Perfection has a price.

  4. History of Dystopian Writing Dystopian writing is a response to Utopian writing. Originally created to mock the idea of perfect societies. They were satire. Modern Dystopian stories point to the problems with new, or miraculous technologies.

  5. The Dystopian hero • Engrained in the society • Begin to question the things around them. • Rebel or flee, or both.

  6. About Anthem Specifically • The Setting is “Post-Apocalyptic” • Technology has regressed as a result • Equality has grown up in a Collectivist civilization • Freedom is subordinated to the group • Everyone is “Equal”

  7. Elements of dystopian Society

  8. The society/social structure plays an enormous role in the story

  9. Strong elements of control, and lack of certain freedoms. Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. -Thomas Jefferson

  10. Restricted information

  11. Citizens/characters are dehumanized to some extent.

  12. Conformity. Individuality and dissension are bad/immoral/illegal.

  13. There is the illusion of a perfect world.

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