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Dystopias

Dystopias. Definition and Characteristics. Utopia. A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions. Dystopia. Futuristic , imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained.

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Dystopias

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  1. Dystopias Definition and Characteristics

  2. Utopia • A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions.

  3. Dystopia • Futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained. • Done through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control. • Dystopias make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system.

  4. Characteristics of a Dystopian Society • Propaganda used to control citizens • Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted • Figurehead or concept is worshipped • Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance • Citizens have a fear of outside world • Citizens live in a dehumanized state • Natural world is distrusted • Citizens conform to uniform expectations (Individuality and rebellion are bad) • The society is an illusion of a utopia

  5. Corporate Control • One or more large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or the media. • Examples include Minority Report and Running Man.

  6. Bureaucratic Control • Society is controlled by a mindless government • Examples include The Hunger Games.

  7. Technological Control • Society is controlled by technology—through computers, robots, and/or scientific means. • Examples include The Matrix, The Terminator, and I, Robot.

  8. Philosophical/Religious Control • Society is controlled by philosophical or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic government.

  9. The Dystopian Protagonist • often feels trapped and is struggling to escape • questions the existing social and political systems • feels that something is terribly wrong with the society in which he or she lives

  10. The Dystopian Conflict • Societal group somewhere not under control of the government • Rebelling from control

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