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Dystopia Essays and Term Papers
The Hunger GamesThe Hunger Games
The movie "The Hunger Games" shows through the filmic codes and conventions that the future could in fact be bleak and dystopic. Because this film does in fact relate to real life problems and ideals and shows what society could turn out like without some drastic changes.
The ...
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Symbol of the Telescreen in 1984Prompt A:
A symbol is an object, action, or event that represents something or that creates a range of associations beyond itself. In literary works, a symbol can express an idea, clarify the meaning, or enlarge literal meaning. Using 1984 and focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how ...
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Audens Dystopia - The MerchantAuden, W.H. "Brothers and Others." "The Dyer's Hand" and Other Essays. New York: Random House, 1948. In a casual but seminal essay on the play, Auden calls The Merchant of Venice one of Shakespeare's "Unpleasant Plays." The presence of Antonio and Shylock disrupts the unambiguous fairy-tale world ...
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Aldous HuxleyMany talented twentieth century writers have been overshadowed by classical writers such as Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare. Novels dealing with classical topics are often more recognized than works that tackle controversial topics. defies this stereotype, for his controversial works ...
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The Handmaids TaleMany readers are surprised to hear Atwood's novel labeled science fiction, but it belongs squarely in the long tradition of near-future dystopias which has made up a large part of SF since the early50s. SF need not involve technological innovation: it has been a long-standing principle that social ...
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Fahrenheit 451: Similarities To Today's WorldIn Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury describes how the world would be like in the twieny-fourth century. The things that he wrote about in the novel are similar to the things which extict today. The technology level in the novel is more advanced. The billboards in the novel, were stretch from the ...
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A Review Of Huxley's Brave New WorldBrave New World (1932) is one of the most insidious works of literature
ever written.
An exaggeration?
Tragically, no. Brave New World has come to serve as the false
symbol for any regime of universal happiness.
So how does Huxley turn a future where we're all notionally ...
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Aldous HuxleyMany talented twentieth century writers have been overshadowed by classical writers such as Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare. Novels dealing with classical topics are often more recognized than works that tackle controversial topics. defies this stereotype, for his controversial works ...
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1984: The Structure Of The NovelUsually, the structure of a novel reflects the author's message.
This is the case in the novel 1984. There is a negative utopia (dystopia)
that occurs. The novel is structured in three parts according to Winston's
thoughts and actions toward the Party. Through the structure of the novel
1984, ...
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Consumption and UtopiaThroughout Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the concepts of consumerism and utopia have constantly juxtaposed and compared to determine whether or not consumption and "COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY" (3) are genuinely compatible. Although state citizens in "Brave New World" are always genuinely ...
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Brave New WorldAs the human race progresses, the necessities and customs of its past begin to fade, and are replaced by new, modern ways. Alduous Huxley’s dystopian novel Brave New World addresses the issues with this process. In his world state the people are made with a cold, factory like efficiency inspired ...
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Women On The Edge Of TimeWoman on the Edge of Time
In Woman on the Edge of Time, Piercy uses language to create the idea of a climb toward knowledge and the discovery of an unknown truth that will save the present. With the help of Luciente, Connie will rise up from the dystopia, New York, to the utopia, ...
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Ray Bradbury: Influence to Rise Above The NormRay Bradbury: Influence to Rise Above The Norm
Ray Bradbury was definitely someone who could take his various experiences, whether they be a daily activity or something that affected his life, and put them to pen and paper like a natural. He was someone without any proper college education ...
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Shed 12Trevor Bourke
Utopia/Dystopia
20/03/2012
From Communist Russia To Storage
In "The life and adventures of shed 12" Victor Pelevin comically uses manmade objects to create a fictional depiction of the psychology of post-World War 1 Russia. In this short story, a shed named Shed XII is the ...
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PanopticonMyths, which are believed in, tend to become true.
-George Orwell
A long time ago man created the notion of God. God was able to see everything we do. He would judge all your actions and punish you for your wrongdoing. Fearing punishment from God, citizens would follow a system of morals and ...
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George Orwell: The Destruction Of ThoughtSubverting language removes the logic in words. The individual is incapable of rational thought when language is inaccessible. In this state the individual is manipulated to the master’s will. Orwell’s dystopia is the removal of words that leads to the mistrust of senses. An understanding of past ...
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Hunger Games Film ReviewHunger Games Film Review
Adapted from the adolescent hit novel, the film version of the "Hunger Games" has attracted many teenage fans worldwide both girls and boys. Unlike "Twilight" it is more than just a simple love story. Set in the dystopia known as Panem, every year from the twelve ...
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The Critical Lens Of 1984Allen Huang
Professor Carlton Cook
Dickens
2017/2/22
Historical Lens
1984: A Perfect Hell
1984, written by George Orwell, is an important piece of novel that prepare the development of the modern literature. It has been an exemplar work of the genre of satire, and has been one of the ...
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Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid’s TaleDocument A is an extract from Margaret Atwood’s acclaimed dystopian novel: The Handmaid’s Tale published in 1985. The book depicts the journey of the main character Offred, a handmaid in the patriarchal totalitarian regime of the Republic of Gilead (former United States). Most sections of the ...
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