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    Lord of the Flies Utopia or Dystopia According to the Oxford American Dictionary‚ a utopia – n – is an imaginary place‚ society‚ or situation where everything is perfect‚ and vice versa‚ a dystopia – n – is a place‚ society‚ or situation in which everything is bad. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ a group of English boys become stranded on an uninhabited island during the midst of a World War. They attempt to form a society to keep the order and civility‚ but through the fear a creature called

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    ‘Lord of the Flies’‚ films; ‘V for Vendetta’ by The Wachowski Brothers‚ ‘Gattaca’ by Andrew Niccol and ‘1984’ by George Orwell. These are some films and novels that portray why a Utopia cannot be created‚ sustained or even controlled‚ dystopia to utopia or utopia to dystopia. “Our life dreams the Utopia. Our Death achieves the ideal.” [2] This quote is displayed in the novel and film ‘Lord of the Flies’‚ as Piggy tried to keep his and Ralph’s utopia alive but lost his life during the attempt. Ralph

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    Giver’ the price is definitely too much to pay. Therefore‚ the ‘community’ is definitely more of a dystopia opposed to being a utopia because everyone behaves as if they are incompetent of feeling‚ emotion‚ all civilians of the community have limited prerogatives and limited decisions which they are allowed to make and the fact that differences are not tolerated leans the ‘community’ towards a dystopia as opposed to utopia. However‚ the largest price which the community has payed by far is the fact

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    in the Bahamas with a margarita in hand‚ the sounds of waves crashing and sand in between your toes. It’s a place of idealistic perfection‚ in government‚ laws‚ policies‚ and social conditions‚ and a state of mind‚ fairness and equality. While a dystopia‚ or a negative utopia‚ is a society characterized as an illusion of a perfect society maintained through unfair societal control. In Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeon” society is handicapping remarkable people by bringing them down to their lowest distinctiveness

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    and enforcing a strict technological control on society. Utopia is a term used to describe a state or condition that is ideally perfect. It is a state that has the perfect respect of politics‚ laws‚ customs‚ beliefs‚ traditions and conditions. Dystopia is the contrary. In a Dystopian society a futuristic‚ imagined universe is under oppressive societal control and the illusion of perfect society is maintained through corporate‚ bureaucratic‚ technological‚ moral‚ or totalitarian control. Dystopian

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    Utopia or Dystopia Film Review- Gattaca Welcome back your listening to 104.7 FM Radio National Breakfast and it is time for films with Jane Smith. Today I’ll be reviewing Gattaca‚ There is no gene for the human spirit. Gattaca enters the same category as Contact (1997). Starring Ethan Hawke‚ Uma Thurman and Jude Law Gattaca is a Science Fiction film about a possible future dystopian world. The movie draws on what it means to be human and the concerns over reproductive technologies which facilitate

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    Designer Babies: A Future Utopia or Dystopia? Smart. Beautiful. Athletic. Healthy. All qualities a person would want in a child. For people in today’s world‚ they would get these things from their parents in a somewhat random lottery‚ but imagine a world in which someone could choose these traits for his or her child before they were born. While it may seem like something from a science fiction novel‚ the technology already exists to allow for that option. The technology is a combination of many

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    Imagine a world in which technology is in charge of the world‚ and nobody can live without some form of drug. Dystopian societies are basically the opposite of an utopia. This means that they are mainly ruled by one person‚ and everything is unpleasant. The works 1984‚ Brave New World‚ and “The Pedestrian” all have many dystopian elements with a variety of sacrifices and gains. In general‚ dystopian societies offer stability and complete control of power; however‚ citizens have to sacrifice privacy

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    A dystopia is the opposite of a utopia. The meaning of utopia is a perfect place. Therefore making a dystopia a nightmarish place with many things wrong with it. The book "1984" is based in a dystopian world in 1984. This is the future from when the book was written. Orwell has to use many ideas and very twisted thoughts and nightmares to create this world‚ which seems to become more like reality year by year. An example of the dystopia being created would be the weather note on the first line of

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    The comic Kingdom Come depicts dystopia through the violent acts committed by the civilians. Dystopia is defined as a society characterized by human misery as squalor‚ oppression‚ disease and overcrowding lead to violence and lack of trust. The 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell‚ “...has become famous for its portrayal of pervasive government surveillance and control‚ and government’s increasing encroachment on the rights of the individual” (Nineteen Eighty Four e.p. 1). In a totalitarian

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