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    1984 "Dystopia: an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad‚ typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one."1 George Orwell’s dystopian novel‚ 1984‚ should be read in high school classrooms because it’s message is still relevant almost seventy years after it was published. The novel exposes students to a dystopic style of literature‚ which demonstrates to students the dangers of totalitarianism and propaganda. Adolescence is a period of natural rebellion against

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    Urbanism in its latest form is conceived as the planning and design through the implementation of Euclidian zoning practices (design following a straight line)‚ which are the way to gather the variations normally found inside a habituated place. Once the variation is simplified‚ a new form of living emerges‚ where factors such as dependence of the automobile‚ increased consumption of land and social isolation vanish. The way to treat this situations is to incorporate them using an adequate design

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    A dystopia can be anything from everyone looking and acting the same‚ to complete chaos. The dystopias all have one thing in common - perfection. "The promises of technology and sociopolitical theory only resulted in war‚ poverty‚ famine‚ and chaos." The people that were a part of that quote wanted a perfect place where they didn’t have to do anything because of technology. A dystopian author shows what they feel is going on and what they think might happen if things continue on that path. A dystopian

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    The Rash by Pete Hautman‚ I feel this book extruders the qualities of a dystopian novel. The reason being is that the book is filled with futuristic inventions and ideas. That includes high tech cars‚sports gear‚camera’s‚ and even schools. Also‚many rules are put into place which dictates how people live. Related to that is a penal system that the government put into place. All these features make the book very dystopian like. Information‚independent‚thought‚and freedom are limited in this society

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    utopia and dystopia. Both signify the environment of a perfect world and on the other hand a world which is nothing but unpleasant. The tree branches symbolise utopia and dystopia. Utopia is seen a peaceful‚ safe‚ appealing atmosphere as the leaves are lively and the sky is glistening. Dystopia is understood as a propaganda (controlling minds)‚ an oppressive government and the environment is not as pleasant as freethinking is also excluded. These atmospheres vary widely‚ but as with dystopia; the grass

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    perfect society. This is one type of a drastic society. There is another‚ more appalling type of society‚ that of a dystopia. A Dystopia is nor a fairyland or the promised-land like the utopia is‚ it looks at the chaos‚ anarchy‚ rebellion and disorder of a society. As we compare these two opposite society types‚ there are two books that are the poster child of utopia and dystopia. Those two books are Kurt Vonnegut’s "Player Piano"‚ and Anthony Burgess’s "A Clockwork Orange". In Kurt Vonnegut’s

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    What if there was a society where knowledge was feared and looked down upon? A society where someone who is intellectual is absolutely abandoned? In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451‚ a character that depicts the norm of this wrecked humanity would have to be Mildred Montag. Mildred is the brittle‚ sickly looking wife of the main character‚ Guy Montag. Mildred‚ being the status-quo for the broken society in which the novel takes place‚ has a role necessary to make the novel tie together smoothly

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    Imagine a word with no love‚ no affection‚ and no biological families. Well in the dystopian society in The Giver by Lois Lowry. This is their everyday life‚ which makes the protagonist Jonas wonder why is this the case. Jonas’ society and modern day society have close to nothing in common. While Jonas’ society is emotionless‚ experiences sameness‚ and does not have choices‚ Modern day society consists of love‚ celebrates individuality‚ and has freedom to choose. In Jonas’ society they have no

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    Perpetual Dystopias: Analysis of Flawed Human Behaviours in Memoirs found in a Bathtub and Fahrenheit 451 Humans have always desired to gain power and authority over others. The myth that tells the idea of individuals wanting power over others first appeared in the life when Pandora opened her box. As this desire for authority grows‚ the authority unconsciously starts to become selfish‚ calculative and cruel. The presence of these emotions

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    {text:change} New Urbanism New Urbanism is a relatively recent architectural and social design principle to leave its mark {text:change} {text:change} on United States society. Many past contributing factors present in society {text:change} {text:change} have lead some Americans {text:change} {text:change} to call {text:change} {text:change} for the implementation of a New Urbanism way of life in recent years. After defining and {text:change} discussing exactly what New Urbanism is‚ I will

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