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    Dystopian Societies A dystopian society claims to be perfect in it’s efforts to please the wants and needs of human being‚ but in reality is corrupted in its selfish actions to control society. In the movie “Aeon Flux”‚ Mother Nature is killing off human beings and society is enclosed within walls of a futuristic society. Aeon Flux is a lady who works with other rebels in the city to seek the truth behind the government’s true intentions. This is a dystopian society because although it has resolved

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    an over powerful government. His parents‚ on the other hand‚ thinks that a controlling government is the right way to live. They believe if the government does not have control‚ then the society would go back to the dark ages which is a time where everyone was competing for everything and there was no social control. In Harrison Bergeron‚ the government controls every aspect of people’s lives. Harrison and the people can’t be who they want to be in life because of the government. The structure of

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    there are many factors that make up a dystopian society. All of which can be pointed out through the story of "By the waters of Babylon". From the imperfect government to the tragedyless‚ and carefree environment. So as long as you understand that a dystopian society is the opposite of a utopian society‚ and that anything that can go wrong basically will you can see how By the waters of Babylon is a story about a man from a dystopian society. The oxford American desk dictionary and thesaurus

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    Fahrenheit 451 is an example of a dystopian society. A dystopian society is futuristic illusion of a perfect society that is controlled by the government. At many occasions in the book it proves that it is a dystopian society that Montag lives in because of the context it consists of. Characteristics such as‚ Freedom‚ information‚ and personal thought is prohibitted‚ individual personality lost and looked down upon‚ and propaganda used to control the citizens‚ is present in the text of the book.

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    the people‚ which is a common theme of the dystopian societies. In all of the books the people are set far apart. That is mostly so people can not see how bad or how better it is in other places and revolt. For example in In Time people found out the “time” pay is better in other towns‚ and that people live longer. Then a bunch of people would revolt against the government. The whole idea of keeping the people apart is all part of the repressive government form. “Absolutely. The strong survive.” (Will)

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    Compare the dystopian societies‚ and the methods used to create them‚ in ‘The Handmaids Tale’ by Margaret Atwood‚ and ‘1984’ by George Orwell (paying particular attention to the representation of gender). The futuristic and oppressive themes that define a dystopian society are in ‘1984’ by George Orwell and ‘The Handmaids Tale’ (THT) by Margaret Atwood. These forms of society feature contrasting types of repressive social control and these stories often explore the concept of humans abusing technology

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    A dystopian society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world. In the book “The Giver” by Lois Lowry is a dystopian society under corporate control. Which means that the government controls many of the citizens’ decisions. In this novel the protagonist‚ Jonas gets chosen to become the record of memory. So he will get all the history of the world. He starts to realize that his community is not what it said to be. He didn’t like that fact that he has been lied to for his whole 12 years of living‚

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    therefore the nation’s history had been forever and vastly changed with one word that may be used to describe it at the time: dystopia. A dystopian society is the imbalance in which the government‚ more specifically‚ in Nazi Germany‚ and their leader‚ Adolf Hitler‚ made decisions that instilled fear towards their citizens. In analyzing this specific dystopian nation‚ one must evaluate the changes that Hitler enforced that were very influencing and controlling‚ the effects and impacts towards Germany

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    Even though the government makes people believe that they have freedom of choice and that they are in total control of their lives‚ the dystopian society in ‘Fahrenheit 451‘ resembles the present day world because people have stopped questioning the government mainly due the fact that they have stopped reading which makes them ignorant and their lack of knowledge and their inability to think makes the government’s job easier to control and manipulate them through fear . Another reason why

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    known censorship books is definitely Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury . The dystopian world in the book is way different than our society ‚however‚ Bradbury noticed a few problems in our world today that could lead to a dystopian society like the one in the book. He is sending a message through his book that if we do not make change in our political and social norms‚ that our society could turn out like Fahrenheit 451. The society in Fahrenheit 451 is characterized by fast cars‚ invasive television

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