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    The year was 2150‚ where LA became a dystopian society after its recent rebellions and riots started because of the unfair society people lived in. Now‚ computers had taken over their lives‚ their entertainment‚ their experiences‚ and their jobs. During this particular period‚ technology had taken over the job network‚ people couldn’t afford to take care of their bills and made low wages on services provided. The people couldn’t bear to live in a dirty‚ robotic‚ toxic society where they couldn’t

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    invention. It is widely accepted that Plato was to first to picture a utopian order. In his masterpiece‚ "Republic"‚ he formed the principles of ideal commonsense and his utopia (Hertzler‚ 1922:7). After the classical age‚ Sir Thomas More assumed to be the first of the utopian writers in early modern period. As a humanist‚ he gave the world in his "Utopia" a vision of a perfect communistic commonwealth (the history of utopian thought). Utopia’s influence on contemporary and rival scholars is so deep

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    something to live for‚ has been stripped away to an unknown cause. Women had become infertile for the past 18 years causing mankind to reach the brink of extinction in a post-apocalyptic state. These characteristics in part serve to illustrate the dystopian aspects of the film. For example‚ Theo an Ex-activist gave no importance to life‚ as he ignored his surroundings and found little pleasure in the world around him. When he is with his buddy Jasper‚ and asked how his day went Theo replied it was an

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    students‚ specifically those in Depaul’s Honors Program‚ the significance of free thought and the abstract development of human identity. Conformity‚ a dominant theme in Aldous Huxley’s novel‚ is explored through the elaborate construction of a “utopian” society‚ the World State‚ in which human emotion is scientifically controlled in order to maintain social order. In this dystopia‚ the passion of human emotion and the consequent conflicts are to blame for society’s problems and thus are eliminated

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    V for Vendetta History has a tendency to repeat itself.  One of humanity’s most popular ways of getting its point across is through violence.  When words are no longer enough to argue a point‚ human casualties not only directly solve the problem‚ but symbolically send a message to all those affected as well.  Just as the American colonies fought against the British for Freedom when their voice was no longer heard‚ and just as the Islamic extremists used terrorism to send an evil message to America

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    The Reason Utopian Societies Fail: Bad Leadership and the human condition. English Ms. Zimmerman Rios‚ Sergio 30/5/2012 Rios‚ Sergio Ms. Zimmerman English 30/5/2013 The Reason Utopian Societies Fail: Bad Leadership and the human condition. Utopian societies tend to fail because perfection itself cannot be achieved: factors such as discrimination and bad leadership make a utopian society nothing‚ but a myth. History has proven that humans that have leadership can shift things around

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    sexual intercourse‚ drug use‚ and opposes any form of family‚ and religion it should be kept in the high school curriculum because these are our worst features of our world drawn out and exaggerated‚ and humanity seems to be moving closer to Huxley’s dystopian vision. Huxley’s literary work of “Brave New World” creates an almost reflective image with our world today. Many elements in his writing have an over whelming similarity to today’s society because our worst features are drawn out and exaggerated

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    Many people claim that we‚ the human race‚ are the ones responsible for many of our problems. Some people had very valid predictions. One prediction was made two hundred years ago by Thomas Malthus. An anti-utopian thinker‚ Malthus attributed many growing social problems to the population of the Earth. He directly stated that growth in our population would exceed our food supply. I agree with his views one hundred percent. We are the ones who are killing ourselves. The birth rate of the world is

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    “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut jr. And Anthem by Ayn Rand are both dystopian pieces of literature and have similar protagonists but habe exceoptionally diferent societies.Although “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut jr. And Anthem by Ayn Rand are both dystopian pieces of literature and have similar protagonists but have different societies. Although “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut jr. And Anthem by Ahyn Rand are both Dystopian stories they portray love and technology differently. Technololgy

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    The movie version of the hunger games tries to show a dystopian society in various ways‚ for example‚ costumes‚ Setting‚ Props‚ Lighting‚ makeup‚ the location where the movie was filmed and more. The directors used different styles of costumes to show a dystopian society. They played with colours of the costumes to express the character’s life. The cast who played the role of citizens living in district 12‚ were dressed in different shades of the colour gray‚ to show the audience that the districts

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