Brave Leo's Legacy

The society that is portrayed during this novel is neither happy nor sad. The citizens are glued to their "walls", or gigantic televisions, and live a life that is remembered by nothing of importance. True happiness as a society in this novel is the idea of living with a sitcom family, and the dream of adding more wall size televisions. People do not

In the beginning of the dystopian novel, the society appears to be stable, organized and with no problems. As the events progress, the ugly face of the society is revealed by a protagonist that begins to question the social and political norms of his/her society. This protagonist begins to understand how the system seeks only power and does not care about the people. Moving towards the climax, he/she starts to think how to get out of the system or change the course of events. Moreover, Devin Ryan suggests “protagonists begin to search for their identities, they realize that the world in which they live is neither perfect nor free’’ (Ryan4). As for the end, Casey Aaron Holliday explains “ Dystopian novels generally end in one of two ways. The

“We are nothing. Mankind is all. By the grace of our brothers we are allowed our lives. We exist through, by and for our brothers who are the State. Amen” (Rand 21). This sentence is a good example of the themes and moods of most dystopian literature. Society and government has crumbled, and people are oppressed. There is usually one main character who wants to rebel, to stand against the oppression. Dystopian literature and film appeals to modern day teens. Dystopian literature shows teens possible scenarios of what life could be like if society and government fails. Usually the main character or ‘hero’ is a teen or a young adult; teens can relate. Teens are at crossroads; growing into an adult, making decisions

Hook: A dystopian society and a modern-day society both are very much alike and different in many ways.

Just as many stories, both action and adventure, or comedy and crime, Beah’s narrative is created through his personal journey. In his journey he encounters many events and people. Out of those events are the negative and the positive ones. Thus, his journey revolves around the abstract idea of war and how neither him or his fellow villagers would come to a general understanding of what the refugees migrating to their village had perceived because it was too terrific and unpredictable. The three major events that took place in the main character’s life was changing from innocent young boy, to savage solider and again to a normal adult.

First of all, Beah was changed from a young boy, to killing machine, to boy again in an extremely short succession. He reflects on change and gives a quote that has extreme significance: “I think that every human being should be aware of the possibility of change…Everyone can make a difference.

In order to escape and be free from the mechanism of control established in Nineteen Eighty-four and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, two character are presented. In Nineteen Eighty-four, a women named Julia aids Winston to rebel against Big Brother by having intercourse with party members and love affair with Winston. she elaboratly plans to have intercourse with many party members to satisfy her desires and in so doing this, she creates a group of rebellions among the party member. As for Winston, he courageously commits his first act of rebellion after purchasing and writing on the diarty in attempt to protest against Big Brother and to communicate his thought with future generations. Julia takes Winston to the Golden Country were they commit

Three basic themes present themselves in virtually all depictions of a dystopian future. The first is the complacency of the members of the dystopian society, the common man. Without influence from the protagonist or another external force, people are content with the state in which they are they living in. The second is an oppressive force, which controls major aspects of the individual's life, from restricting independent thought and freedom to dehumanizing aspects of the individual's life. The last is the ultimate outcome of the story's protagonist, whether they overcome the adversity they face or submit to it. These are key elements of dystopian portrayals and are all present in the three pieces being reviewed: 1984, Harrison Bergeron,

Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God portrays perhaps the most convincing dystopian setting of the three authors. Seviere County is the very definition of desolation and corruption. Although this book is set in the 1970s, the main character, Lester Ballard, literally gets away with murder and he is not even intelligent about his methods, which shows how out of touch the majority of this county is with the rest of the world, and even the city that lies within it. The inhabitants of the rural portion of the county are poverty-stricken, uneducated, and somewhat uncivilized, and many of McCarthy’s characters embody a sense of hopelessness and acceptance of fate. Lester, however, has something to live for, no matter how sick and twisted it is: he murders

This world is considered dystopian because it is controlled by technology. There are not many characters in this story, and that is exactly why it id dystopian, in this world it is lifeless. “Magazines and books didn't sell any more. Everything went on in the tomblike houses at night now, he thought, continuing his fancy. The tombs, ill-lit by television light, where the people sat like the dead, the gray or multicolored lights touching their faces, but never really touching them” (Bradbury 2).

The main character, Titus, is the prime example of a person growing up in this society. The character (in my idea) is supposed to represent society as a whole, and as the novel continues, he slowly starts to realize that the society that he is in now will fail in a few years. The original idea comes from the love interest, Violet. Violet (as a character) is only there for two purposes: first to give a character that is intelligent enough to know what is going on in the world around her; secondly to give a love interest for the main character, only to have her die in the

The text presents an attempt to create a utopia by establishing laws to create the “perfect” world. Everyone has different views and beliefs pertaining to their perception of a utopia. Therefore, not all people agree with laws created by the government, this creates the dystopic characteristic of a rebel within the text. It only takes a single individual to disaccord with the laws for a utopia to fail and for a dystopia to be made. The predominant rebel presented in the text is Peter, who goes into Grange Hall with knowledge of the outside world. Peter uses his knowledge of her family to convince Anna to escape Grange Hall with him. Peter describes in chapter 11 “You’ll see all the amazing things in the world and you’ll realise that Grange Hall isn’t real. It isn’t the world, Anna. It’s wrong. Everything about it is wrong.” The totalitarian government presented in “The Declaration” expects the population to adjust to their political ideologies. However, as people’s perceptions of utopia differ, they are unwilling to compromise as their idea of perfection will be diminished, consequently, creating a dystopia. Therefore, the utopia in “The Declaration” collapses when individuals refuse to follow the laws established by the government. This is due to their differing views pertaining to their idea of a utopia, this creates the problem of people not fitting

The id has shown that both societies have acted strongly through sex, but Brave New World acknowledges it without emotion or actual disturbance. Unlike that society, 1984 frowns upon any relations, yet it is still one of the urges mostly seen in Julia and Winston. Next, the ego shows the balance through the conscious and unconscious. Demonstrating both of the character's internal struggles to fight the urges and think otherwise from the rules of the societies. Lastly, the superego, portrayed through the Big Brother party and the native reservation society, has set the moral rules through these parent like figures in the the lives of John and Winston. Given these points, it is understood in our conscious, through the questions that affect us strongly, makes us quicken as people. When we work through some question of conscience, we enter into the inner sanctuary of our personhood (Crosby 93). All in all, through the criticism of Freud's theory came Huxley and Orwell's psychological reasoning for the Id, Ego, and Superego in 1984 and Brave New

Each character is experiencing the effects of the cultural revolution at the same time. With these new western ideas influencing the characters they feel conflicted as their perception

Benjamin’s society is also devolving. Everyone Benjamin meets is afraid of old age and dying. Each person is living a false life where they are acting more like animals rather then humans. Until each person meets Benjamin, they have not lived a full life. Elizabeth Abbott gave up on her dream and made nothing more of herself. During Daisy’s life she is afraid of growing old and pities herself. Benjamin’s father hates himself for giving up Benjamin. Captain Mike has a dream of being a true artist. Each person’s internal conflict is leading to their devolution, until Benjamin comes and saves them. Elizabeth is able to escape her devolution when she swims the English Channel. When Daisy leaves her dance world she stops her devolution by realizing that no one can be perfect forever. Everyone that Benjamin met was able to escape their devolutions by accepting their fears. Benjamin’s society starts learn how to love again and how to be more human once again.