Brave New World Vs. The House of The Scorpions

A dystopian novel is a novel that is a futuristic world in which ordinary things are restricted or taken away, thinking they have made a perfect world, A utopia is the opposite of a distopia the utopian world is a perfect world . We are reading 2 books called Farenheit 451 and The House of The Scorpion both of these books are dystopian novels.

The House of the Scorpion is an adolescent novel that follows the life of Matteo Alacran, a genetic clone of the infamous and wealthy opium dealer El Patron. The novel is set in an undetermined future time when an entire swath of land between Mexico (called Aztlan in the novel) and the United States has been turned over to drug dealers who mass-produce opium. Their "country" is aptly named Opium, nicknamed Dreamland, and is reigned over by El Patron. El Patron started poor but slowly established power and wealth through his drug trade, rising in the ranks of the cartel. In a deal when he promised to patrol the borders between the two countries with his own crew of border men (called the Farm Patrol), he was gifted the conflict-ridden portion

Dystopia is common theme which dates hundreds of years in literature worldwide. Dystopian novels and short stories often depict a society repressed by a totalitarian government which comes to power after a cataclysmic occurrence, wielding unforgiving power and control over inhabitants for their own good. These dystopias are often perceived by the average citizen as a normal or unavoidable way of life, sometimes even a better way of life, yet there is often a single person or group of protagonists who question the justification of such living arrangements and threaten upheaval of the utopia sold by the ruling class.

Dystopian literature has been described as fiction that shows a negative perspective without the limits of society and mankind. Utopian works ordinarily sketch a future in which innovation enhances the regular life of people and advances human

Huxley’s presentation of character is very notable as well. He presents the characters as materialistic people. The people that are a product of the Bokanovsky Process are all presented in their castes (Alpha, Beta, Delta, Epsilon etc.). Every caste wearing a different colour of clothing; the epsilons having to wear green shirts and khaki pants. The characters are insensitive, demoralizing, and dependent on technology to sustain a ‘happy’

A dystopia is an oppressive society seeking absolute power. Some characteristics of dystopian society are things that dehumanized people, takes away the freedom of people, and the people always live in fear. The case of a dystopia in 1984 is that everybody is constantly under surveillance by the inner and outter party and the top party of Big Brother. In Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" everybody is altered by having to wear weights, mask, or ear pieces so that no one person is stronger, prettier, etc. In the film In Time everybody is classified by the time they have on their arm, the more time you have the higher in power you are, those whom run out of time die. All dystopian literature whether it be a book, short story, movie share similar characteristics.

A dystopian novel is a story relating to or denoting an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. 1984 by George Orwell, is indeed a dystopian novel as it describes a nightmare vision of future society which is opposite to a perfect world. George Orwell creates this image using a few different techniques including, the language or style, the setting, characterization, and oppression.

Dystopia: a society characterized by human misery and oppression. A Dystopian world is controlled by a government that can do no wrong. They weed out the individuals and groups that have the thought or intend to commit their lives to “dethroning” the ruler; Big Brother. The government will do anything to protect their way of life. They will go to the extremes of changing the past to control the future. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the citizens live in a definitive dystopian world where the government forces the comrades to fit Big Brother’s purpose.

Aldous Huxley has captured a dystopian world perfectly in his book Brave New World. Aldous has a futuristic twist to a dystopian society, incorporating decanting instead of birthing and no mothers and fathers. After being decanted, they instantly start hypnosis to get you to conform to their way of life. They also use the hypnosis as a way to teach the children how the caste system works. The most powerful are the Alphas, then the Betas, Gamma, Deltas, and lastly the Epsilons are the lowest in society.

The term "dystopia" aptly applies to all three of these novels in that each story is set in a future where society is less attractive than it is now. All three books are prefaced with a cataclysmic event that results in a dramatic change in society to address and avoid the perceived problems of present-day. Although each author takes a different approach to the solution, their worlds have striking similarities. Their underlying message is the same: mankind will dehumanize humanity in the name of humanity.

A dystopian society, usually illusory, is the reverse of an idyllic utopia: it is generally tyrannical and inhibited. Dystopian societies mirror our future- they are usually a hyperbolic familiar society with satirical exaggeration. This kind of literature is written to amend other people 's idea of the kind of society they should thrive for. As well as that, they are written to express their concerns about the future and humanity. Societies of this nature appear in many works of fiction, predominantly in novels set in a speculative future. Dystopian culture is often mused by societal collapse, dehumanization, poverty, and deprivation.

Farmer strongly discusses the themes lies, slavery and science throughout the House of the Scorpion. Matt has been lied to since day one. He has always believed that Celia is his mother and he doesn’t know who his father is. Actually,

Dystopian novels have become more common over the last century; each ranging from one extreme society to the next. A dystopia, “A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control,”[1] through an exaggerated worst-case scenario, criticizes about current trends, societal norms, or political systems. The society in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is divided in a caste system, in which humans are not individuals, do not have the opportunity to be individuals, and never experience true happiness. These characteristics of the reading point towards a well-structured

What one may think of as being a Utopia could be a dystopia to another. Lowis Lowry’s 1993 novel “The Giver” may seem like a remake of the 1932 “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley given their similar plot lines, but these two novels also have their differences. Jonas and Bernard, the protagonists of the novels, both have an intelligence that wants to know more, that wants to know what is outside of this Utopian place they live in. Both Lowry and Huxley have very different family situations. Lastly, both these societies live in their own definitions of Utopia, but the roots of their government have a resemblance to Plato’s Republic.

A dystopia represents the polar opposite of a utopia. Indeed, it could even be considered a failed utopia, a failed ideal society. If one accepts this notion as fact, then it would lead to the logical conclusion that both must share some of the same characteristics. Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 portrays one such dystopia that has emerged throughout the ages clearly depicting characteristics such as conformity, isolation from external influences, and an apparent lack of poverty, misery, and war.