City Of Ember By Jeanne Duprau: Literary Analysis

The trend in dystopian societies is very intriguing and so vivid. Dystopian societies dictate many characteristics as leaders and followers usually one coming out from the shade to lead their small groups to rebel against order. Through, James Dashner literature the maze runner series he greatly displays challenges of the protagonist in a fallen society. He also takes his text to the next level by being able to display hopelessness in a series of challenges, with struggles with fear in courage as the protagonist in the book go through their trenches, long and dangerous journey. Basically the control the dystopian society creates. Since their beginning they all went through the same thing. On pg. 1. “he began his new life standing up, surrounded

In addition to his loving home life, Joe also experiences the dark side of toxic and abusive families. Family is the group of people closest to the individual. This can be beneficial if the family members harmonize, but it can also foster abuse if the family members do not respect each other. One example of this is how Linda’s mother acts when Linda is born. Mrs. Lark saves Linden, Linda’s twin brother, but the doctor “ask[s] if he should use extraordinary means to salvage it [Linda], the answer was no. No, let it die” (115). Linda’s mother disregards Linda’s rights as a human and her place as a daughter in the family. This scars Linda for life and ruins any chance of Linda and mother building a healthy relationship in the future. When Linda tells him her story, Joe realizes that he

Everyone must do as I say at once (Vonnegut 54)!!”. There are about two fourths of other countries that still live in a dystopian society today. The story Harrison Bergeron and the hungry games are considered an example of one of a dystopian because they basically are owned by an emperor or controlled by a government; they had to do as their ruler say or they could face serious consequences. “Struggling with depression” Harrison and the hungry games are both considered to be dystopian population because they are required to do as their leader say; and if not they could be put to death. I personally think there should not be any dystopian countries that still exist today because people don’t wouldn’t want to live being based on somebody controlling your life or telling you what to do.

Both of the dystopian worlds have different rules that each of them follow. Some rules are even ridiculous compared to our modern world. In Fahrenheit 451, a perfect example of an uncivilized rule was that people were allowed to hit each other on roads. Many people would get killed on the road by others who were speeding just for that purpose because it provided some sort of a thrill for them. On the other hand, in The Hunger Games, it was completely normal to watch 24 tributes battle one another until one is left alive. The whole purpose of it was to provide entertainment for

A dystopian society can be accurately described as an abject habitation in which people live dissatisfied lives under total control of the government. As terrible as dystopias are, there have been many instances of such societies in the past, and a copious amount of them are found in our current time. Although it may seem that mankind would learn from past experiences and be able to prevent the formation of dystopias, all failed endeavors at utopia, in turn, lead to dystopia. A prime example of this is found in the novel Night, by Elie Wiesel. The story recounts the Holocaust, a mass genocide of Jews conducted by Adolf Hitler, who believed he could create a utopia by basically eradicating a religious group. This inhumane act created a dystopia which was extremely disparate from our modern day society. Yet, there are still apparent similarities that can be found in any community, which maintain order within. Elie’s dystopia and our present society share the large factors of government, media, and labor, but, the approach to each of these ideas is what sets our lives apart.

Years ago, Charles Darwin developed a theory of evolution. The strong will readjust and change while the weak die off. This became known as natural selection. The world is ever changing and in order to survive, one must adapt to their surroundings. Without doing so, the chances of survival are slim. Much like society today. Society has the top 1%, who are adjusting just fine to this ever changing world. But what about the other 99% of people? Majority of them are the ones struggling to change their life. Whether it be by going to school to earn a degree and a higher paying job, or cutting back on expenses to afford the necessities of life, one must adapt. Dystopian literature gives people an idea of what could happen in this ever growing, refined world. Most dystopian literatures install a sense of fear in people. A fear that society could be taken over by a select few, an unnatural force, or Mother Nature herself. The movie, In Time¸ and the story by Ray Bradbury, The Murderer, give chilling examples of what could, or could not, become of just Earth, but society as well.

Is family important to you? Are they with you through your life? Do they make you laugh and happy? Well the place in the book is a mess. The government is corrupted and the people were not fair. The rich were separated to a different part of the city away from the poor. Families were lost and abused like Day’s. In the Legend series, Marie Lu illustrates the theme that family is important to happiness through Day’s actions, Day’s symbolism and Day’s dialogue.

They model the true meaning of a family. Eliza welcomed Mattie into her home and blood related family. Mattie was treated with kindness and love, her acceptance into Eliza’s family meant a lot to Eliza. Although the complications, Anderson uses word choice to express different emotions, “ I couldn't have done it without your help.”(222) Even though Eliza worked for the Cook family, Mattie appreciates Eliza. Eliza helped Mattie learn to let people in, and open up to others and become family.

An asset that assisted both of these families was the ability to stay together. Without their personal family, the individuals would not have boded well on a journey in search of food, shelter or work, unless they decided to live and interact with

An example of how her family values each other is her description of the conventions and norms of her family. They are thoroughly supportive of one another, attending every graduation, baby shower, birthday, and house warming party. Her father and siblings have burial plots together so that they are never separated. Life is lived with everyone being connected and concerned for not only each person’s well-being, but happiness as well. She says her “relatives form an alliance that represents a genuine and enduring love of family…”

Dystopian stories prevent us from succumbing to an adverse form of everyday life. Due to human nature, authors and filmmakers use literary and filmmaking elements to create a craving for dystopias, thus leading to dystopian novels or films being observed more. With the dystopias being much more diverse and distorted than average everyday life, humans struggle to not anticipate it. Consequently, dystopias spread despair throughout society, preventing us from turning to a malevolent lifestyle. Humans try to avert this by taking actions such as choosing the right government officials, bring equality to everyone, and allow individuals to be independent.

Today and back during Sanora Babb’s time, families continuously show reliance with each other. An example of this in the novel is when “we woke Papa and gave him a bowl of hot water and cayenne pepper with five minnows.” (Babb 198) When everyone was starving Sanora and Marcy had to go out to the small river to catch food for everyone, this shows how even though they were extremely weak they had done as much as they could because they knew their family was depending on them. Even today families do rely on each other, but not to that extent, but usually if a family member needs help than their siblings or parents will do what they can to help. Another characteristic that is still found in families is love and caring for each other.

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.

In the book The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau there is a part where the author stops the story to have a memory moment. The memory moment is where Lina remembers why Doon and her aren’t friends anymore, and this might have happened because it might foreshadow that they could become friends later in the book. In the text it states that, “But Lina dashed across the street, took off her shoes and socks, and wrapped herself around the cold metal of the pole. Pushing with her bare feet, she inched upward. She didn’t get very far before she lost her grip and fell back down.” (19). Another piece of evidence from the text states that, “Next came Doon... He clasped the pole and started upward, pushing with his feet, his knees sticking out to the sides...

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.