Comparing Harrison, Progressive Insanities Of A Pioneer, And The Maze Runner

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

Exactly what is a dystopia? They are worlds of sameness, government control, and are full of dehumanized people. A few examples are The Hunger Games, The Matrix, and Divergent. Another important piece of literature that contains a dystopian society is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. It takes place in a world where firemen burn books instead of putting fires out. Guy Montag is a fireman who begins to question his job after years of burning down houses. Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian story that contains the dystopian characteristics listed above, but the obvious dystopian qualities are not the only disturbing quality about this novel. Instead, it is the connections and similarities it has to our current society that have managed to captivate many

A dystopian society is a society that is ruled under a government that makes unfair laws for the people or prohibit people from doing certain things. One could formulate that Joseph Stalin, a quite audacity, and unflappable Russian leader during the livid, maniacal, times of WW2, for example, made many changes to the Soviet Union (USSR and/or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) that impacted many people and their lives. “You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.” (Joseph Stalin; Inspiringquotes.us). Some facts are, Joseph Stalin made many changes during his reign over the USSR, how his choices impacted other citizens lives in the USSR, and the genres of literature that were used.

This brings about the idea of having no control whatsoever, thus losing individual freedom. Whether it is by the telescreens, which record voices and images even in people’s homes, or the thought police, everyone in Oceania is being constantly watched. Even the higher branch of government, the Inner Party, has very little privileges when it comes to control. As Winston stated, “it was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within a range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away” (Orwell 62). Likewise, in The Maze Runner, The Creators let loose hundreds of things called beetle blades, which are small robotic beetles that, similar to the telescreens in 1984, keep everyone under heavy surveillance using cameras and microphones. The beetle blades gather information and brings it back to The Creators, who like the party, control everything and use that information to change life in the maze (Dashner 65). As Thomas had said, “the beetles were how the creators watched them” (Dashner 125). Both societies cannot do anything without the superior people knowing, limiting their room for individuality, and both provide dire consequences based upon their

Dystopian literature highlights social flaws. It enforces the acceptance of imperfection, and the questioning of social practice. The idea of a perfect world may be great, but the reality of it is not. Not only that but it goes to show that there is no such thing as perfect, and that perfection is overrated.

Dystopian novels are based on the notion of an utopian society with a flaw or the world has collapse and been left in ruins. One dystopian novella is Anthem by Ayn Rand, written during the rise of communism in Russia. Ayn Rand follows the first plot of a dystopia and, in a sense, is prophetic. Rand predicts the lives of those who still live under communist rule or a dictatorship by the collectivism in her novella.

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.

The second reason why the novel “The Maze Runner by James Dashner” is related our society today the government is slowly controlling us but later in the future they will be the ones control everyone and everything. In the novel they controlled them but putting them in the maze and study their brains they would not let them out until they found their way back out. James Dashner states on page 177 “ But then again, no one’s ever tried to tell us what they remember during the changing. They always refuse. Alby tried to--- must be why he went nuts for a while. “ Thomas paused in the middle of chewing. Could the people behind the maze control them somehow? It was terrifying thought. “We have to

In Fahrenheit 451 the movie shows a similar form of dystopia as that is displayed in Equilibrium, but it is more of a corporate control as they are being brainwashed by the government into thinking that books are evil and that it is wrong to experience emotion. The government takes the issue to extremes so far as repurposing firefighters into bookburners. They have begun to use propaganda to change how the citizens are

Dystopias are prevalent in todays society, that range from documentaries about real life dystopias like North Korea to animated movies about a robots adventure trough a dystopian cruise ship. Wall-E is about a trash compressor robots adventure to bring the citizens of a cruise gone wrong back to earth. Inside North Korea is a documentary about the real life dystopia North Korea and one mans mission to give sight back to the blind, while also exploring the society of North Korea. 1984 is about a man, Winston, and his life in the perfect example of a dystopian society, where everything is controlled by the state, even thoughts. It is important to compare these dystopias to see the key elements in a dystopia.

There were different types of dystopia. Fahrenheit 451 has technology and health and genetics. For technology they have cameras all over the town and electronic dogs surveilling everywhere also they have electronic walls. For health and genetics they think book are bad that they should get rid of them. Lastly for heath and genetics everyone has to take a pill for they don’t think for them self’s. Autumn time I only found one dystopian and that is misinformation. For misinformation they are taking all of the tree away and putting them all plastic. If you are lucky you can see at least one tree of your life time. Harrison Bergeron has lack of individuality and heath and genetics. For Lack of individuality the government are making everyone

Another type of dystopian control in this book is Technological Control. Technological control is when a

Dystopias are fictional displays of societal fears usually through literature. A common fear in dystopias is a corrupt government. In 1984 the author, George Orwell, brought forth his fear of the corruptness of a totalitarian government because of the events leading up to, during, and caused by World War Two. He illustrates this fear in 1984 by making a world in which totalitarianism is all that is known. However, in Divergent the author Veronica Roth shows her fears of a corrupt government by almost paralleling the events leading up to World War Two with one party placing the blame on a specific group of people to gain control through any means necessary.

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley are both novels that deal with the theme of dystopia. Both novels depict societies in which mind control is used to create social stability. There are also individuals who rebel against this loss of freedom and identity. However, these individuals lose their fight for freedom because of unsuccessful escape methods, acts of violence and effective conditioning.

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.