Dystopian Novels

What does the PROTAGONIST in your DYSTOPIAN NOVEL think is wrong with the society or government in your novel? Day thinks that it was wrong of the government to do that to him he was the first to get a perfect score of 1500 and the government decided to tell him he had failed and he believed it so they experimented on him and told his family he was dead but he escaped before they could kill him. The government shouldn't treaT PEOPLE LIKE THAT

A writer for The Huffington Post, Zac Thompson, in his editorial opinion “What Is Universal Basic Income? And Give It To Me Now”, suggests that the world is ready for a new universal basic income. He supports his claim by first stating that “It’s no secret that Millennials are horribly in debt and clearly have it worse than previous generations”, then he states “A basic income could help equalize the playing field for many who struggle to make ends meet”, and finally once again “A basic income could help equalize the playing field for many who struggle to make ends meet”. Thompson’s purpose is to inform about an effective solution to many of our economic issues, regardless of the persons social group in order to overcome this drawback by creating

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.

A dystopian society mainly asks one question and that is, “What if?” Typically, their government, beliefs, and way of life are different from what we would find normal. All the literary works demonstrate a society unlike ours including: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, “Harrison Bergeron” by Harrison Vonnegut, “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury, Anthem by Ayn Rand, 1984 by George Orwell, and Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.

Science fiction is a genre of writing involving plots and themes related to future scientific advances and major social changes, often coming from the author’s imagination rather than from factual knowledge. With the advancement of Man’s knowledge resulting from the scientific revolution, fictional predictions about the future resulted in believable new works of science fiction. Some authors pictured future technologies that would benefit mankind in some way or would let mankind explore new boundaries that had previously limited the human experience. One of these authors was Jules Verne whose imagination allowed him to pen ideas about electrical submarines and solar sails. However, other authors envisioned a bleak dystopian world in which mankind has lost many important objects, and sometimes intangible values as well. Three examples of dystopian fiction are Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s two novels, Animal Farm and 1984. Through these and other

Despite these advances, we do not become robots because we retain the most important human trait; intelligence. The ability to rationalize and make independent decisions not based on a set sequence of events and reactions is what keeps human. Still, it would appear that modern society has unknowingly accepted its fate of global cyborgization, yet the question that science fiction writers, such as Philip K. Dick in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, and William Gibson in Neuromancer, pose is if the opposite transition be accepted. We accept humans taking on robotic characteristics, but what would happen if there were robots taking on human characteristics?

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, a dystopia is defined as “an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives” or an “anti-utopia”. The word “utopia” was first coined by Plato and later used by Sir Thomas More in 1516 in his book Utopia. The book features a fictional island named Utopia and all its customs. This book prompted and generated more innovative genres, including that of dystopian novels. Dystopian novels, like any other well-written novel, contain a strongly developed protagonist and a mysterious, controlling antagonist. Often, the author labels the government or leader of the corrupt society as the antagonist. The authors have a propensity to use the ignored social injustices in modern society and

I usually am not a fan of dystopian books; I feel like they are quite predictable and there isn't much variation between them. But when a friend recommended The Selection to me, I figured that I needed a book for STAAR anyway. My eyes were opened! Publishers Weekly called it, “A cross between The Hunger Games (minus the bloodsport) and The Bachelor (minus the bloodsport).” I have to agree, completely. So, when summer rolled around I decided to give The Elite a try. And it did not disappoint! The Elite picks off where The Selection ended. 6 girls remained in the palace; 6 girls remained in the competition. This book is all about the ups and downs that they faced during the competition. I really enjoyed how the author painted use the picture

Dystopian fictions are worlds that distortedly reflect our own; exaggerating and extorting aspects of our society within a foreign, and often, futuristic setting. In comparison to Utopian fiction, a dystopian story depicts cruel and harsh universes where ruling themes are things such as inequality, loss of freedom and environmental degradation. All these traits are commonalities also found within our own society, dystopic fiction inflates them to the point where they become the focal aspect of the world we are critiquing.
Some such examples of dystopic texts include the book, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, the 2006 movie, ‘V for Vendetta’, the short novella, ‘Animal Farm’, and Kinji Fukasaku’s controversial film, ‘Battle Royale’. 
These visual and literary representations of the dystopic genre portray to us

George Orwell’s book known as nineteen eighty four is a story based on a dystopian society.Citizens of the dystopian society are currently spied on by their big powerful leader.This dystopian society uses all sorts of techniques to have the citizens of Oceania under control.Techniques out of this world are used in the dystopian society.

Fictional and Non Fictional Dystopias highlight how familiarity plays a big role in why characters are numb to the unfair circumstances that come with living in their communities. Individuals in Winston’s community are prime examples of how familiarity switches the dynamic of a community, especially for a traditional household. “You’re a thought-criminal! I’ll vaporize you, I’ll send you to the salt mines!It was somehow slightly frightening like the gamboling of tiger cubs which will soon grow up into man-eaters...It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their children” (23-24 Orwell). Due to the fact that many allow Big Brother and his teachings to blind their better judgment. Citizens become adapted to the idea of not

Science-fiction novels originated with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in the 19th century. Since then, we have upgraded our sci-fi books, from reanimating the dead to killer robots. But are killer robots really fictitious? Science-Fiction author and Ted Talk speaker Daniel Suarez argues that releasing autonomous robots for warfare will revert our nations into governments with centralized power; therefore, we need to ban the use of autonomous weapons if we want to prevent an immoral and anonymous arms race with robots. His allegations are backed with research that leaves me feeling confident in supporting him.

In a world where everything you do seems to be documented, it’s no wonder that dystopian literature is becoming popular among young adults. Dystopian literature hooks us with so many ideas, that we can’t not find it fascinating. We can relate them to our personal lives. Young adults can find dystopian literature fascinating because it can make them appreciative of what we have as a society. Most have experienced a public high school social system recently, and can relate dystopian government figures to their high school experience. The young adult age grouping can relate to dystopian literature more than other age groups because we’ve grown up with themes that are forced upon us from a young age. George Orwell’s 1984 is one of the first dystopian

The increase in the quantity and array of literature available for young adult readers today represents a more recent happening. The up-and-coming belief that the teenage years represent a stage of life split from both childhood and adulthood. The publishing houses started to publish quite a few chain of books aimed at young adults and also mature audiences. Through these fiction there began a makeover into what contemporary readers think as young adult literature.

Dystopian and other science fiction genres literature often critique society in meaningful ways that give the novels greater depth than might be expected of books written for younger audiences. Recently, “dystopian novels set in some dark, post-nuclear fallout future have dominated the young adult—better known as YA—bestseller lists” (Donston-Miller). The line between age groups in some of these novels also blur as adults latch on the increasingly complex themes and characters in modern science fiction for young adults. Adult may become just as interested in the struggles of Katniss Everdeen as any teenager might. When those lines blur it can be harder for authors and publishers to draw lines of what should and shouldn’t be included in young adult literature. They may expect to be writing to a much wider audience and may find it allowable to insert darker themes and endings to make a point. As this continues, doors seemed to have been opened for young adult literature to become darker over time. Just as the movie Tomorrowland points out, dystopian media has been on the rise and people are thriving off of it. The trend might also be increasing the acceptance of darkness in media for youth in this way.