The Road By Cormac Mccarthy, Ray Bradbury, And 1984

The typical utopian world that people dream of consists of freedom, equality and political order. Dystopian fiction, however, is only the illusion of a perfect world. In reality, a dystopia is the complete opposite of a utopian society. It is commonly written to warn the reader of what might come if a certain way of life continues. In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury predicted many issues that plague society today. The larger societal and individual issues Bradbury warns against are the consequences from the lack of social interactions, the spread and focus on technology, and the rise in violence.

A dystopian society is one with restricted freedom, whose values are worshipped by citizens who live in fear of surveillance or punishment. In 1984 by George Orwell, the protagonist lives in a futuristic world, controlled by big brother and the inner party over aspects of human life. In Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr, the fear of egalitarian policies, and the dangers of equality take over. In The Purge by James DeMonaco, the citizens relief to self-regulate violence and to protect themselves and their family from the protagonist. All dystopian literature shares similar characteristics, winston which is the protagonist in 1984, he lives in a society where the government takes over and tries to brainwash the citizens making them believe they live in a illusion of a perfect world. Winston is depicted and physically ill, but strong enough not to give in. “Who controls the past controls the future, who controls the present controls the past.” (Orwell 12). George Bergeron is the protagonist in Harrison Bergeron, the government makes him wear a radio, which broadcasts noise over these radios to interrupt the thoughts of smart people like George. ‘’Screams and barking cries of consternation came from the television set’’ (Vonnegut 2). Sergeant was the protagonist in the purge, he risked his life by saving others life for a night of horror. The Purge, Harrison Bergeron, and 1984 were all based off government, society where there is limiting and controlling the population. ‘’We

The novel 1984 shows many aspects of a dystopian society, where the government has lots of power and control and makes the society an unpleasant environment. Dystopian literature is a popular genre because it envisions what the future would look like based off of political and social issues. This novel is all about the government having a great deal of power and changing many things to “brainwash” people in thinking the society they live in is perfect. Winston Smith, the main character and protagonist states, “Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth” (75). This quote shows an example of dystopian literature because of the government’s overwhelming power to brainwash people. The government has taken the past, and twisted it in order to have better power of society. This example could relate to today, with many things illegal, it has the capability to scare us into thinking doing such things are horrible. The novel Cat’s Cradle is a novel in the form of satirical literature. Satire is humor used to mock people or groups in the form of irony, sarcasm, and

Isolation is one of the most severe forms of punishment that anyone could be faced with. Cormac McCarthy shows the reaction isolation had on the characters in The Road. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, follows an unnamed father and son as they travel towards the coast in search of safety after the world has been destroyed by a catastrophe. As they travel the road, the father has to protect his son from the threat of strangers, starvation, exposure and harsh weather. In The Road, Cormac McCarthy shows how humans react to isolation by when the man leaves others to suffer, taking drastic measures and when the man kills other men.

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.

Dystopian literature is a type of writing where the world in which the story takes place is not the best place to live and the people are normally controlled in everything they do. It comes from the Greek roots for Bad and Place. Anthem Ayn Rand is clearly an example of a dystopian novel because the government is flawed, and thoughts and feelings are restricted.

Violence is defined as a behavior involving physical or mental force intending to hurt, damage, or kill someone. In the words of Zak Ibrahim, peace is defined as the proliferation or the increase in the existence of Justice. But where does love fit in to these conversations? Violence cannot necessarily transform into love, but the presence of it is surely important. Violence involving our most loved ones, helps us find love and compassion in the toughest of situations, and leads us toward paths of peace. In this essay, examples will be drawn from Zak Ibrahim 's keynote presentation, The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Beautiful Boy; a film directed by Shawn Ku, and Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut.

Dystopias are characterized as being a fictional universe set in the future with societal control and the illusion of a perfect society. These imagined societies are maintained through different types of controls, such as corporate, bureaucratic, technological, or technological control, and may be used in literature to criticize current political or social systems by magnifying it to a worst-case scenario. As seen in the novel Fahrenheit 451 (F451), written by Ray Bradbury, and the movie Minority Report (MR), the dystopian characteristics of illusion of a utopia and technological control are exemplified.

Dystopian Societies are not there to fix the problem, they are there to hide it, bury it, and make it seem as if it is already solved. The novel Fahrenheit 451, is a dystopian piece of writing, written by Ray Bradbury, that follows the life of Guy Montag through the society that he lives in, and its key problems. Faced with a conflicting question of either to rebel, or to just conform and accept what society has to offer for him. Our second piece of dystopian literature is Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, is a story of a boy, John the Savage, untouched by civilization coming to realize the horrors of the dystopian society he lives in, and its many problems that are the cause of its dystopian nature. Both novels contain a dystopian

Dystopian literature is a genre which fashions a hypothetical universe, which is oppressive of humanity by societal control. It subjugates society through corporate, technological, moral or totalitarian control; which is concealed by a Utopian façade; often reflecting the anxieties and fears of the prevailing culture.

Dystopias are advanced futuristic worlds that dehumanize, and make people’s lives almost unbearable. Many authors have written novels about them, or movies and most of them all have the same message in them, extreme control. Characteristics such as being technologically advanced, dehumanized, loss of individualism, undesired rules/feelings, sadness, and many more contribute to the negative feeling among nearly all dystopian stories. Without these harsh characteristics, the main point would not be met that in order to have a dystopian story, there has to be some type of control present. These stories are great to read, and great for gaining perspective on different societies.

“The Road” depicts a solemn and deteriorating environment that can no longer provide the fundamentals to a society due to the nuclear disaster. The sudden depletion of the resources within their environment made it difficult for the father and the son to find sustenance. They were constantly traveling towards the South looking for safe places to situate themselves because the father knew that they would not be able to survive the nuclear winter. The genre of the novel is post-apocalyptic science fiction because it revolves around a dismantling society. Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road” depicts how environmental destruction finally gave sense for people to value the world and what it had to offer.

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.

The Road by Cormac McCarthy is set in an apocalyptic world filled with hopelessness, mental fatigue, and few instances of happiness. Throughout the story, the man and the boy are looking for hope in anything and everything. Unfortunately every turn they take they continue to fall further into despair until they find a Coca-Cola. This soda has a unique meaning to the boy and the man. The Coca-Cola in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road symbolizes the world’s regression and gives hope to the man and boy by recalling the ideology that the Coca-Cola brand has worked so diligently to instill in its consumers since its inception in 1886. McCarthy strategically chose Coca-Cola due to its unparalleled history, advertising techniques, and its cultural significance to the world.

One of the first dystopian novels to become famous was 1984. The concept of dystopian novels is not only to entertain readers, but to let them understand the characteristics and ideas of a dystopian society. Some of these characteristics are shown through our society but at a more drastic level. Basic fears are exaggerated such as the following: distrust of others, disease, contaminated water, nuclear holocaust, etc. The reader can gain more knowledge by finding ways in which the topics the author writes about is relevant to our society today. Young adult dystopian literature is mostly in an adolescent’s perspective. For example, the Giver was one of the first dystopian novels written in a teenager point of view. Now, most all dystopian