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    Utopias tend to capture an idealistic view of a society. However, complete perfection is impossible, it creates a system that is inherently imperfect. Dave Eggers’ novel The Circle depicts a society in which individuals have capitalized the idea of a technologically controlled world. Mae, the protagonist in the novel slowly becomes an icon of the “digital age.” Eggers asserts the danger of living in a technological dystopian society through the use of character development. In The Circle, Dave Eggers

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    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

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    Veronica Roth uses a combination of dystopian societies and teenage protagonists in her writing to mirror today's society. Her Divergent series and Carve the Mark series both follow the same idea. It is through the eyes of the young female protagonist who teams up with her friends to take down an authoritarianism government. In Divergent the dystopian world is defined by a faction system--a system in which everyone is split into separate groups based on personality. Members of one of the factions

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    Trapped: Blinded by The Dark A Dystopian Society is a civilization that dehumanizes individuals and strips them of their individuality. Within this society, the government monitors and controls the citizen’s every move and beliefs. This type of society can be seen in Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, where Huxley describes a perfect vision of a “Utopian” future. Most of the citizens that live in this imbruted “World State” are genetically mutated and pharmaceutically narcotized to live

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    A Dystopian Society

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    The societies of Brave New World and Matched, though dissimilar, are flawed with artificial perfection. Huxley focuses on humanity’s inherent desire for happiness, fueling the World State’s desire to control its citizens by providing them with the means to remain in a constant state of ease. When the citizens are in distress, the cracks in society shine through. To illustrate, Bernard’s physical defect1 causes him to be mistreated by others. This is shown by: (1) The mocking [makes Bernard] feel

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    Not everyone lives in a society where happy endings are attainable. In dystopian communities, there is always some form of suffering occurring. A dystopia never benefits society as a whole and will provide nightmares for those who do not benefit. A civilization following dystopian characteristics involve illusions of prosperity, people being singled out, and a strong sense of corruption. Dystopian civilizations are full of suffering whether it be covered up, out in the open, or even done in a ceremonious

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    A dystopia is a imaginary futuristic universe where society lives in an illusion of a ideal society, controlled by the oppressive corporation, totalitarian government, morals, technology, or bureaucrats. A basic dystopia has common characteristics which include: propaganda used to control the citizens; information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted; a figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society; citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance; citizens

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    Claim: Dystopian authors create futuristic worlds with total equality to warn readers about the damage it can do to society. The societies created in dystopian literature reflect the qualities admired in many societies today. By creating these societies, dystopian authors warn people about the many dangers of an equal society where no one is better than anyone in any way. Throughout these books, readers start to unravel the mystery behind these stories and the unusual societies alongside the characters

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    created a dystopian society for many different reasons. When deciphering how Pakistan and the Taliban make decisions that create a dystopian society among their citizens, one can observe what the leaders of Pakistan did that made the society become dystopian, they can assess what impact these decisions had on Pakistani people and other nations, and one could analyze the way authors delineate dystopia in novels. When evaluating people and government’s actions that create dystopian society in Pakistan

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    In today’s society there are many authors who write dystopian novels. They write these novels to give knowledge and to tell how our world is very different from dystopian life. Lois Lowry shows readers how people can suffer in dystopian society. In The Giver, Jonas’ community appears to be a utopia, but in reality it is a dystopia because everyone is under the illusion that there is freedom, dehumanization, and their strict regulations. The Giver is considered as a dystopian society because everyone

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