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Dystopia

Dystopia. Images of a Future. Dystopia Defined . A futuristic, imagined world with oppressive societal control and illusion of a perfect society - maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological , moral, or totalitarian control

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Dystopia

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  1. Dystopia Images of a Future

  2. Dystopia Defined • A futuristic, imagined world with oppressive societal control and illusion of a perfect society - maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control - through exaggerated worst-case scenario, makes a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system

  3. Type of Dystopian Controls

  4. CORPORATE CONTROL 1+ large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or the media. Examples include Minority Report

  5. Bureaucratic control Society controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials

  6. Technological Control • Society is controlled by technology—through computers, robots, and/or scientific means.

  7. Philosophical/Religious Control Society is controlled by philosophical or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic government.

  8. Characteristics of a Dystopian Society 1) Propaganda used to control the citizens of society.

  9. 2) Information, independent thought, freedom are restricted. 3) A figurehead or concept is worshipped by citizens of the society.

  10. 4) Citizens live in a dehumanized state. 5) The natural world is banished and distrusted. Syme was not only dead, he was abolished, an unperson. 1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) Part 2, Chapter 6.

  11. 6) Citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad. 7) The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.

  12. 8) Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance. 9) Citizens have a fear of the outside world.

  13. The Dystopian Protagonist • often feels trapped and is struggling to escape. • questions the existing social and political systems. • believes or feels that something is terribly wrong with the society in which he or she lives. • helps the audience recognizes the negative aspects of the dystopian world through his or her perspective.

  14. Brave New World • Allegory: device in which characters or events represent or symbolize ideas and concepts • Totalitarian rule: The 1920s and 30s saw rise of totalitarian leaders: • Joseph Stalin in Russia • Benito Mussolini in Italy • Adolph Hitler in Germany • charismatic leaders who would rule by fear and force

  15. What is Totalitarianism? - the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever necessary.

  16. Themes in the Novel • Technology • Totalitarianism • Individualism • Consumerism • Happiness – what it is and how to achieve it

  17. The willingness to exchange freedom for • security • FREESTUFF • “SAVE THE CHILDREN” • The illusion of happiness defined by someone else • So you don’t have to think about anything bad.

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