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    of novel is called a Dystopian, or "bad place" in Greek. The premise is to have what seems like a perfect society, but because of the rules that make it perfect, it all falls into chaos. Some such stories are "The Hunger Games", and "The Time Machine", because there is a set of rules that make it perfect, but because of that, it is terrible, like in "The Hunger Games", where each district has to send 2 people to fight to the death, it makes the Utopia into a Dystopia. Dystopian novels usually directly

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    The Dystopian concerns in The Road and The Handmaid’s Tale Dystopian novels have a prominent role in American fiction after 1945. When one talks about Dystopian subgenre, it envisions a time not so distant from the present that world is in an unpleasant time which can deal with either government fallen under a totalitarian rule or the environment is in a degradable state. There are two specific novels that fall under this subgenre: The Road and The Handmaid’s Tale. The Road deals with the outcome

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    Dystopian future, teaches life lessons not just violence Dystopian future novels and films are the new craze, however it is not all violence and war, but valuable life lessons for young adults. That’s right, The Maze Runner, Hunger Games, and Divergent, all have two things in common, they are young adult dystopian novels and film series, but they also help teach us important characteristics vital to contemporary society. Dystopian future allows young adults to learn a variety of life lessons

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    Dystopian literature is normally about a setting that mirrors a Utopian society. Although it is far from perfect, society is made to pretend as if it is one. In a state/county or another form of land is where a Dystonia can take place. Dystopian landforms are usually trapped in from the outside world. The people there believe that the outside world is a much worse place than where they are, but there is always one or more people that believe otherwise. A leader or leaders are controlling the people

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    Dystopian Fiction Argumentative Essay Why do authors write dystopian fiction? Authors write dystopian fiction so they can warn us about the future. Dystopian fiction is “...a genre of fictional writing used to explore social and political structures in 'a dark, nightmare world.' The term dystopia is defined as a society characterized by poverty, squalor or oppression and the theme is most commonly used in science fiction and speculative fiction genres”(www.questia.com). In this essay I will be

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    INTRODUCTION Research question: To what extent do books “Never let me go” and “Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said” fit a dystopian genre? As a genre, dystopian fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction, or an even broader genre – speculative fiction. Dystopia is strictly connected with the idea of a utopia, so in order to understand what a dystopia is, one has to know the meaning of the second term. According to Oxford Dictionary utopia is “an imagined place or state of things in which everything

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    There are lots of different types of dystopian societies that find issues of today's society and just highly exaggerate them. Some of these issues could be technology, or the government, or various other issues that the author sees in modern day. Many authors that write fiction such as this try to point out the issues to their readers to show them numerous different lessons. Quite often books such as these could have a serious impact on the future even if that wasn't the original plan. Whether these

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    comprehend what is negatively affecting our world, then we should find a way to fix it, and shape the world. Finally, after we have done all of that, then maybe we can have a better world, but having a utopian society just seems way out of our reach. A dystopian society, just like the one in the novel divergent, definetely is different from our modern-day society, but our society dosen't neceseraly stay behind On the novel divergent, the society seems out of control, it feels like it is a place where

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    Dystopian novels are fictional works of literature describing falling, failing worlds, with many recurring themes, which parallel modern times in troubling ways. The idea of dystopian literature comes from Sir Thomas More’s novel Utopia, even though the words are complete opposites. A dystopia is “an imaginary place where people are unhappy and usually afraid because they are not treated fairly.” (dystopia, Merriam-Webster) Many of these books share common themes, such as rebellious protagonists

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    Dystopian Societies People do not realize the dystopian environment they have grown into and cannot imagine life’s wonderful opportunistic world outside of which they live in. These people are deceived from life’s real richness and true happiness. In the novel 1984, Winston is trapped in an oppressive lifestyle and cannot think freely without having a fear of the government vaporizing him. Similarly, the KKK provides an inhuman and tyrannical environment towards those not of the white race. The

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