Visualize a society in which everything is abnormal and extreme in an unpleasant way. A life where technology has taken over the population. A life where everyone is equal and there is no freedom and individuality. Or, maybe a life where the third child is illegal. Dystopias, texts and films, display just how unpleasant life could become because of one problem that the majority of the population creates. One way an author makes a text or film a dystopia, is their use of style. This important factor allows the author to put forward their own opinions about today’s society through their commentary. In Among the Imposters, by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, and 2081, by Chandler Tuttle, there is a dystopian society with
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The cause of this is overpopulation and a shortage of food. The government is a central part of the novel. It has a huge and negative impact on all third children. The government had such a negative impact on the children that it causes them to have thoughts such as “I’m a third child. Kill me,” because the third children will get executed if caught living (45). Haddix also includes the idea of the loss of identity and individuality. The children literally lose their identity causing Luke, the main character, to be “an imposter” (20). Being an imposter means not being allowed to say their real name, telling anyone that they are a third child, having to speak in code so they’re not caught, and more. The third children “run into hiding” because they cannot be themselves when in public, in which “they can act antisocial” (161). All of these abnormal situations, to today’s society, allow Haddix to display the horrific effect of overpopulation. Something as bizarre as the “Population Law” could take over the world, causing people to fake their
The cause of this is overpopulation and a shortage of food. The government is a central part of the novel. It has a huge and negative impact on all third children. The government had such a negative impact on the children that it causes them to have thoughts such as “I’m a third child. Kill me,” because the third children will get executed if caught living (45). Haddix also includes the idea of the loss of identity and individuality. The children literally lose their identity causing Luke, the main character, to be “an imposter” (20). Being an imposter means not being allowed to say their real name, telling anyone that they are a third child, having to speak in code so they’re not caught, and more. The third children “run into hiding” because they cannot be themselves when in public, in which “they can act antisocial” (161). All of these abnormal situations, to today’s society, allow Haddix to display the horrific effect of overpopulation. Something as bizarre as the “Population Law” could take over the world, causing people to fake their