Dystopian Literature has been read and enjoyed by many people over the years, and it is the category that many people today continue to enjoy. The author mainly uses it to take an issue with society, and then multiply the issue times 11 to show how in the worst case scenario would affect people.
This genre has defining characteristics that set it apart from other categories of literature, one of which being the societies seemingly utopian community. It's not until you look under the surface of things to see the issues with this world, and the people that do are alienated. People are told to conform to what the world wants them to be. In divergent, people are told how they're supposed to act according to their faction. Anyone who does otherwise is frowned upon and end up factionless. The factionless are seen …show more content…
Bureaucratic dystopian societies are normally based on people and their stupidity and willingness to take exactly what given to them.
Technological dystopian societies are based on technology and the grasp that it's getting on people today. Everyone has a phone and can track the location of others, Amazon has the ability to listen in on conversations being held in your home, and robots are being created becoming more intelligent every day. In these societies, people are in a world where technology is everything, even more so than it is today. Robots are also pretty terrifying, and the idea of people not being safe in their own homes is chilling.
Corporate control is where a company or business is in charge of the society and is normally based on money and advertising. Think of the Lorax (the movie not the book). Citizens live in this perfect colorful little world and they think everything is fine and dandy, but they are being watched constantly and kept inside their city's walls by the company who takes people's basic human right to free air and monopolizes
This genre has defining characteristics that set it apart from other categories of literature, one of which being the societies seemingly utopian community. It's not until you look under the surface of things to see the issues with this world, and the people that do are alienated. People are told to conform to what the world wants them to be. In divergent, people are told how they're supposed to act according to their faction. Anyone who does otherwise is frowned upon and end up factionless. The factionless are seen …show more content…
Bureaucratic dystopian societies are normally based on people and their stupidity and willingness to take exactly what given to them.
Technological dystopian societies are based on technology and the grasp that it's getting on people today. Everyone has a phone and can track the location of others, Amazon has the ability to listen in on conversations being held in your home, and robots are being created becoming more intelligent every day. In these societies, people are in a world where technology is everything, even more so than it is today. Robots are also pretty terrifying, and the idea of people not being safe in their own homes is chilling.
Corporate control is where a company or business is in charge of the society and is normally based on money and advertising. Think of the Lorax (the movie not the book). Citizens live in this perfect colorful little world and they think everything is fine and dandy, but they are being watched constantly and kept inside their city's walls by the company who takes people's basic human right to free air and monopolizes