Few genres in history have sparked the imagination of the readers such as dystopian literature. The dystopian genre combines fiction with prophetic truths to not only entertain the reader but to warn him of possible futures. The main core message of the books is that power and the search to obtain it and keep it corrupts many making them do horrible thing. In this genre there are few works more moving than 1984 and A Man Was Thursday which show the progression of the virtues to the extreme which have a detrimental effect. First one must define the word dystopian which means: relating to or denoting an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degrading state (Dystopia
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Some theorize this is how civilization was first formed. From the Greek pantheon to the medieval chain of being there is an innate desire to obtain order in the universe. The authors beautifully weave their views of order in their books. Their concept differs where in 1984 the chaos bringers were the protagonist and in The Man Who Was Thursday they were the antagonist. Similarly, the character who causes chaos where the heroes of 1984 yet in Chesterton's story the anarchist are the villains. In The Man Who Was Thursday Chesterton uses Christian symbolism to describe the seven characters as days which places an emphasis on order. Orwell's protagonist ,Smith chaos in itself is not bad, some of the greatest achievements of humanity were made through chaotic means and is necessary to restructure a stagnant institution. Yet Chesterton argues that society need accountability and structure to survive and the government is the only way of accomplishing that. He was later quoted in A Short History of England saying “All government is is a necessary evil”(Chesterton Quotes 1). Another interesting difference is that in 1984 it was the lower class that was negatively affected by order while Chesterton states that the lower classes need a strong government more than
Some theorize this is how civilization was first formed. From the Greek pantheon to the medieval chain of being there is an innate desire to obtain order in the universe. The authors beautifully weave their views of order in their books. Their concept differs where in 1984 the chaos bringers were the protagonist and in The Man Who Was Thursday they were the antagonist. Similarly, the character who causes chaos where the heroes of 1984 yet in Chesterton's story the anarchist are the villains. In The Man Who Was Thursday Chesterton uses Christian symbolism to describe the seven characters as days which places an emphasis on order. Orwell's protagonist ,Smith chaos in itself is not bad, some of the greatest achievements of humanity were made through chaotic means and is necessary to restructure a stagnant institution. Yet Chesterton argues that society need accountability and structure to survive and the government is the only way of accomplishing that. He was later quoted in A Short History of England saying “All government is is a necessary evil”(Chesterton Quotes 1). Another interesting difference is that in 1984 it was the lower class that was negatively affected by order while Chesterton states that the lower classes need a strong government more than