For many years’ authors have been writing dystopian texts to alert us about what could potentially happen to our world if we allow certain progressions to continue. This dystopian text discusses how the government decides whether individuals live or die in the form of an examination to test one’s intelligence. The short story ‘Examination Day’ has affected my understanding of the negative impacts an overpowering government can have on a society through the use of specific time and place in which the text is set. Through the tone and mood that is demonstrated throughout the text which is established by the setting of the narrative, the impacts and effects of an overpowering government on a society is clearly evident to the readers. With these conventions, it accommodates a greater understanding for me as the reader to fuller apprehend the outcomes power and control a government can really have.
In ‘Examination Day’, through the use of the narrative convention, setting, the idea of an overpowering government and the impacts it can have on a society are clearly shown. An example is the exposition of the text in which it is set on a rainy and overcast day, this immediately creates a mood …show more content…
Within the story, the author has included specific time themes that use a futuristic world to represent how the world would be like if we allowed the government to take full control over the society. As the story is being set in the year "2081" the author is suggesting to the reader that the events of the story could potentially happen in real life. This example of the setting enhances the reader’s grief at the end of the story and I am left feeling scared that such events could happen in today’s society. In this way, my understanding of the consequences of total government control is
In ‘Examination Day’, through the use of the narrative convention, setting, the idea of an overpowering government and the impacts it can have on a society are clearly shown. An example is the exposition of the text in which it is set on a rainy and overcast day, this immediately creates a mood …show more content…
Within the story, the author has included specific time themes that use a futuristic world to represent how the world would be like if we allowed the government to take full control over the society. As the story is being set in the year "2081" the author is suggesting to the reader that the events of the story could potentially happen in real life. This example of the setting enhances the reader’s grief at the end of the story and I am left feeling scared that such events could happen in today’s society. In this way, my understanding of the consequences of total government control is