Significant Connections - AS91478 Merrick Jerard
Introduction
The dystopian texts The Handmaid's Tale, Children of Men, The Pedestrian and 1984 have made the use of several techniques in order to present to the audience a dystopian society. The main techniques that have been used is the idea and implementation of censorship and the mood of the texts. The authors and the directors have used these techniques in different ways to varying effect to create a dystopian world.
Censorship
State/Explain The authors and the directors have all implemented the idea of censorship as an aspect of their dystopian texts. This shows that many creators associate a loss of information as part of …show more content…
This dehumanization of the immigrants by the British government come from their use of propaganda in an attempt to condition the rest of society that they are a problem. A scene in the film shows the treatment of the immigrants as they enter Bexhill where the audience is presented with the torturing of people showing how the immigrants have been striped of all human rights. This censorship of the minorities has permitted the government to mistreat that group which is the primary feature of how the society in children of men is …show more content…
Although, the main reason for this is the presence of a totalitarian government which has enforced their viewpoints onto the people and in order to preserve their perspectives they have removed all literature which conflicts with their beliefs. Censorship is also seen in the texts portrayal and treatment of women. In the text woman are only seen as an object which produces people, this relates to the idea of censorship as the governing body is denying the “humanity” of women but also indoctrinating them into their beliefs thus censoring those indoctrinated.
The book 1984 has the most extreme form of censorship compared to all of the other texts. The society of 1984 have been indoctrinated into the regime in order to believe a perform doublethink. Doublethink is the act of changing one's belief and forgetting their past belief. This is shown through how the Department of Truth has to rewrite all documents involving the past to present what is currently the truth such as what countries are at war. This form of censorship is the most extreme kind as it forces people to censor their own
Introduction
The dystopian texts The Handmaid's Tale, Children of Men, The Pedestrian and 1984 have made the use of several techniques in order to present to the audience a dystopian society. The main techniques that have been used is the idea and implementation of censorship and the mood of the texts. The authors and the directors have used these techniques in different ways to varying effect to create a dystopian world.
Censorship
State/Explain The authors and the directors have all implemented the idea of censorship as an aspect of their dystopian texts. This shows that many creators associate a loss of information as part of …show more content…
This dehumanization of the immigrants by the British government come from their use of propaganda in an attempt to condition the rest of society that they are a problem. A scene in the film shows the treatment of the immigrants as they enter Bexhill where the audience is presented with the torturing of people showing how the immigrants have been striped of all human rights. This censorship of the minorities has permitted the government to mistreat that group which is the primary feature of how the society in children of men is …show more content…
Although, the main reason for this is the presence of a totalitarian government which has enforced their viewpoints onto the people and in order to preserve their perspectives they have removed all literature which conflicts with their beliefs. Censorship is also seen in the texts portrayal and treatment of women. In the text woman are only seen as an object which produces people, this relates to the idea of censorship as the governing body is denying the “humanity” of women but also indoctrinating them into their beliefs thus censoring those indoctrinated.
The book 1984 has the most extreme form of censorship compared to all of the other texts. The society of 1984 have been indoctrinated into the regime in order to believe a perform doublethink. Doublethink is the act of changing one's belief and forgetting their past belief. This is shown through how the Department of Truth has to rewrite all documents involving the past to present what is currently the truth such as what countries are at war. This form of censorship is the most extreme kind as it forces people to censor their own