In order to be effective, a dystopia focuses on the original problem and attempted solution that caused the society, teaching the importance of preventing the loss of humanity. In "Number 12 Looks Just Like You," Marylin discovers the original problem that caused her society when Marylin meets with Professor Sig, and he explains to her how inequality and injustice ravaged the world. They learned that unattractiveness was one of the main causes, so the government decided to eliminate ugliness by making everyone look the same (Biberman). When Professor Sig talks about how the government cured inequality by making everyone alike, he reveals the main issue of the old society to both Marylin and the audience. However, the attempted solution becomes
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If a civilization like the one in 451 only seeks immediate pleasure, it will not survive and grow, revealing the vitality of preventing the removal of the basis of humanity. An effective dystopia teaches the importance of preventing the loss of humanity through the society's attempted solution of a problem as well as through focusing on the faults of the civilization. A dystopia which focuses on the terrible faults of the government and civilization in the story effectively teaches the audience the huge importance of preventing the loss of humanity in a dystopia. The Voice in V for Vendetta truly captures the fault with his society when he tells his viewers, "Immigrants, muslims... homosexuals, terrorists. Disease-ridden degenerates. They had to go. Strength through unity. Unity through faith. I am a God-fearing Englishman, and I'm goddamn proud of it!" (McTuigue). When the Voice admits to his society killing people who were not straight, white Christians, he reveals the huge fault of discrimination and antipathy to the point of murder. A government getting rid of people who do not fit their criteria of "normal" appears terrible enough, but having the citizens support their actions embodies the cruelty and antipathy of
If a civilization like the one in 451 only seeks immediate pleasure, it will not survive and grow, revealing the vitality of preventing the removal of the basis of humanity. An effective dystopia teaches the importance of preventing the loss of humanity through the society's attempted solution of a problem as well as through focusing on the faults of the civilization. A dystopia which focuses on the terrible faults of the government and civilization in the story effectively teaches the audience the huge importance of preventing the loss of humanity in a dystopia. The Voice in V for Vendetta truly captures the fault with his society when he tells his viewers, "Immigrants, muslims... homosexuals, terrorists. Disease-ridden degenerates. They had to go. Strength through unity. Unity through faith. I am a God-fearing Englishman, and I'm goddamn proud of it!" (McTuigue). When the Voice admits to his society killing people who were not straight, white Christians, he reveals the huge fault of discrimination and antipathy to the point of murder. A government getting rid of people who do not fit their criteria of "normal" appears terrible enough, but having the citizens support their actions embodies the cruelty and antipathy of