Billennium by J.G.Ballard is a story that adapts to the theme of the dystopian world. The dystopian world basically is the most miserable place the human kind could live in; they face problems like overpopulation, confinement of space, totalitarian control, chaos and the constant struggle of leading a ‘normal’ life. These elements have been used in the story to bring out the theme of the dystopian world.
Ballard adopts various techniques like irony, setting, imagery and diction to bring out the dystopian world.
The author has created a sense of fatigue in the setting right from the beginning to display the dystopian world. The story starts with “All day long, and often into the early hours of the morning” which makes the reader think of the …show more content…
The overpopulation of the world is brought out through various similes and is apparent when the narrator says, “But the throng moving down the street swept past like a river at full tide”. The word “throng” makes the reader realize how overpopulated the world is whereas the word “swept” creates this strong action of unwillingness and how everyone is just going with the flow. The focus in put on the simile “like a river at full tide” which displays the amount of people and the constant shoving and pushing in the crowd and the inability to control themselves. The constant chaos created brings out the dystopian theme and world in the …show more content…
The situation is ironic when due to the constant re-evaluation of space Ward and his friend are fed up but they soon discover a lot of space which they will not have to pay for but they themselves confine the space by inviting their friends and their families moving in as well. By the end of it each one of the members in the room has limited space to themselves. The situation is ironic that when they wanted space they got it but this time they confined it by themselves. The wardrobe acts like a symbol of their newfound space and when the author says, “It had been a beautiful piece of furniture, in a way symbolizing this whole private world” he shows how sensitive Ward is to beauty and the “whole private world” refers to the space they have found where it is just him and rossiter. Ward’s character also comes through as resilient as he just let the wardrobe be dismantled and just let people keep shifting into the
Ballard adopts various techniques like irony, setting, imagery and diction to bring out the dystopian world.
The author has created a sense of fatigue in the setting right from the beginning to display the dystopian world. The story starts with “All day long, and often into the early hours of the morning” which makes the reader think of the …show more content…
The overpopulation of the world is brought out through various similes and is apparent when the narrator says, “But the throng moving down the street swept past like a river at full tide”. The word “throng” makes the reader realize how overpopulated the world is whereas the word “swept” creates this strong action of unwillingness and how everyone is just going with the flow. The focus in put on the simile “like a river at full tide” which displays the amount of people and the constant shoving and pushing in the crowd and the inability to control themselves. The constant chaos created brings out the dystopian theme and world in the …show more content…
The situation is ironic when due to the constant re-evaluation of space Ward and his friend are fed up but they soon discover a lot of space which they will not have to pay for but they themselves confine the space by inviting their friends and their families moving in as well. By the end of it each one of the members in the room has limited space to themselves. The situation is ironic that when they wanted space they got it but this time they confined it by themselves. The wardrobe acts like a symbol of their newfound space and when the author says, “It had been a beautiful piece of furniture, in a way symbolizing this whole private world” he shows how sensitive Ward is to beauty and the “whole private world” refers to the space they have found where it is just him and rossiter. Ward’s character also comes through as resilient as he just let the wardrobe be dismantled and just let people keep shifting into the