Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction

Breaking Norms The Chrysalids is a science fiction novel written by prolific writer, John Wyndham. The novel centers around a post-apocalyptic town called Waknuk. A place where everyone obsesses in abiding the “norm” and punishing anyone that fails to do so. The norm being that everyone must parallel God’s so-called image of man. The human body must bear no imperfections or abnormalities. As a result, citizens of Waknuk lack many moral and human qualities. However, there are three characters in…

The American author Ally Condie once said, “The beauty of dystopia is that it lets us vicariously experience future worlds - but we still have the power to change our own” (Condie). The post-apocalyptic, totalitarian nation of Panem in The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, is one such future world. This novel follows the story of a girl named Katniss Everdeen. Katniss is a female tribute for the Hunger Games, which is an annual death-match between twenty-four tributes. This brutal fight is…

“He's become some sort of all purpose symbol for them, hasn't he?” (252) Here we see the leaders of the fascist Regime 'Norsefire' referring to our hero V, They are realizing the full potential and ambiguity of the 'Guy Fawkes' Mask. It is what Post Structuralists would call a Free floating signifier – meaning it evades being tied to any particular meaning. At this point V is not just a person but an Idea, an Idea which could change their world. The creators of this Graphic Novel – Alan Moore…

growing direct human engineering. But at what cost? Transhumanists desire immortality. As (Rectenwald, 2015) states, “If technologically possible, why wouldn’t we want to transcend our species.” Transhumanism supporters should also ask themselves, post all these changes what’s next? With the fast growth in technology, we 're seeing a huge increase in wearable Transhuman technology, to a few, it’s fascinating yet, some who think the idea must be halted like me. While trans humanism can extend our…

The dystopian science fiction film presents to its audience a vision of the future full of bleak imagery, hopelessness, and strong words of caution against perceived threats to civilized society: “Images of dystopia are necessarily reflections of their time” (Berg). From the first glimmers of dystopian society in film as seen in the 1927 film, Metropolis to the present day young adult craze, The Hunger Games series, dystopian film has been playing on audience’s fears and anxieties about the…

The movie “I Am Legend,” a post-apocalyptic science fiction film, directed by Francis Lawrence in 2007, is regarded as one of the most popular modern vampire-like creature films. It is also credited as the main influence to portray vampires as the characters we know nowadays. Of course, it is not the first time that the concept of a ‘living vampire’ is used in the film industry, and this is actually the third adaptation of Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend in 1954, which was published after…

Bethesda Game Studios use a nuclear event to show society’s realization for impending death and destruction of the world. Fallout 4 is set in an alternate timeline that is based on a dystopian reality after World War II. The game placed in a post nuclear apocalyptic Boston in the year 2287. It begins with the player emerges almost 210 years after a destructive nuclear war from an underground bunker. The picture best fit to represent the entire video game is of a man looking out at a ruinous…

"The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept" (White Fang 234). These words were penned by yours truly, Jack London. Growing up I was in love with the wilderness, and was even more fond of the great stories that came with it. Experiences that will never be forgotten, that I have now passed on to the many generations to come. Nothing can take away from the breathtaking stories of the north, and the lessons that go along with them. In my short lived life, I was always on the…

foyers etc. The protagonist of these tales in some of the other manner are in close contact with the supernatural like the monsters apparitions and curses, demonic powers, sinister designs, witches and necromancy etc. The atmosphere of the horror fiction is stupefying, full of gloom, spooky spectacles and paranormal activities. In ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’, Poe gives a vivid description of the sinister day of the first few lines of the story itself “during the hole of a dull and soundless…

The main goal of the ecocentric Deep Ecology ecological movement is to end the dominantion and power relationships modern humans have over nonhuman Nature, and to set up realistic biological conditions under which the wild species and biodiversity of the earth can exist and flourish. The deep ecological approach to contesting Earth’s future is to distinguish between the vital and the nonvital needs of humans. The vital needs of nonhumans get priority before the non vital needs of humans. Deep…