Dystopian novels

The Maze Runner,by James Dashner, displays many universal themes in a dystopian society. In every dystopian story, there is a theme related to the outcome of the world.These themes reflect ideas about how the world could end up unless certain things change.The Maze Runner displays the universal themes of heroic scenario’s,moral lessons,social cohesion,and likable characters. The Maze Runner displays many Heroic scenarios.When Thomas saw that the door’s were about to close, he ran into the…

exegesis is a discussion of female agency in three novels: The Hunger Games, The Circle and Bumped. The strongest parts of the exegesis are the sections on the actual novels. These sections give an outline of the novels and the roles of the female protagonists. However, the aims of the exegesis are unclear. In the first paragraph Tania writes: ‘this exegesis specifically engages with the interplay between media and female agency in recent dystopian novels.’ And then later, she writes that she…

The Jewel. In the series “The Jewel” by Amy Ewing, the dystopian genre shows itself through many dystopian characteristics such as a totalitarian government using propaganda to control its citizens. In these novels propaganda contributes to controlling the citizens and crushing dissent. Propaganda is used to hide the murder of surrogates through unwanted pregnancies with babies they are not compatible with. It is also used to convince the citizens that everything is fine and that the royalty…

Dystopian realities strive to create an idealised world in which authorities attempt to fix the dissatisfactions of the societies with methods that create impenetrable consequences. Speculative science fiction novel Never Let Me Go (2005) by Kazuo Ishiguro, details an alternative 1990s England that exploits organ donation through cloning to combat diseases and medical illness. This text conveys that the pursuit of perfection within contemporary society is the most disturbing aspect of a dystopia…

Three Books to Save Fahrenheit 451 is written by Ray Bradbury, it was a dystopian novel written in the 1950s with great diversity. It is a novel that truly makes you think. In this book, people aren’t allowed to read and if they do then they face horrid consequences. Everybody just watches television and listens to radios, what importance could they be? Well I have chosen 3 books that absolutely need to be saved. The first book I have chosen to save is America by George Tindell. This book,…

often made into movies with the same titles and relatively the same plots, but it is rare to find a novel and a movie with completely different plots with so many similarities. Wall-E, an animated film about a robot, and The Handmaid’s Tale, a novel about a society where women are going sterile, can both be classified as having dystopian societies. In fact, they have many characteristics of a dystopian society in common. A few of these similarities include living in a dehumanized state,…

New World by Aldous Huxley is a classic example of dystopian literature. This paper aims to demonstrate how the novel illustrates the evolution of the concept of dystopia and discuss how the text provides a critique of the modern world. The quote “brave new world” is referenced three times throughout the novel to express, joy, confusion and finally pain and sorrow. Sentiments that are strikingly relevant in today’s world. The birth of dystopian fiction could not have been possible without the…

Everyone is reading dystopian books lately. There are hundreds and all are so different, yet can have very similar characteristics. Like the books Maze Runner and Ender’s Game, they both have very different plots, but very similar dystopian qualities. In the novel The Maze Runner, by James Dashner, kids are sent to a maze called the glade and forced to run and face deadly monsters in order to escape. The novel Ender’s game, by Orson Scott Card, the government picks out the smartest kids in the…

Introduction to Dystopian Fiction¨ they state common dystopian themes. Dystopian societies are often like funhouse mirrors the magnify problems. The key to a dystopian societies is by first doing that. Most dystopian societies are described as wastelands that are controlled completely by people higher up. One common theme is surveillance and government. This theme eradicates freedom and independence. Technology creates the possibility that someone may always be watching you. Dystopian societies…

Year 8 Genre Novel Study- Tomorrow When the War Began Genre can be defined as a category of literature, such as the young adult and the dystopian genres that will be explored in this essay. An excellent example of the dystopian and young adult genres is the novel Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden, first published in 1993. This essay will discuss how effectively this novel fits into the young adult and dystopian genre. It will consider the various features of both the genres and…