Dystopian novels

Lord of the Flies by William Golding is one of the first dystopian novels ever written, which shows what happens to a society when all rule and order are removed. It is political in the sense that it addresses people’s problems and how power can affect a person and society. It also shows the corruption of those in power and what would happen if there was no sense of order or justice in place. Once the boys land on the island after a few days of having fun things take a turn for the worst and…

Guy Montag surroundings in the novel Fahrenheit 451 affect the character in ways which he questions, rebels and seeks a better way of life in this dystopian civilization he lives in; therefore illuminates the theme of knowledge versus ignorance. Which influences his life as much as fate, destiny or any supernatural agency as Pauline Hopkins says. Society’s ways are different, firemen do not put out fires but they cause them by burning books and then fill new books up with false information.…

Set in the vast, fictitious Kingdoms of Norta, Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen is a thrilling novel centered around the life of heroine, Mare Barrow. Raised in the slums of the Red city The Stilts, Mare lives with her parents and her sister, Gisa. She has three older brothers as well, but they live on the front lines of battle, essentially sacrificing their lives for the sake of their Silver King. For as long as they have known, Mare Barrow, her family, and the rest of the citizens with Red blood,…

into? All I see today are kids on their phones all the time, not socializing at all. The science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury isn’t as different as the society of today. There is less socializing because of technology, there are hateful crimes, and love can be a fake thing. Today’s world in many ways is very similar to the world that Ray Bradbury creates in the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451. Our society is in danger of becoming the world in Fahrenheit 451. Technology is…

talk to people that have a different occupation than you? In the dystopian society that is presented in the novel Anthem, written by Ayn Rand, this is precisely what everyday life looks like. I’m sure we have all heard that one person who says, “I only think of others and never put myself first.” Well, in the world that Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000 live in, it is truly a sin to ever think about yourself before others. In the novel, we read the journal of Equality who is “cursed” with…

and pop culture. Referencing that many sources is quite an accomplishment towards the author, since he dedicated a vast majority of his time to write the novel. With the amount of effort that he took to finish his first novel, Cline has demonstrated that he is a writer that is beyond the scope of our era. The plot takes place within a dystopian world set in the year 2044 and this is the era when virtual reality exists. Wade Watts, a secluded genius set as the main character never could have…

Imagine living in a world where your society was dystopian, meaning just about everything is unpleasant and totalitarian. As an audience reads about the dystopian society in the novel, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, we are appalled about how miserable their society sounds. Little do we realize, this so called miserable society is very similar to our world as we know it. In the novel, the plot is centered on facing reality. As the story progresses we see many problems including war, drug abuse,…

this article, Umberto Rossi examines Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly and Radio Free Albemuth and questions their classification as dystopian literature. According to Rossi, a great deal of Dick’s writing can be categorised as “dystopian”, since they describe “other societies that are worse than ours”, and cites that the most probable depictions of Dick’s dystopian imagination are those mentioned in the title. However, he argues that even they are not examples of definitive “dystopias”.…

When analyzing a dystopian piece of literature like Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, it is easy for one to pause and think, “Well, my society will never become that way.” These fictitious dystopian societies, at a glance, seem far too extreme to be considered too seriously. After all, dystopian societies tend to maintain their stability by stripping citizens of their freedoms and individualities—two things that no contemporary American would ever relinquish. This is what prompts readers to…

aesthetics, historical impulse, and political purpose in each and every one of his writings in order to get his message across to others. Due to his persistence throughout his writings, 1984, a dystopian novel set in Oceania, meets the same four concepts. Over the course of several years, dystopian novels have become popular among young adult literature. Writing way before the boom in popularity, Orwell wrote 1984 in 1948; this alone shows that he met his goal of egotism. Almost 70 years…