Dystopian novels

Dystopian literature is a genre that is becoming much more popular now in the 21st century, but it has been among us for a while. In recent years, this genre has been represented in books and many of this books have been converted into movies. Dystopian literature is most popular on the young adult readers. There are some adults that read it but this genre is mostly followed by teens and young kids. There are a few books that stand out between the readers of this genre because of the way it is…

A dystopia is an imagined state where people live dehumanized lives often in fear of an eminent being. Dystopian literature is used to portray social issues, unfairness in society, history, or to simply mock something or someone. In Ursula Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” and Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s “2BR02B” these short stories are extreme in content but share purpose. Life is implied to be plentiful and fulfilled in both scenarios, however, to perfect life extreme measures are…

aspects of human life in the young adult novel, from the institutional to the biological, and thus the novel clearly continues an established dystopian tradition of critiquing totalitarianism and emphasizing the importance of individual freedom and privacy. The Giver, (1993) winner of the Newbery Medal of 1994, by Lois Lowry concentrates on situating the tradition and characteristics of dystopian fiction, to showcase that the novel continues an established dystopian tradition. The tradition and…

Freedom is a major theme in dystopian literature. The suppression of the human rights of the women in “The Handmaids Tale” by Margaret Atwood follows the Freedoms the woman both possess, and lack in their roles as handmaids in Gilead. The speakers of the quote are Offred and aunt Lydia. Offred is the novels narrator and protagonist; the person addressed was the reader as Offred recounts her thoughts on a conversation with aunt Lydia. The passage takes place early on in the story when two…

Dystopian Society has lived in all periods of time throughout history. It is a society that is often isolated from other societies. The author Ray Bradbury has portrayed Dystopian society as a government who often uses propagandas and threatens to make sure people stay loyal to the government. In contrast, a Utopian society is a society possessing highly desirable or near perfect qualities. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the main character [Montag] has lived in a Dystopian society…

Dystopian Literature in general contains a dystopian society that “is usually characterized by an authoritarian or totalitarian form of government, or some other kind of oppressive social control.” (http://www.urbandictionary.com) The text The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and the text Brave New World by Aldous Huxley both deal with societies being under control of totalitarian governments. Although the novels are narrated through different perspectives, they share similar dystopian codes…

corporate control, is perfect, until a character notices that their situation could not be worse. Therefore known as dystopian. Freedom restrictions, fear of the outside world, and the citizens living in a dehumanized state are all element of literature that are used predominantly in Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Not having the freedoms society has today is incredibly unthinkable. Some novels eliminate other simple actions such as seeing colors, having emotion, and enjoying weather. “How do you…

protagonists in Fahrenheit 451 and The One who flew over the cuckoo’s nest face. What is the most obvious feature that appears in dystopian novels and movies? It is a very obvious question, rebellious spirit and tragic ending appears in most of them. Both Fahrenheit 451 and The one who flew over the cuckoo’s nest are typical examples of dystopian stories. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 the protagonist Montag is a fireman who had doubted his career of burning books and resists the limitation that…

Dystopian literature can be very similar between different pieces of writing even though they may not seem alike each other at first. Many dystopian books are different and seem like that once you have finished reading them, but once you analyse them and look deeper you can realise how they are very much alike in many areas. William Golding and Suzanne Collins both use internal and external conflicts to present a bleak warning of the future; this is shown similarly in their novels “Lord of the…

post-apocalyptic wasteland. Its members desperately try to preserve culture through Shakespearean plays and orchestral recitals. It is through this that one can conclude that Station Eleven is a dystopian novel. This can be determined through its society’s creation, protagonist, theme, and comparison. Creation of Dystopian Society This dystopia is an example of the second common formation of a dystopia. In summary,…