Utopian and dystopian fiction

Over the centuries, the concept of a hero has changed immensely. Scott LaBarge, ethics professor at Santa Clara University, said that the Greeks thought “a hero was a mortal who had done something so far beyond the normal scope of human experience that… he deserved worship like that due the gods.” Now, heroes are anything from firefighters to war heroes, when previously they were warriors and kings. Beowulf, an epic hero of the sixth century, is unquestionably different in comparison to his…

in the process; paving the formation of a seemingly more dystopic societal construct. Tension arises between the push and pull between utopian and dystopian perspectives where each state exists within the other. Examining the utopic concept of access is inadequate in isolation. Discussion in this essay will be illustrated using Andrew Niccol’s 1997 science-fiction film Gattaca. Gattaca is set in a ‘not too distant future’,…

The public has some influence over the media, but media creators are the ones who have the most since they are consciously and/ or unconsciously integrating their experiences, biases, values, and beliefs. With the rise of dystopian/utopian fiction films, fear of loss of autonomy has become more relevant since this genre predicts a vial future for the United States which causes distress and fascination to many. Majority of these films, where a totalitarian government is most likely in power, fail…

access to this information was restricted, that would be considered censorship. Many science fiction writers are concerned that censorship could possibly show up in our society in the near future (Tor.com) When legendary author, Ray Bradbury wrote the novel “Fahrenheit 451”, it is all about governmental censorship. It is written in the third person limited point of view and the genre of this novel is science fiction. In the 1950’s, the United States was dealing with the McCarthy hearings and the…

Allusions in Literature: Historical Events, works of literature, prominent people, and essentially anything, can be alluded to in literature to stimulate ideas and thoughts that may not be stated in the author's original work. These allusions can be based off of religion, mythology, art, literature, science; the possibilities are endless. Writers create these allusions to associate extra information within their writing, by referencing something in which they believe their reader would have…

The use of robots, programmed machines capable of automatically carrying out a specific series of tasks, was once only a foreseeable reality if you were a strong believer in science fiction novels. Now, the implementation of robots to complete tasks that were once only done by humans is now a reality. Presently, robots serve in many different aspects of society and their influence is predicted to increase indefinitely. Regardless of one’s viewpoint about the use of robots and what a robots’ role…