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Title: Utopia vs. Dystopia


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Utopia vs. Dystopia
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Utopia
  • Definition
  • A perfect society
  • An ideally perfect place, especially in its
    social, political, and moral aspects
  • Opposite of a dystopia

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Dystopia
  • Definition
  • An imaginary place or state in which the
    condition of life is extremely bad, as from
    deprivation, oppression, or terror.
  • dysGreek for bad,
  • topos Greek for place
  • Opposite of a utopia

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Dystopia
  • Often describes a society that starts off as a
    utopia or thinks it is a utopia but turns into an
    oppressive, miserable, dysfunctional state.
  • Can serve as a cautionary tale or warning to
    modern day society

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Common Characteristics of a Dystopian Society
  • Information, independent thought, and freedom are
    restricted.
  • Citizens may seem to be under constant
    surveillance.
  • Citizens have a fear of the outside world.
  • Citizens conform to uniform expectations.
    Individuality and disagreement are bad.
  • The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian
    world.

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The Dystopian Protagonist
  • Often feels trapped and is struggling to
    escape.
  • Questions the existing social and political
    systems.
  • Believes or feels that something is terribly
    wrong with the society in which he or she lives.
  • Helps the audience recognize the negative
    aspects of the dystopian world through his or her
    perspective.

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Examples of Dystopian Literature
  • The Hunger Games Trilogy
  • The Maze Runner Series
  • The Matched Trilogy
  • Divergent
  • Others?
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