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DYSTOPIAN SOCIETY
What is UTOPIA

• An imagined place or state of
 things in which everything is
 perfect.
• The word was first used in the
 book Utopia (1516) by Sir
 Thomas More
Dystopia
What is Dystopia?
How would you define Dystopia

• An imagined place or state in
  which everything is unpleasant
  or bad, typically a totalitarian
  or environmentally degraded
  one.
Popular Dystopian Stories
•   1984
•   Brave New World
•   Fahrenheit 451
•   The Hunger Games
DYSTOPIC TRAITS

• Will will review 8 common traits seen in
  Dysopic literature


• Take notes on the chart provided.
1. SOCIETY
• Definition: most impose severe social
  restrictions on community members
• Examples:
  • social stratification: social class is strictly
    defined and enforced
  • ruthless egalitarian
  • repression of the intellectual
2. SOCIAL GROUPS
• Definition: total absence of social groups other
  than the “state”
• Examples
   • independent religion is notable because of
     omittance
   • family is attacked: the hostility to motherhood
3. NATURE
 • Definition: characters are isolated from the natural
   world
 • Example: conditioned to fear nature

                   4. Political
Definition: Government asserts power over citizens
Examples:- flawed in some way—portrayed as
oppressive
- filled with pessimistic views of the ruling class—rules
with an “iron fist”
5. ECONOMIC
• Definition: state is in control of the economy
• Examples: -black market—items banned or seen
  as contraband
• - often privatization in businesses

                    6. The Hero:
 Definition: protagonist questions society—
 intuition
 Example: Escape or Rebel
7. CONFLICT
• Definition: societal group somewhere not under
  control of state


                  8. Climax:
Definition: Emotional high
Example: can be unresolved
• - death or reeducation/conformity

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Dystopia

  • 2. What is UTOPIA • An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. • The word was first used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More
  • 5. How would you define Dystopia • An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one.
  • 6. Popular Dystopian Stories • 1984 • Brave New World • Fahrenheit 451 • The Hunger Games
  • 7. DYSTOPIC TRAITS • Will will review 8 common traits seen in Dysopic literature • Take notes on the chart provided.
  • 8. 1. SOCIETY • Definition: most impose severe social restrictions on community members • Examples: • social stratification: social class is strictly defined and enforced • ruthless egalitarian • repression of the intellectual
  • 9. 2. SOCIAL GROUPS • Definition: total absence of social groups other than the “state” • Examples • independent religion is notable because of omittance • family is attacked: the hostility to motherhood
  • 10. 3. NATURE • Definition: characters are isolated from the natural world • Example: conditioned to fear nature 4. Political Definition: Government asserts power over citizens Examples:- flawed in some way—portrayed as oppressive - filled with pessimistic views of the ruling class—rules with an “iron fist”
  • 11. 5. ECONOMIC • Definition: state is in control of the economy • Examples: -black market—items banned or seen as contraband • - often privatization in businesses 6. The Hero: Definition: protagonist questions society— intuition Example: Escape or Rebel
  • 12. 7. CONFLICT • Definition: societal group somewhere not under control of state 8. Climax: Definition: Emotional high Example: can be unresolved • - death or reeducation/conformity