12. DYSTOPIA: a. Definition: A dystopia is a society (usually alternative to current society) that is completely unwanted and deeply flawed. b. Example: An example of a dystopia is Panam from The Hunger Games franchise. c. This is a dystopia because the political and social structure in Panam is deeply flawed and leads to the deaths of many innocent citizens for no reason. 13. ELLIPSIS: a. Definition: An ellipsis is usually 3 dots in a row, which symbolize an omission of a word or phrase, but
In The Hunger Games, Collins makes her intentions for the contesting of gender roles quite clear in her constructions of Katniss and love interest Peeta Mellark. As noted, Katniss embodies more “masculine qualities” whereas Peeta embodies many qualities that can be
the movie The Hunger Games, the people of different financial classes are broken up into districts. This society much like the one in 1984, the government has cut off the spread of information within the public. When a citizen is in their district they have no way to communicate with another citizen inside of a different district. The government has separated them to prevent an uprising or revolt. Even though all dystopian have similarities, they also have many differences. For example, the citizens
Oppression in Science Fiction novels is usually seen in dystopias. “Dystopian literature is a genre of fictional writing used to explore social and political structures in ‘a dark, nightmare world.' The term dystopia is defined as a society characterized by poverty, squalor or oppression and the theme is most commonly used in science fiction and speculative fiction genres” (Questia Editorial Team ). Vandervoot stated that a dystopia is a fictional society that is incredibly imperfect. They often
”The Lottery” and Suzanne Collins’s 374 page novel ”The Hunger Games,” citizens participate in traditions involving the sacrifice of innocent human life with silence as a common acknowledgment. However, characterization and gesture in the texts portray the difference between the stories with similar themes; The citizens in ”The Lottery” blindly accept the old tradition using their silence as a mark of approval, while citizens in ”The Hunger Games” view their tradition as a punishment their society forces
A dystopia is an unhappy place far from perfect that is controlled by a higher power through a worst-case scenario. Dystopian novels commonly represent the, “typical” citizen, a person who is a resident of a country and unwillingly pledges allegiance to a higher power within the system. From the narrative point of view of a dystopian novel is almost always from the inside, either a member of the society itself or someone who enters and is adopted by the society. The types of Dystopian control are
In the book, The Hunger Games the character, the red-headed Avox girl, has several character traits that connect to a dystopian society. A dystopian society is “a futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive, societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control. Dystopias, through an exaggerated, worst-case scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system,” states
Bradbury the reader gets to see what a dystopia truly is. Set in a world where books are illegal and firemen’s only job is to light fire instead of putting it out, Fahrenheit 451 showcases what is society without the intellect of books and the influence of technology. Established, 1790, to burn English-influenced books in the Colonies. […] Rule 1. Answer the alarm swiftly. 2. Start the fire swiftly. 3. Burn everything (Bradbury 45) In this classic form of dystopia government has instructed the destruction
Andrew Kazim Jill Kato Writing 39B 16 January 2015 Is This Really What You Think it is? : A Study on Science Fiction and Dystopia When one tries to define the genre that is Science Fiction, one starts to talk about futuristic technologies and things that seem like impossibilities to the human mind. Such things like flying cars, and personal computers that are surgically inserted directly into our nervous system. What science fiction can do, is only limited to the extents of your imagination. Dystopian
A dystopian society is a place where everything in the world is unpleasant and dehumanizing. Recently, there have been many examples of dystopian societies such as The Hunger Games, Uglies and the Divergent series. However, one of the most famous dystopian novels, 1984, was written in 1949 by George Orwell. A lot of the recent dystopian novels have been influenced by Orwell’s writing however they have their own looks on it. 1984 and Divergent are similarities in the way they categorize people, however