Over the course of this class, we have analyzed multiple dystopias in regard to movies, readings, and short films to try to find an actual definition. To define a dystopia I will say it is a place that appears to be normal at first glance but has multiple forms of Continue reading
After watching the interview with Edward Snowden everything that he stated was blunt and honest in regards to the state of privacy in the United States. I like to think that history repeats itself every 100 years so we are living a replay of the past 100 years. You would Continue reading
The Purge was the movie I chose to watch and which I will review as a dystopia. One way this movie can be viewed as a dystopia is by the government being able to control what is going on. The “purge” only occurred being that the government had something to Continue reading
Based on my knowledge I do think that the American higher education system is a dystopia. In my opinion, college is a scam and if you are not trying to become a lawyer or a doctor there is no point in going. There are multiple reasons as to why I Continue reading
Fascism is a type of autocratic government power that I wished died in the 1900s but still exists today which can be viewed differently by multiple persons. I say that it can be viewed differently being that in the past we had rulers like Hitler and Mussolini, that had extreme Continue reading
This will not be the first time that we have all worked in groups to get an assignment done so I am fairly comfortable with group assignments. Being that group assignments are becoming more of a normal thing I have been able to work well with others. Group assignments have Continue reading
Many faces of oppression still exist in America today that continuously go unnoticed. The five faces of oppression that we focused on in our readings for this week were exploitation, marginalization, violence, powerlessness, and cultural imperialism. The main ones which I feel have impacted society in America are violence, marginalization, and powerlessness. As I have learned oppression is defined as the exercise Continue reading
To sum up an accurate definition of the term dystopia based on my prior knowledge, I would say it is the opposite of a society that is perfect or ideal and can be viewed as a society that is corrupt. My justification for this definition is based on prior knowledge Continue reading
