Throughout the semester my view on what a dystopia is has broadened. My new definition of a dystopia is a world or society where people are constantly oppressed and live fearful, dehumanized lives. Citizens in dystopian films are in tyrannical governments and have control over anything. Dystopia can be explained Continue reading
I don’t necessarily agree with Kim Stanley Robinsons’s idea of overcoming a dystopia. I think many individuals that live through a dystopia always carry a tiny bit of hope in overcoming the obstacle but that doesn’t solve it. Facing reality of their situations will make an individual react in an Continue reading
I don’t believe religion is the complete answer to defeating a dystopia. Religion allows individuals the opportunity to feel they can conquer whatever they are up against. If religion is not something that a certain person has believed in from day one, I don’t think it could even help them Continue reading
I agree with Edwards Snowden’s views on the government invading the privacy of citizens without consent through the use of our phones. Although the phone companies and the government try and reason for tracking citizens phones, an invasion of privacy is still illegal. We purchase our devices in hope that Continue reading
Mad Max Fury Road is taken place in this post apocalyptic desert waste world where all of the natural resources are scarce, destroyed and no humanity is present. It captures the excessive use of violence and introduces many dystopian aspects. Throughout the entire film violence is depicted and it is Continue reading
Higher education can be considered many things, but is it so bad it can be considered our modern dystopia? Higher education is something we have to go through just to achieve the comfortable life we want with no worries. College definitely has some similarities to dystopias, like the money and Continue reading
I believe a democratic government is the least dystopian type of government a society can have. This is the sort of government the United States currently possess. A democratic government allows citizens to have a say so in what happens locally and nationally. It permits citizens to make their own Continue reading
My past experiences with group assignments varies between grim and adequate incidents. The good side of working in a group we are able to bounce our ideas off of one another and get feedback on the topic to perfect it. This helps with the betterment of the project. Another upside Continue reading
A dystopia is a society that is flawed and not ideal. The meaning is not based upon complete fearful and dehumanized lives. A dystopian life is a society or lifestyle that shows the imperfections in humans and the government. Many individuals refer to the perfect society, Utopia, as the complete Continue reading
