Dystopia is a fictional society or community that has terrible living conditions and it can also have oppression and injustice for the citizens. The reason why my definition changed over the semester is because I had to analyze several short essays and I learned a lot from the voice threads. Continue reading
Growing up in the 2010s, the dystopian genre was all the rage. The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Maze Runner were released as movies, what felt like, back-to-back (among others), and they were all received so well by the public. The movies were great, sure, but the books were enthralling, nuanced, Continue reading
A dystopia is a fictional society in which individuals live dreadful and sad lives filled with injustice and fear. Within a dystopian society, the environment is usually painted with a dark and gloomy setting. It usually involves people going through hardship and constant depression. My favorite example of a dystopia Continue reading
Dystopia – A hypothetical universe in which moral or dictatorial authority maintains oppressive societal control to promote a flawless society. To recognize a dystopia, one must simply look upon the reality that is our current world. We have somehow tricked ourselves into thinking that a dystopia is only seen when the world is doused in Continue reading
Based on my experience with books, film, and reality, I would define dystopia as a society in which the treatment of its people is poor and can be overcrowded, this is usually run by a group of people in a government who profit off the misfortunes of the society. I Continue reading
