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Dystopia: The Truth Behind the Story

  By dbookman January 27, 2023 - 22:29 January 27, 2023 Definition

My working definition of “Dystopia” is a satirical world or society that challenges us to reflect on the weaknesses of our present society. I chose this definition after reading books and watching movies like “The Giver”, “The Hunger Games”, and “The Maze Runner”. According to Merriam-Webster.com, a dystopia is an Continue reading

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Defining Dystopias

  By nhawkin2 January 27, 2023 - 17:24 January 28, 2023 Definition

I think that there are a lot of different ways we can look at the word dystopia. As we learned in our first lecture, the word dystopia literally translates to mean “bad place”. With this literal definition we must then think, what makes a place bad and who is it Continue reading

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Dystopia: an inhuman society?

  By ibuskin January 15, 2022 - 14:43 February 4, 2022 Definition

Based on my experience with books and movies, I would define dystopia to be somewhat of an apocalyptic society or a place where everything is desensitized and inhumane. This is my definition of the word because when I first thought of a dystopia after reading the textbook definition I immediately Continue reading

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