Snowpiercer starring Chris Evans is a suspenseful, action filled film in which we get to witness a bloody revolt against an oppressive class system. The movie displays a dystopian world in which Earth has frozen over, and the extreme cold has exterminated nearly all of humanity. The last few living Continue reading
Divergent is a film about a 16-year-old named Beatrice Prior who lives in a dystopian version of Chicago. Their society is broken into five factions: Erudite, Abnegation, Dauntless, Amity, and Candor. Beatrice, along with all other 16-year-olds in their society take a test to see which faction they will spend Continue reading
In the 1999 film, The Matrix, the birth artificial intelligence led to the downfall of the human race. In efforts to stop technology from taking over, humans manipulated the skies to prevent it from getting any more solar power. The technology found a new source of power, using human bodies Continue reading
Divergent is a movie about a dystopian Chicago. The city has broken into five factions: Abnegation(selfless), Amity(peaceful), Candor(honesty), Erudite(intellectual), and Dauntless(brave). These factions each rule important parts of every day life and straying from these set factions is not welcome. The main character,Beatrice Prior (born into Abnegation), undergoes a coming Continue reading
High School students, with intentions on going to college, complete their senior year in hopes for new beginnings. They hope to learn more about their craft, themselves, make lifetime memories with strangers, gain freedom, and grow (in all senses of the word.) However, no college pamphlet a teenager receives can Continue reading
To a certain extent, I do believe that University is a dystopian society: the school system and the school itself. The part of the definition of a dystopian society that stands out to me the most is that the people live “depressingly wretched lives under some form of oppression.” The Continue reading
Some ideas that I have for what we should start doing is a weekly recap for the work that we have done for the week and more independent work when speaking about our experiences with our readings. I would like to see a more organized method of how we relate Continue reading
I personally am satisfied with how the class is being conducted. I like that we have small group discussions much more often than lectures. Unlike my other courses, this course is much more student led. It allows every student’s voice to be heard. Although some of the class days do Continue reading
1. Dery’s “Black to the Future” is an essay that analyzes the question as to why so few African Americans have pursued science fiction as a genre of literary writing. The essay discusses how science fiction is a pulp genre excluded out of the American literary canon, essentially equating to Continue reading
Throughout this course it has been clear that the objective is trying to figure if dystopias are real or not. Whereas others view the definition of a dystopia as an imaginary place that is in its worst possible position and offers oppression, control, and mental captivity amongst it citizens, I Continue reading
