Theme: The types of novel in American literature: Dystopian novel What is a dystopia? Answer
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ANSWER: Citizens live under harsh control by government, technology, or corporation. The truth is often kept secret. It takes place after an apocalyptic event. No individuality, citizens strictly follow expectations. Dehumanizes citizens, illusion of perfect society. Main character questions society.
What are the two most common ways dystopias are created in stories? ANSWER: Society adopts a form of government or gives power to corporation/technology/belief in order to solve real problems and create a perfect society. Often times, the system becomes oppressive, unjust, and inhumane. Or, It is created after an apocalyptic event that destroys society and those that live are forced to adopt extreme policies in order to ensure survival. Government/technology/corporation has control after disaster but becomes oppressive. Why do you think fictional utopias always tend to go horribly wrong and become dystopias? ANSWER: People can never be controlled, and a perfect society can always go wrong. Perfection can never be achieved. People's minds will forever wonder about the what if's of their societies, which leads to finding out how wrong it actually is. Why do you think fictional survivors of an apocalypse always seem to end up creating dystopian societies? ANSWER: The apocalypse changed the way people think; it can cause severe trauma, and people may accept drastic measures of control if they believe it is necessary to prevent it from happening again. common themes in dystopian literature: ANSWER: 1. The danger of a particular government. 2. the importance of knowledge and truth 3. the danger of a particular policy. 4. the danger of allowing one group to have too much power 5. the importance of free will and individuality. 6. the danger of technology 7. the danger of desensitization. 8. the importance of humanity 9. the danger of human nature Why does the way in which a fictional dystopia was created affect the possible themes of the story? ANSWER: The themes are often the lessons that are learned after reading a dystopian novel. The reasoning behind each dystopia is different; the way it was destroyed affects the theme that develops. idealization of colonized society may have stemmed partially from... ANSWER: a sense of guilt and a desire to distinguish tribal cultures as "others" in order to further distance colonists from the colonized. a noble savage is.. ANSWER: someone from a primitive culture who is supposedly uncorrupted by contact with society. the concept of a noble savage first arose from.. ANSWER: the Ancient Greeks and Romans. pinnacle in the 18th century of Pliny and Ovid's glorification of primitive cultures is called.. Download 12.32 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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