Theme: The types of novel in American literature: Dystopian novel What is a dystopia? Answer


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ANSWERS: intermarriage, social integration, segregation, and genocide.

  1. elements of a dystopian society

ANSWERS: -a totalitarian government
-propaganda used to control the citizens of society
-information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted
-figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society
-citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance
-citizens have a fear of the outside world
-citizens live in a dehumanized state
-natural world is banished and distrusted
-citizens conform to uniform expectations
-individuality is bad
-the society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.


  1. Dystopia is..

ANSWERS: the opposite of utopia, which means perfect society
an imperfect society
characteristics of a dystopian protagonist

  1. characteristics of a dystopian protagonist

ANSWERS: -often feels trapped and is struggling to escape
-questions the existing social and political systems
-believes or feels that something is terribly wrong with the society in which he or she lives
-helps the audience recognize the negative aspects of the dystopian world through his or her perspective.

  1. corporate control

ANSWERS: one or more large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or media. examples include minority report and running man.

  1. bureaucratic control

ANSWERS: society is controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials. examples in film include Brazil.

  1. technological control

ANSWERS: society is controlled by technology-through computers, robots, and /or scientific means. examples include the matrix, the terminator, and i, robot.


  1. philosophical/religious control

ANSWERS: society is controlled by philosophical or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic government.

  1. fantasy vs reality

ANSWERS: feelies, soma holidays vs John's view of the world-state

  1. dystopian author tone

ANSWERS: prophetic
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