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Dystopia. Images of a Future. Dystopia Defined . A futuristic, imagined world with oppressive societal control and illusion of a perfect society - maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological , moral, or totalitarian control - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
DystopiaImages of a Future
Dystopia Defined • A futuristic, imagined world with oppressive societal control
and illusion of a perfect society- maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control
- through exaggerated worst-case scenario, makes a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or
political system
Type of Dystopian Controls
CORPORATE CONTROL
1+ large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or the media. Examples include Minority Report
Bureaucratic controlSociety controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials
Technological Control• Society is
controlled by technology—through computers, robots, and/or scientific means.
Philosophical/Religious Control
Society is controlled by philosophical or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic government.
Characteristics of a Dystopian Society
1) Propaganda used to control the citizens of society.
2) Information, independent thought,
freedom are restricted.
3) A figurehead or concept is worshipped by citizens of the society.
4) Citizens live in a dehumanized state.
5) The natural world is banished and distrusted.
Syme was not only dead, he was abolished, an unperson.
1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four)Part 2, Chapter 6.
6) Citizens conform to uniform expectations.
Individuality and dissent are bad.
7) The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.
8) Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance.
9) Citizens have a fear of the outside world.
The Dystopian Protagonist • 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 recognizes the negative aspects of the dystopian world through his or her perspective.
Brave New World• Allegory: device in which characters or events
represent or symbolize ideas and concepts• Totalitarian rule: The 1920s and 30s saw rise
of totalitarian leaders: • Joseph Stalin in Russia• Benito Mussolini in Italy• Adolph Hitler in Germany• charismatic leaders who would rule by fear and
force
What is Totalitarianism?- the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever necessary.
Themes in the Novel• Technology• Totalitarianism• Individualism• Consumerism• Happiness – what it is and how to
achieve it
The willingness to exchange freedom for
• security
• FREE STUFF
• “SAVE THE CHILDREN”
• The illusion of happiness defined by someone else
• So you don’t have to think about anything bad.