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Discovering and exploring the ideas of the dystopian novelThe Dystopian Novel

Dys- - word-forming element meaning "bad, ill, abnormal," from Greekdys-, inseparable prefixUtopian - modeled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic.Dystopian - a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding

Defining the terms

Possesses a sense of self and individualityQuestions the society in which they live; often questions their own thoughts, causing dichotomous thinkingDissenting ideas causes them to feel discontent and trapped within their societysometimes this is literalKnows that something is wrong with the society in which they live

The dystopian hero

Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games)Snowman (Oryx and Crake)Tris Prior (Divergent)Winston Smith (1984)Alex (A Clockwork Orange)Guy Montag (Fahrenheit 451)Thomas (The Maze Runner)Ralph (Lord of the Flies)Josef K. (The Trial)Jan Rodricks (Childhoods End)???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgr2tLYYha4Examples of the Dystopian Hero

a future society where independent thought and freedom is controlledthere is an allusion of utopiadissent and individual thought is thought to be a threat to the utopiathere is a controlling force that is in power (bureaucratic, technological, religious, corporal) propaganda is used as a subliminal tool to control the thoughts and ideas of the citizens

Dystopian society

privacy is not a luxury that can be enjoyed by the citizens, as "Big Brother" is watching their every move (usually to make sure there are no dissenters who may threaten the status quo)

Dystopian Society continued

Oceania constant war, omnipresent government who controls citizens thoughts with propaganda; Big BrotherIndependent thinking is considered thoughtcrimedoublethink believing two contradictory ideas as truth; opposite of cognitive dissonance which is the intellectual conflict of two contradictory ideas doublespeak making a repugnant idea more palatable with euphemism (naming of the ministries)1984 the model for the Orwellian Novel"1984" and Orwellianism