Dystopian Fiction
What is a dystopia?
A bad society; the bad place
Who is the protagonist?
Thomas
What does mal mean?
Bad
What is Edgar Allan Poe known for?
Writing gothic/scary stories and poems.
The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, Annabelle Lee, The Cask of Amontillado...
aeropuerto
(Spanish)
airport
What is a utopia?
A perfect society; no place
What is the setting? Be thorough!
The Glade and Maze, in the future, in a society with only teenage boys who enter the Glade once per month with no memories.
What does grat mean?
Thankful
What is the most commonly stolen book?
The Bible
Godmorgen
(Danish)
Good morning
Give an example of a dystopian fiction novel OTHER than The Maze Runner.
Name one difference between the movie and the book.
Many possible answers!
What does rupt mean?
To break
What is Emily Dickenson known for writing?
(Short stories, poems, essays, novels, newspaper articles, etc.)
Poems
La musica è fantastica.
(Italian)
The music is fantastic.
Name and define one element of a dystopia.
Control, fear, surveillance, illusion of a utopia, advanced technology, loss of freedom, restriction of information...
Where in the Glade is the Box?
In the middle.
What does voc mean?
To call
What language is English most closely related to?
German
Der Hund ist braun.
(German)
The dog is brown.
Why do authors write dystopias?
To warn people about what might happen if we keep making the same mistakes; to comment on bad things that are happening now.
In the book, what is the second job Thomas tries out?
Track hoe (farmer)
What does the root capit mean?
Captain - the leader or the head of the team
Capital - the head city of a state
Decapitate - to cut someone's head off
Head
What is the name of the following punctuation mark?
‽
Interrobang
Avec la liberté et la justice pour tous.
(French)
With liberty and justice for all.