GOVERNMENT & POWER
This is the leader or ruling body that controls the society in most dystopian texts.
What is the regime (or government)?
Most dystopian settings take place in this period of time.
What is the future?
This is the most common type of conflict in dystopian fiction.
What is individual versus society?
Dystopian texts are usually written to do this for readers.
What is warn society?
Finish the quotation:
"Big Brother is ______."
What is "watching you"?
Instead of using violence alone, governments often manipulate citizens through this carefully controlled information.
What is propaganda?
This type of city is often overcrowded, polluted and dominated by technology.
What is a futuristic metropolis?
This conflict occurs when a character struggles with their own beliefs and decisions.
What is internal conflict?
Many dystopian stories warn against giving governments too much of this.
What is power?
Finish the quotation:
"All animals are equal, but..."
What is "...some animals are more equal than others."?
This method encourages citizens to report suspicious behaviour, even if it means betraying friends or family.
What is informing (or surveillance and citizen monitoring)?
A setting filled with ruined buildings, abandoned streets and environmental destruction creates this mood.
What is despair (or hopelessness)?
The protagonist often faces this difficult choice: obey the government or ________.
What is rebel (or resist)?
Artificial intelligence, social media and facial recognition are modern concerns that often inspire this genre.
What is dystopian fiction?
This quotation best represents censorship:
"It was a pleasure to burn."
Which novel is it from?
What is Fahrenheit 451?
Dystopian governments often rewrite history for this purpose
What is to control people's understanding of the past and maintain power?
This is why setting is so important in dystopian fiction.
What is it reflects society's problems, creates atmosphere and reinforces the warning?
This is why rebellion is almost always dangerous in dystopian fiction.
What is because the government has overwhelming power and punishes dissent severely?
This is why dystopian stories remain relevant decades after they are written.
What is because many of their warnings continue to apply to changing societies?
This idea is represented by the quotation:
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four."
What is truth, freedom of thought or individuality?
This is why governments in dystopian fiction fear independent thinkers.
What is because critical thinkers question authority, inspire rebellion and threaten the stability of the regime?
Two features of a dystopian setting and how they influence the characters.
Any two of the following:
This is how conflict helps communicate the author's warning about society.
What is because the protagonist's struggles expose the dangers of oppression, conformity and abuse of power?
One modern issue that could become the basis of a dystopian novel.
Any one of the following:
This convention would be included in your world and would reinforce the central warning of how truth can be manipulated in any dystopian story.
What is government propaganda? (It distorts truth so that language can be used as a weapon)