Solo Talks
Introduction
“District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.”
The Hunger Games
Society is divided into 5 factions based upon people's dispositions, those who don't fit in are considered a threat.
Divergent
Oppress
keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority.
Utopia
an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
latin for "no-place"
Participation
Asking constructive questions at the end. Or, if the speaker asks for audience participation.
“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”
1984
The book seems to be about an alien planet controlled by intelligent monkeys, but it turns out to be about a future Earth where humans have been usurped by other primates.
Planet of the Apes
Dystopia
an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic.
Apocalypse
an event involving destruction or damage on a catastrophic scale.
Projection
i.e. Vocal Projection, making your voice clearer and louder.
"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others."
Animal Farm
The nation is controlled by religious fundamentalists who place severe restrictions on women's rights.
A Handmaid's Tale
Totallitarian
relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
Propaganda
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
Bibliography
a list of the books referred to in a scholarly work.
“Remember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord.”
Fahrenheit 451
A Utopian society has eliminated pain, although one person is designated as the Receiver of Memory
The Giver
Indoctrinate
teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically.
Orwellian
characteristic of the writings of George Orwell, especially with reference to his dystopian account of a future totalitarian state in Nineteen Eighty-Four
“A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere. As long as it stays inside the maze.”
A handmaid's Tale
Students are forced to engage in deadly televised battles as a means of keeping the population under the control of a Japanese police state.
Battle Royale