Dystopia (plot)
Animals decide to create their own society but it slowly becomes a cruel dictatorship
Animal Farm
Author of Animal Farm
George Orwell
Definition of dystopia
A place or state that is “too bad to be practicable“.
An imagined state or society in which there is great suffering and injustice. Typically one that is totalitarian.
to be watched all the time through cameras and microphones, removing any sense of privacy
surveillance
Teenagers from poor districts are forced to fight to the death in a televised event
The Hunger Games
in a totalitarian future, the government watches everyone all the time.
1984
Author of 1984
George Orwell
coined the word ”utopia”
Thomas More
device used by the government to control all news, television and information so citizens only hear one approved story
propaganda
humanity lives in a simulated reality created by a race of intelligence machines
Books are banned and burned. A fireman begins to question this controlled world and its rules
Fahrenheit 451
Author of Hunger Games
Susan Collins
Coined the world “dystopia”
John Stuart Mill
banning or destroying materials to stop people from learning dangerous ideas
Censorship
The Maze Runner
women lose all rights and are forced into roles
The Handmaid’s Tale
Author of Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
definition of totalitarianism
political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority
Conformity
society is divided into five factions based on personality traits and this who don’t fit into any one are ostracised
Divergent
a future world where people are engineered and controlled to stay happy and obedient
Brave New World
Author of The Handmaid’s Tale
Margaret Atwood
When was the world ”dystopia” first used?
1868
use of fear, lies or even drugs by the government to make people blindly obey and stop questioning authority. The word is related to the brain.
brainwashing
a boy lives in a perfectly controlled community with no pain, no colours and no memories until he is chosen to receive all of humanity’s past experiences
The Giver