Movies
A televised fight to the death forces teenagers to compete in a brutal arena controlled by a powerful government.
The Hunger Games
This Imagine Dragons hit is about surviving in a ruined world and became hugely popular in the 2010s.
Clue:Tjernobyl
Radioactive
This term describes an imagined society where there is great suffering, oppression, or injustice.
Dystopioa
Who wrote Animal Farm?
George Orwell
In a future society divided into factions based on personality traits, one girl discovers she doesn’t fit into just one group.
Divergent
This Irish rock song protests violence in Northern Ireland and repeatedly mentions “in your head....”
Zombie
This is the opposite of a dystopia — an ideal society where everything is perfect.
Utopia
In Animal Farm, what type of animals lead the rebellion?
The Pigs
A group of teenagers is trapped inside a giant maze with no memory of how they got there, and must find a way out.
The Maze Runner
This Rihanna song is about paranoia and losing control
Clue: Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum
Disturbia
What characteristics define a dystopian protagonist?
Often feels Trapped
Questions the existing social and political systems
Believes of feels that something is terribly wrong with the society in which he or she lives.
This farm is the main setting of the story before and after the rebellion.
Manor Farm
A skilled thief enters people’s dreams to steal secrets, but is given a task to plant an idea instead.
Inception
Often mistaken for a love song, this track is actually about obsession and surveillance, repeating “I’ll be watching you.”
Every Breath You Take
Types of Dystopian Controls
Corporate control
Bureaucratic control
Technological control
Philosophical/religious control
This slogan from the animals shows their belief in equality before it becomes corrupted.
“All animals are equal”
A team of explorers travels through a wormhole in space to find a new home for humanity as Earth becomes uninhabitable.
Har du aldrig set Interstellar?!
This haunting song is sung by Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and became a symbol of rebellion.
Clue:Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Hanging tree
From which language does the word “dystopia” originate?
Greek
Animal Farm is often interpreted as a critique of this political ideology.
Communism