Elements
Harrison Bergeron
Wall-E
Satirical Tools
Potpourri
100
The main character often does this against those in power.
Rebels; Fights back
100
Name one handicap that is assigned to a character and why.
Answers will vary
100
Name the three protagonists of the story
Wall-E, Eve, Captain
100
This weighs a million tons
Exaggeration/Hyperbole
100
Dystopian novels are often set in this time period.
Future
200
______________ is used to prevent independent thought or to “brainwash” citizens.
Propaganda
200
Kurt Vonnegut creates conflict in the future by making everyone this
Equal
200
Classify the type of control that is used over the society in Wall-E.
Technological
200
When your computer crashes the night before a major essay is due, and you say, "We have a small problem here."
Understatement
200
A perfect place and the opposite of a dystopia
Utopia
300
_______________ is instilled through a threat of __________________
Fear and Violence
300
We know that Harrison is above average in many ways because he wears a lot of these
Handicaps
300
What illusion of a perfect society is depicted in this film? What do we see as the drawbacks of this society?
The Cruise Ship Lifestyle, Technology all the time, Everyone the same, Being carried around everywhere
Answers will vary (People don't know how to walk, or think for themselves, etc.)
300
Ralph wakes up late and thinks he is going to be late to school. After rushing around to get dressed, he realizes it is Saturday.
Situational irony
300
Dystopia is a subset of which genre?
Science Fiction
400
Society is ____________________ or under prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control
oppressed
400
Who is Harrison in conflict with?
*100 Bonus Points for a specific name*
The Government
Diana Moon Glampers- The Handicapper General
400
What current trend, societal norm, or political system is exaggerated in this film?
Pollution, Too much technology, Laziness
400
Anachronism
400
There are this many different types of control found in Dystopian novels. Name three of them.
Corporate, Bureaucratic, Religious, Technological
500
____________ or any act of _______________ is deemed undesirable or even considered to be a criminal act.
originality
nonconformity
500
In Harrison Bergeron this is the year.
2081
500
Explain how information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted. Instead, propaganda (biased or misleading information) is used to control the citizens of society.
Answers will vary
500
The two classifications of satire. One is more light-hearted and the other is mean-spirited
Horatian and Juvenalian
500
This is an example of what kind of satirical tool?
Travesty