1. Dystopian societies

2. quotes Similes? Polysyndeton?
What else do you notice about Bradbury’s style?

4. Society: most impose severe social restrictions on community members
social stratification: social class is strictly defined and enforced
ruthless egalitarian
repression of the intellectual

5. Social Groups: total absence of social groups other than the “state”
A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society—no independent religion
Family is attacked: the hostility to motherhood
Citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad.

6. Political: Government asserts power over citizens
Flawed in some way—portrayed as oppressive
Filled with pessimistic views of the ruling class— rules with an “iron fist”
Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society

7. Other characteristics
The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.
Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted.
The natural world is banished and distrusted.

8. Types of control
Corporate Control: One or more large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or the media. Examples include Minority Report and Running Man.
Bureaucratic Control: Society is controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials.

9. Types of control
Technological control: Society is controlled by technology—through computers, robots, and/or scientific means. Examples include The Matrix, The Terminator, and I, Robot.
Philosophical/religious control: Society is controlled by philosophical or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic government.

10. How is Montag’s world portrayed as a utopia?
today
How is Montag’s world portrayed as a utopia?
Find examples—quotes—that clue us in to the fact that Montag is living in a dystopia and NOT a utopia.
Who represents the dystopia? What part of the dystopia do they represent?