1. DYSTOPIAN SOCIETY

2. An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
What is UTOPIA
An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
The word was first used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More

4. What is Dystopia?

5. How would you define Dystopia
An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one.

6. Popular Dystopian Stories
1984
Brave New World
Fahrenheit 451
The Hunger Games

7. We will review 8 common traits seen in Dysopic literature
Dystopic Traits
We will review 8 common traits seen in Dysopic literature
Take notes on the chart provided.

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

9. Definition: total absence of social groups other than the “state”
Examples
independent religion is notable because of omittance
family is attacked: the hostility to motherhood

10. 3. Nature
Definition: characters are isolated from the natural world
Example: conditioned to fear nature
4. Political
Definition: Government asserts power over citizens
Examples:- flawed in some way—portrayed as oppressive
- filled with pessimistic views of the ruling class—rules with an “iron fist”

11. 6. The Hero: Definition: state is in control of the economy
5. Economic
Definition: state is in control of the economy
Examples: -black market—items banned or seen as contraband
- often privatization in businesses
6. The Hero:
Definition: protagonist questions society— intuition
Example: Escape or Rebel

12. 7. Conflict
Definition: societal group somewhere not under control of state
8. Climax:
Definition: Emotional high
Example: can be unresolved
- death or reeducation/conformity

13. Central Themes in Fahrenheit 451
Censorship usurps the individual’s right to make choices and discover the consequences of one’s own actions.
A society that does not value knowledge is unmotivated, dangerous and potentially violent.
A life without critical thinking and goals is meaningless and unsatisfying.

14. Central Themes continued
Replacing relationships with technologically advanced machines is perilous to an individual’s personal development.
A person’s identity is created through a combination of one’s actions and beliefs.
Wisdom and knowledge play a pivotal role in the development of a society of free-thinkers.
Personal freedom should not be sacrificed in the interest of greater security.