Dystopia Essays

Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451 are two novels, both set in the future, which have numerous similarities throughout them. Of all their common factors, those that stand out most would have to be: first, the outlawed reading of books; second, the superficial preservation of beauty and happiness; and third, …

1. Compare the story “Super Toys Last All Summer Long” with the movie Artificial Intelligence. Do they use the same symbols? Do they have the same themes? Explain why or why not. Adapting literature for the big screen is a risky process, and can yield great results as well as …

Throughout the book Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag changes from a relatively “typical” fireman who follows the laws of his society into a person who challenges the laws and eventually becomes an “outcast”. In the book Clarisse McClellan, the 17-years old girl, questions Montag about his life now and the life …

“Over the main entrance the words, Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Center, and in a shield the World State’s motto, Community, Identity, Stability.” (Huxley,1) As Brave New World opens, the ideas of this motto initially seems like a decent idea. As the book develops I found there is no community, …

Over a period of time sci-fi authors and composers have presented their texts and films using cautionary tales of our soon to be dystopic society. They use informing techniques to instil the fear of a futuristic dystopic society into the minds of readers and viewers. These authors and composers also …

Animal Farm Dystopia Humans are just as bad as animals, or is it the other way around? True equality between societies can never be accomplished because of true human nature leads societies to become dystopias. Animal Farm by George Orwell is the perfect example of a dystopia for three main …