Transcript UTOPIA vs. DYSTOPIA

Analyzing the differences
UTOPIA VS. DYSTOPIA
UTOPIA
• A place, state, or condition that is
ideally perfect in respect of
politics, laws, customs, and
conditions.
• The perfect world.
UPTOPIA VS. DYSTOPIA
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UTOPIA
DIRECTIONS: Spend the next 7-10
minutes free-writing in your reader’s
notebook and creating a “perfect” world
25 years from now. What would it look
like? What would people be doing or
allowed to do? What technology could
people take advantage of (maybe it’s not
invented yet). Keep it school
appropriate.
UTOPIA VS. DYSTOPIA
DYSTOPIA:
1. A futuristic, imagined universe in which
oppressive societal control and the illusion of a
perfect society are maintained through control
of:
• Corporations
• Bureaucracies,
• Technology,
• Morals, or
• Totalitarian people.
Bureaucracy:
A large group of people who run a
government or company and are not
elected to do so. They have complicated
rules and ways of doing things.
MORALS:
What is right and wrong regarding
human behavior.
Totalitarian:
Controlling the people of a country in a
very strict way with complete power that
cannot be opposed. This is similar to a
dictatorship.
EXAMPLES: List one or two examples from
history or current day world politics that
are examples of a totalitarian government.
DYSTOPIAS
2.
Dystopias, through an
exaggerated worst-case
scenario, make a criticism
about a current trend,
societal norm, or political
system.
DYSTOPIAS
Propaganda is used to control the
citizens of society.
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PROPAGANDA:
The art of persuasion intended to make
us accept things without analyzing
them.
Uses emotion and avoids critical
thinking.
DYSTOPIA CHARACTERISTICS
• Information, independent thought,
and freedom are restricted.
• A figurehead or concept is
worshipped by the citizens of the
society.
• Citizens are perceived to be under
constant surveillance.
DYSTOPIA CHARACTERISTICS
• Citizens have a fear of the outside
world.
• Citizens live in a dehumanized
state.
• The natural world is banished and
distrusted
DYSTOPIA CHARACTERISTICS
• Citizens conform to uniform
expectations. Individuality and
dissent are bad.
• The society is an illusion of a
perfect utopian world.
TYPES OF DYSTOPIAN CONTROLS
1. Corporate control:
One or more large corporations
control society through products,
advertising, and/or the media.
2. Bureaucratic control:
Society is controlled by a mindless
bureaucracy through a tangle of red
tape, relentless regulations, and
incompetent government officials.
3. Technological control:
Society is controlled by technology—
through computers, robots, and/or
scientific means. Examples include
The Matrix and The Terminator.
4.
Philosophical/religious control:
Society is controlled by
philosophical or religious
ideology often enforced through
a dictatorship or theocratic
government.
DYSTOPIAN PROTAGONIST
• often feels trapped and is
struggling to escape.
• questions the existing social
and political systems.
DYSTOPIAN PROTAGONIST
• believes or feels that
something is terribly wrong
with the society in which he or
she lives.
• helps the audience recognizes
the negative aspects of the
dystopian world through his or
her perspective.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqP4p7xLcGA
HUNGER GAMES TRAILER
DIVERGENT TRAILER
DYSTOPIAN BOOK TALKS
1. LIST ANY CURRENT TRENDS
THAT COULD LEAD TO THE
ILLUSION OF A PERFECT WORLD
AND OPPRESSIVE SOCIAL
CONTROL.
2. LIST ANY SOCIETAL NORMS THAT
COULD LEAD TO THE ILLUSION OF A
PERFECT WORLD AND OPPRESSIVE
SOCIAL CONTROL.
3. LIST ANY POLITICAL SYSTEMS
THAT COULD LEAD TO THE
ILLUSION OF A PERFECT WORLD
AND OPPRESSIVE SOCIAL
CONTROL.
PICK ONE ITEM WE HAVE MENTIONED
AND FREEWRITE FOR 7-10 MINUTES
ABOUT THE TOPIC.
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How does it impact society – good or
bad?
What could the future hold if the
world keeps moving forward without
any change?
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