GL+2013+P4+Dystopia



Lilly: Historical

Dystopia is the opposite of a utopia; therefore, it is a place that people live in that have a terrible society. One website stated, “Dystopian fiction has been around for a long time; interesting enough, it was an offshoot of utopian fiction which started growing in popularity in the 1900’s” (dystopian fiction). The actual term of a dystopian society became in the 18th century. A dystopian society has many problems that make it not a utopia.A dystopian society is shown as a savage land because of their actions. Dystopians are scavengers that will do anything to beat another, and survive. Several novels are based on a dystopian society. An example of this is After London by Richard Jefferies. The novel was published after the Holocaust, and it was about what happened during the period of the time of the Holocaust.

“Dystopian Fiction;A Brief History.” //Literary Exploration//. N.p. 2013. Web. 13 Nov, 2013.

“Dystopia.” //Passagen//. N.p.Web. 13 Nov, 2013.

Catherine: Cultural In modern day, the end of the world is thought of often and is expressed in many different ways in fictional books and in the world itself, altogether shifting the overall opinion on what is right versus what is wrong. In many of the aforementioned fictional books, the dystopian standpoint of the end of the world is used to “make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system”(ReadWriteThink). With this stance on a fictional dystopian society, it influences the culture of the world. In all of the post-apocalyptic/dystopian fictional writing, the books influence the thoughts on certain political views and current normalities. It makes the reader take a step back and actually evaluate their own society compared to the dystopian version in the novel. Modern culture has hence been influenced by this because the people have a different view on what is right and wrong, and what could potentially lead the world to disaster. The tension of the lingering thought of disaster has had a huge impact on the modern day mindset of what is really living and safe, versus what could lead us to one of the societies in the books. This mindset has influenced many to look at society in a whole different manner.

Works Cited

"Dystopia." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Nov. 2013. Web. 14 Nov. 2013.

"Dystopias: Definitions and Characteristics." ReadWriteThink. NCTE, 2006. Web. 14 Nov. 2013.



Sarah Wilson: Audience

Dystopia is a world with no hope nothing to look forward to; a world with hunger starvation. In a dystopia its every man for himself fight to stay alive. The definition is a “society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding” ( Dystopia) . In literature authors often write about a dystopian world to give a sense of a world that is nothing like the one the audience lives in. “ Dystopian is a form of writing in a bleak way, with a corrupt world and the opposite of "Utopia" (a perfect world)” (What Is The Purpose of English Dystopian Literature). The audience sometimes feels bad for the people live in the dystopian because they are often struggling to stay alive. They react in a way that shows they care about the characters the audience feels the characters agony and pain. Dystopian worlds or lands are not a place the ordinary person would want to life in.

"Dystopia." Dictionary.Web. 13 Nov, 2013.

"What Is The Purpose of English Dystopian Literature?" All Articles RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2013.



Kristina: AIM

The definition of Dystopia is that it is the opposite of Utopia. Dystopia is also where if people don't have rules or what they want they go crazy. Dystopia is “ if a singer doesn't have music that would be bad because they would be able to sing”. Dystopia needs to aim for people living in a perfect place like Utopia. Dystopia also needs to have a government and they also need to tell people what they can or cannot do. Dystopia has people going around shooting people and they don't have people ruling them.People need to have someone in control so they should aim for getting a government and also need to get one person that runs them. If there is a Dystopia country then they better get to work on trying to make it better and trying to make it like all of the other countries. There should never be Dystopian countries all of the countries need to be equal.

Work cited

“Dystopia”Merriam-Webster. Web 15 Nov, 2013

 “Dystopia” Dissent Dystopia and the End of Politics. Web 15 Nov, 2013