Control

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What does it mean to control someone or something?

• Who or what controls you as an

individual?
• Who or what do you control?
• Who or what controls society?
 Control​
Discuss these quotations. What do they suggest about
control? Do you agree or disagree with them? Why?
Cite examples.
 Dystopian Literature​
What do these books all have in common?
 Dystopia​
Dystopia (noun)
- an imagined place or state in which everything is
unpleasant or bad.

Antonym (opposite): utopia - an imagined

place where everything is perfect.

Question: why do people want to read

about/watch dystopian worlds?
 Conventions of Dystopian Fiction​
Draw this mind map in your notebooks.
As we watch the film trailers, add your ideas
about the conventions of dystopian fiction.

Settings
Characters

Dystopian
Fiction
Society Technology
 Conventions of Dystopian Fiction​
How many of these points did you cover?
Characteristics of a Dystopian Society
• Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society.
• Information, independent thought and freedom are restricted.
• A leader/concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society.
• Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance.
• Citizens have a fear of the outside world.
• Citizens live in a dehumanized state.
• The natural world is banished and distrusted.
• Citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad.
• The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.
The Dystopian Protagonist
• often feels trapped and is struggling to escape.
• questions the existing social and political systems.
• believes/feels that something is terribly wrong with the society in which they live.
Why do we like dystopian novels?​
Read through the Huffington
Post article, then:
1) Write down as many reasons as you
can which the writer gives for why
people like dystopian literature.
2) Explain which of these reasons you
agree with most and why.
3) Explain whether the genre of
dystopian literature appeals to you and
why/why not.