Essay On Dystopia
Big meaning of ‘Dys’ Most of you have heard the word 'dystopia' before, but maybe you don't know the true meaning of it. It may be determined in a theoretical fiction and science fiction as well. Besides fiction this word includes horror, apocalyptic, unnatural, fantasy, and unknown ideas that didn’t or might not even happen yet. It reflects the opposite of Utopia, the perfect world where human nature haven’t faced any problems. Dystopia is different from ‘utopia’ by its prefix ‘dys’ that tells us all the negative side of the word; it is the same as words like ‘dysfunctional’ or ‘dyslexia’. You can find great examples of dystopia in movies and books. The term Dystopia was created in the 18th century when people were about to realize the meaning of their lives and tried to pick out how cruelled and injustice this world was. Writers aren’t afraid of expressing their ideas, therefore, they sacrifice their time to think deeply more that other humans do and criticize our way of life that may take us nowhere in the future. There are a lot of different ideas that took writers to think of; pollution, letting other control you, and
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Authors use dystopia as a literary technique to discuss, depict issues, take notes, and predict what might happen in the future. In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there is a convenience not to forget our history ever, so we will learn from mistakes in the past and never do them again. “Strange. I heard once that a long time ago houses used to burn by accident and they needed firemen to stop the flame.”(Bradbury 6) Through the representation of Guy Montag (main character from the book) Bradbury gives us an example of human that is tired of his life and want to change something. Although Montag finds out that the only way of forgetting the old times is to ‘burn’ them, so he decides to run away from the
Authors use dystopia as a literary technique to discuss, depict issues, take notes, and predict what might happen in the future. In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there is a convenience not to forget our history ever, so we will learn from mistakes in the past and never do them again. “Strange. I heard once that a long time ago houses used to burn by accident and they needed firemen to stop the flame.”(Bradbury 6) Through the representation of Guy Montag (main character from the book) Bradbury gives us an example of human that is tired of his life and want to change something. Although Montag finds out that the only way of forgetting the old times is to ‘burn’ them, so he decides to run away from the