DYSTOPIAN FICTION

A dystopian future is catastrophic, life altering future. This idea has been in film and TV for years, but lately their impact and success have been large. Movies often reflect some form of reality, but could these dystopian futures be one of ours?

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THE WALKING DEAD, THE HUNGER GAMES, AND THE PURGE

THE PURGE

THE PURGE

• Widening gap of rich and poor
• Catastrophic political leadership
• Crime rates decrease

The rich in the films control almost all aspects of life, while the poor fight for survival.

The government would have to be controlled by the rich who are safe during the Purge, and those who don't care for the poor

The decreasing crime rates that allow for The Purge most likely would come from extreme policing, stricter laws, and more regulations

Real Purge "Threats"

THE WALKING DEAD

THE WALKING DEAD

• Zombies=most likely not possible
• Zombies as dead people coming back to life won't happen, but there could be a virus that could cause a person to act like a zombie.

THE VIRUS

• It would have to be caused by a very specific virus, and that virus would have to enter through our noses since our noses lead to the part of the brain which would have to be affected in order for us to transform into brain dead beings who don’t recognize friends or family

This virus would have to use specific neurons to affect particular parts of the brain, without damaging the whole entire brain so that
one could quickly change into a "super-hungry, aggressive, braindead being that can't recognize family and friends or control their own actions other than to feed"

And if that happens to 30 people, or, better yet,300, we'd have somewhat of a wild and crazy zombie outbreak on our hands.

THE HUNGER GAMES

THE HUNGER GAMES

• Glorification of violence
• Obsession with violence
• Entertainment with violence

Games like air soft, paintball, and laser tag all simulate the idea of shooting another person.

Playing with guns desensitize the serious consequences they have in real life.

Gamers don't take much thought into the killing factor of these games, we just play them to have fun

We shoot, stab, and blow up virtual targets, and we give it little thought since they're not real living people, but doing this for years and years will make us think we can do it in real life

During the time of the Roman Empire, Romans loved to watch gladiator shows. In arenas, gladiators would fight to the death in front of thousands of screaming and amused people. This practice was incredibly common and lasted until the Roman Empire collapsed.

When we watch these things, we know they are violent, but we watch because we find it amusing. This makes us in a way lack empathy; something that could easily begin a practice such as the Hunger Games

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