Dystopian Literature

What is it?

• Commonly found in Science Fiction
• Alternate Society focuses on negatives
• Mass Suffering
• Untrustworthy Government
• Oppression

What is special about it?

• Elaborates on contemporary society as a warning for what COULD happen
• Characters are usually the center of the suppression, lack of freedom, and unhappiness.
• Normally set in a post-apocalyptic society

Examples:

• The Hunger Games!! (Duh, guys!
• 1984 by George Orwell
• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
• Fallout Series (Video Game)

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