Utopia/Dystopia

Utopia

• a fictional text dealing with an ideal society
• takes in a good place (/no place)
• an unrealistic, alternative society

characteristics

• no discrimination, human right, freedom
• people are individual, own opinions, think loud, fantasie
• nothing new; society goes back to an earlier way of life (nature)

typical utopian character: Clarisse

• likes being outside
• likes to smell and taste things
• not interested in the "normal" way of life
• loves watching and analizing people

Dystopia

• can be realistic
• pessimistic vision of the future
• critical against actual developement of society
• often deals with: totalitarian states, censorship, surveillance, no human rights

characteristics

• no human rights, corruption, perfectly organized society
• people have no emotions, no own opinion, no individuality, commit suicide
• addicted to media; dumbness
• no dissenters allowed

typical dystopian character: Mildred

• emotionless
• always watches tv
• no real realtionships
• beliefs to be happy but tries to kill herself
• only superficial interests

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