Adolescent Development And Dystopian Literature

The connections between adolescent development and dystopian fiction u certain patterns. The themes used commonly dystopian literature has a certain appeal to teenagers and also offer a wealth of material for classroom study are:
1. Inhumanity and Isolation
The background of the dystopia whatever it is reflects a violent society, an oppressive government, an over–commercialized world and the protagonists come to the awareness that their society has become inhumane. They are dismayed by the attitudes and actions of those within their culture, fed up by the self satisfaction and even the open coldness of others toward cruel and unjust situations. As protagonists realize the realities around them, they feel an irresistible sense that life has lost the value that once it had —respect for life has been sacrificed for comfort or security. In YA dystopian books, it is often that this inhumanity drives the protagonists to take action.
As today's teens get mature and grown up in societies that aren't nearly as heartless or twisted as

Social issues, such as finding a place and fitting in, take on growing importance for teenagers ( Kerig, Schulz, & Hauser, 2011 ), and they worry about maintaining friendships and romantic relationships ( Connolly & Mc Isaac, 2011 ). And while teens may be connected, on one level, with many friends through social networks and other technologies, such connections may not be as satisfying or as fulfilling as face–to–face relationships (Burke, Marlow, & Lento, 2010 ), even though teens would not likely admit this possibility. Further, the choices teens begin to make about studies, extracurricular activities, and careers may distance them from formerly close friends. They find kindred spirits, then, in the protagonists of dystopian literature who, by virtue of their growing awareness of society's flaws, find themselves similarly isolated from adults and even from their own