In Matched by Ally Condie, the author presents a dystopian society where the protagonist, Cassia Reyes, faces the impending reality of being “matched" with a partner chosen by the authoritarian government. The central thesis revolves around Cassia's awakening to the oppressive nature of her society and her subsequent rebellion against it. Examining the rhetorical triangle, the author, Ally Condie, crafts a narrative that speaks to her audience, the targeted young teen readers. Through Cassia’s voice, the themes of self-discovery and resistance are portrayed to reach the emotions and experiences of her audience. Young people often struggle to assert their true selves amidst societal pressures and expectations. Condie sets the story in a dystopian …show more content…
Condie employs logos by constructing a logical progression of events and by showcasing the flaws inherent within the dystopian society. Through a series of carefully crafted scenes and revelations, Condie systematically exposes the contradictions and shortcomings of the society in which Cassia resides, prompting readers to critically examine the status quo. Through the lens of logic, Condie presents a world meticulously governed by a set of rules and regulations allegedly designed for the greater good. However, as the story unfolds, cracks begin to appear in the facade of perfection, revealing the inherent injustices and inequalities created by the system. From the arbitrary nature of matchmaking to the suppression of individuality, Condie carefully lays bare the flaws within the societal structure, compelling readers to question the legitimacy of the status quo. By appealing to the reader’s sense of logic, Condie encourages them to engage critically with the themes and issues presented in the narrative, fostering a deeper understanding of the complexities inherent within the dystopian
Destruction of individuality is an idea both authors explore to expose the broad social wrong of an oppressive society. Both Orwell and Niccol use their protagonists to demonstrate how dictatorial governments that destroy any semblance of individuality are inherently wrong. Orwell uses third person narration, which directly follows his protagonist as he fights to maintain his individuality in a society driven to eliminate the capability of “love, or friendship, or joy of living” by making him “hollow”. By employing the use third person narration Orwell portrays to the reader that even an individual with powerful intent to remain different can be broken down and made to believe that “2+2 = 5”. Similarly, Niccol uses extreme close up shots focusing on Vincent’s cleaning process and the motif of constant DNA checks to reinforce how authoritarian societies can demolish all sense of individuality. Vincent, an “in-valid” must take extreme measures to overcome the prejudices of soc...
Kurt Vonnegut's apocalyptic novel, Cat's Cradle, might well be called an intricate network of paradox and irony. It is with such irony and paradox that Vonnegut himself describes his work as "poisoning minds with humanity...to encourage them to make a better world" (The Vonnegut Statement 107). In Cat's Cradle, Vonnegut does not tie his co-mingled plots into easy to digest bites as the short chapter structure of his story implies. Rather, he implores his reader to resolve the paradoxes and ironies of Cat's Cradle by simply allowing them to exist. By drawing our attention to the paradoxical nature of life, Vonnegut releases the reader from the necessity of creating meaning into a realm of infinite possibility. It appears that Vonnegut sees the impulse toward making a better world as fundamental to the human spirit; that when the obstacle of meaning is removed the reader, he supposes, will naturally improve the world.
In Dystopian societies, conformity overrules curiosity, but occasionally people stand and rebel. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Clarisse and Mildred represent these two classes of people. they stand on opposite sides of the overall theme to think about. The curiosity of Clarissa and the conformity of Mildred define the opposing sides of Juan Ramon Jimenez's quote, “If they give you ruled paper, write the other way,” by showing both effects in Montag and the rest of society. Clarisse McClellan is the spark, not the flame, nor the match of the novel.
Conclusively, dystopian texts are written to provide a warning about future times. Authors and directors use a variety of techniques to put their idea forward and have an impact of the audience. Rules that the chosen texts exhibit include that citizens have a fear of the outside world and all citizens adhere to a strict set of rules, but there is a main protagonist who scrutinises the governments or society’s nature. The rules that authors and directors use to put forward their messages of the moral issues human cloning and relying too much on technology and instinctively perusing traditions are evident throughout all three texts.
For an author to grab hold of their reader's attention, demanding they listen and understand the meaning behind a work, they must develop the skill to understand their audience's preferences or curiosities. Fulfilling these emotions in his readers, Ray Bradbury creates a unique futuristic society, consisting of distorted character personalities brainwashed by a totalitarian government, which clearly amplifies Bradbury's central theme.
In the book, the dark tone of the novel conveys the numbing of society while the irony demonstrates how trusting others affects views and relationships. However, paradox suggests something contradictory to logical reasoning. Doublethink contributes to the hopelessness by illustrating a paradox within society. Therefore, Orwell illustrates tone, paradox, and irony through how the government controls emotions, time, thoughts, and trust in order to brainwash and desensitize society.
Dystopia represents an artificially created society to where a human population is administered to various types of oppressions, or a human population lives under the order of an oppressive government. The novel Fahrenheit 451 and the film V for Vendetta both effectively display this dystopian concept in their works. The nature of the society, the protagonist who questions the society, and the political power that runs the society are examples of how the novel and the film efficiently capture the main points of a dystopian society. The authors of the novel and the film use their visions of a dystopian future to remark on our present by identifying how today’s society is immensely addicted to technology and how our government has changed over the past decades. Furthermore, the authors use our modern day society to illustrate their view of a dystopia in our
Dystopian fiction is a type of fiction that is often described as a “nightmare” world, where society is mainly considered by domination and cruelty. In the novel “Blindness”, written by Joe Saramago and the movie “Elysium” directed by Neill Blomkamp, there were important and common characteristics that they both demonstrated of the dystopian societies. Both protagonist in the movie and novel show many similarities and as well as differences. In both the novel and the movie, the citizens live in a dehumanized state and the natural world has been banished and distrusted. These similarities and differences will be discussed in relation to today’s society.
Metaphors are powerful stylistic tools that authors often use to give a story cohesion and intrigue. In the case of Raymond Carver’s flash fiction piece “Popular Mechanics,” two such metaphors are exhibited: the first is a flowerpot which is knocked over, and the second, a ceaseless progression of darkness. Both metaphors are used to symbolize what is happening between the couple at the time they are presented, and both, arguably, are necessary to create the plot of “Popular Mechanics.” One metaphor, however, is imperative to the story, while the other is less necessary. Whilst analyzing both metaphors for strength and importance, it is found that the progression of darkness is a stronger symbol of the family’s descension into chaos than the flowerpot, however potent it may be.
Modern society is different from a Dystopia because knowledge that is being withheld is turning the protagonists’ community into a dystopian approach, while our modern
Chapter three of the text, Inside Social Life by authors Cahill, Sandstrom and Froyum; discusses the importance of symbolism and how each individual within society comprehends the realities which surround them. Humans have the capacity to relate, internalize and interpret in their own words; the objects they visualize, smell, taste, hear and see on a daily basis. The chapter discusses how symbolism helps regulate human life and activity; alongside forming cohesion and stability within society. For example, if humans stayed at the level of sensation, experiencing everything around them; soon all would become overwhelmed and utterly distracted. (Sandstrom, 2014). This short paper will aim to critique and analyze author Sandstroms’ chapter on Symbols and the Creation of Reality. Discussed within the paper will be points which to the reader are deemed as ones of great value; in conjunction with points which may have brought the chapter to lose its major emphasis.
The characters of a modernist narrative reflected a new way of thinking. A summery no longer highlighted meaning, it was ambiguous. The ambiguity portrayed unmanageable futures. The Modernis...
It is true that there have been several examples in our world that can be paralleled to this fictitious tale and dystopia. But many of those examples just aren’t pertin...
In these novels, a dystopian society is represented by having conflicts with the government's censorship of knowledge, early on establishments of the common theme of identity deficiency, and the
Everything is a symbol. Everything has a deeper being in which it represents once it is unlocked. The father of deconstruction, Jacques Derrida, was quoted in an interview saying that deconstruction is “to not naturalize what is not natural”. Therefore symbolism is deconstruction in its rawest form. Symbols beg to not be taken at their natural face-value, but rather dived into to reach their deep inner-core of true meaning. One must use every element of deconstruction to unlock the true meaning of a symbol. Symbolism in literature allows the author to express his thoughts and motives in a way that is engaging and entertaining to the reader. The reader must dissect every bit of knowledge presented in order to reach the full fountain of knowledge that can be expressed by a symbol. Symbols are a beautiful thing. It allows the reader to make his own connections to the author’s expressions. The reader can especially be engaged in George Orwell’s 1949 dystopian novel 1984. Symbolism is important in 1984 because the reader can find connections to today’s government in Orwell’s message of control, propaganda, and oppression within the symbols that Orwell creates.