Traveling back in time to change the future for better, but instead creating a world that is being destroyed. In the movie The Butterfly Effect, a group of people travel back in time to change the future. While in the past, a man was knocked outside of the marked path smashing a butterfly changing the future for the worse. Even though killing a butterfly does not seem to have a major impact on the future, it changes it entirely. This concept is the general idea of cause and effect, otherwise known as causality. These slight movements can change utopian societies into dystopian societies. A utopian society is known as the perfect world, where absolutely nothing goes wrong. Dystopian societies can be identified as worlds that are in ruins from the previous society. Utopian Societies can be a world without preservatives, but without those preservatives food begins to deteriorate rapidly, leaving the nation without farms starving, thus turning into a dystopian society. Pieces of the present can be examined to determine the future, this process is …show more content…
known as causal analysis. Oftentimes, the greatest plans to improve society turn out to be the most atrocious. In today’s countries throughout the globe, there is an arising problem in education, not everyone is receiving a proper one, leaving thousands of people unable to read or write. The goal of this society is to have information readily available to anyone around the world, to build their knowledge and further their education when it is unavailable to them. Computers and internet will be provided to those who do not have access to any. Also, classes on internet safety, how to properly use, and take care of a computer will be offered. By providing these items anyone around the world can learn anything they want to know through a single click on the World Wide Web. The amount of information on the internet gives people the chance to learn about topics they would have never been able to learn in a class or within their society. With social media people are revealing themselves to the world, making friends in different countries. Future generations will no longer suffer from social anxiety, they will be open to the idea of making new friends, going out, and trying new things. Upon further examination of the utopia, characteristics of a dystopia have come to attention.
The internet is a vast dataspace with unlimited information about everything, although, this information may not be correct. Ideas and facts can be interpreted differently by any individual, rewritten, and posted back on the internet. With social media people have become too open and are sending out confidential information such as where they live, work, and their personal phone numbers. Also, with the rise of online shopping people are trusting companies with their credit card and banking information. With this knowledge, people are able to hack into those accounts and steal their money and identity. These new problems will lead to a line of identity thief’s and people going into extreme debt. With the world in debt people will starve, no one will have any more money to buy food or be able to keep a roof over their family’s
heads. A little change within a society can lead to a bigger future, through causal analysis people can determine the outcomes of life over time. A utopian society can turn into a dystopian society by overlooking important information that shows the possible outcomes for the dystopian society. Even if one decides to travel back in time to create a better world for when they return, it is pointless because the world may always turn out to be worse than predicted.
[1]George Orwell was completely against totalitarianism, "He was fighting Franco 's insurgents in Spain as a member of a left-wing, but non-Stalinist militia" (BBC.com "Orwell 's Road to Dystopia").
For example, world hunger, poverty, and climate change. Wade says, “Also it turns out that burning all of those fossil fuels had some nasty side effects, like raising the temperature of our planet and screwing up the environment… Plants and animals are dying off in record numbers, and lots of people are starving and homeless.” (Cline 17). This shows that the world’s problems have caught up to them in 2045 and the way the world has dealt with it, is by going into an alternate reality. This is another reason why the future is depicted bad in the
A dystopia the darkest form of government, a utopia gone wrong, a craving for power, struggling for fewer rules. The dystopia is factual the worst possible form of a government. Its the struggle to be so perfect that it fails. There are typically two types of dystopias first a monarchy. A monarchy is a group of people controlled by a king or queen, and they make every last decision. What they want they get. A monarchy is typically born like this example from lord of the flies. “He became absorbed beyond mere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living things. He talked to them, urging them, ordering them"(Golding 58). This shows that a monarchy starts by one just taking over from the start rather than being a "team player." A communistic government is the opposite of a monarchy in life style but ironically is not in their governing body. They rule by having everyone as an equal, so no one is poor and few people are rich. They are seemingly alike in so many ways. Amongst the political spectrum there are two dystopian governments more alike than as difference, communism and monarchy.
Dystopia, a word that inflicts feelings of malcontent, fear, a place where abysmal conditions are the new normal, this genre describes a society where everything has and continues to go wrong. This genre has gripped the hearts of many readers and is compelling for people of all ages. The dystopian book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a thrilling book that introduces the reader to a world where the society tries to force everything to be perfect, and danger lurks around every twist and turn. The meaning of dystopia, the characteristics of the genre, and how it is presented in Fahrenheit 451, contributes to how one could understand the dystopian style of literature.
1984, by George Orwell, is about a dystopian society that is a concept for a society that may be a reality in the future. The story covers Oceania ran by a party called INGSOC that control its people through education, economy, and social interactions. The society has three classes. These classes have different task, that keep Oceania in order. In this paper, I will discuss different sociological concepts that are found in 1984, tie in Symbolic Interactionist Theory, and compare and contrast the society in 1984 to modern day US.
Dystopian novels are written to reflect the fears a population has about its government and they are successful because they capture that fright and display what can happen if it is ignored. George Orwell wrote 1984 with this fear of government in mind and used it to portray his opinion of the current government discretely. Along with fear, dystopian novels have many other elements that make them characteristic of their genre. The dystopian society in Orwell’s novel became an achievement because he utilized a large devastated city, a shattered family system, life in fear, a theme of oppression, and a lone hero.
Social media has a negative impact on our society today due to bullying, job stability, and in person conversations. Bullying affects people because they could attempt to commit suicide. When people have a job they could get in trouble if they start bashing on coworkers. In person conversations aren’t the best because people can give off false information about themselves.
In 1932, Aldous Huxley wrote a thrilling dystopia titled Brave New World. Centered on a man struggling in a world where emotions have been forsaken for peace and stability of the entire community, the novel has a shock factor that is quite electric. Though it was popular in the 1950’s with college students because of its portrayal of sex, the true merit of Huxley’s work can be found in its predictions for the future. The practices in the novel are alarming similar to many aspects of today’s society. The approval of drug use to induce happiness, the constant effort to make life better through technology and the everlasting trust in the government are all characteristics shared by our society and that found in Brave New World.
There are many ways that the butterfly effect helps people out. Doing this research showed me that some of the people we come acrossed in life are strong. Some people judge and say they are weak and they really aren’t. They have been through many things and this is them breaking out. These people are either broken, are hurting, they may need your help. Self harm sometimes start by mental problems as well.
“Butterfly Effect” was perhaps one of the best films I have ever seen. I found it mysterious, interesting and fascinating. I wanted to write my reaction paper about “Butterfly Effect” because of the similarity to the film we saw in class called “Donnie Darko”. Both films investigate the issue of destiny thoroughly. Both film had a male character that has memories, dreams or black outs which make them at first confused. But later on, they realized the power they have in order to change their destiny. The main difference between those two films is their endings. While Donnie Darko has a bad ending, Butterfly effect ends more optimistic. We can say the end of the film in “butterfly effect” is left to the audience to interpret. Also Donnie Darko had the time travel once but the main character Evan had the time travel several times. Both films impressed me much and changed my view about destiny. But the reason I write about ‘’ Butterfly Effect” is that it was more realistic than “Donnie Darko”. (Rabbit)
The internet is an amazing invention. You can use it for research, communication, learning, entertainment, taking an online English class, and other things. The internet can affect our behavior, and our behavior on the internet can affect other people. Communicating on the internet can be a lot different than communicating in public. You can say anything you want anonymously on the internet. The things you say can affect others in positive, such as teaching, or negative ways, such as bullying. Social media has turned into a world of its own where people act completely different than they would in public.
There are many problems related to the internet but I will focus on one that is very important which is relationships on social media. Social media might cause many people to feel lonely and make that the people break up or cause damages in any relationships because those people are not able to socialize or interact with people around them. Social media is harmful tool the we have to use with caution because sometimes it helps you, but sometimes it goes against you, especially Facebook and Twitter. Information sharing and relationships on social media are problems that need to be addressed for many reasons. Some of these reasons are the people who are active on social media, interact and socialize with
Social media has nothing but negative effects on people’s minds. Social networking can become very addicting and people can get wrapped up in the drama and excitement of the cyber world. It would only improve our society today if social media never existed to our knowledge. Our society today feels so connected with social media that it interferes with our lives making every task even harder with the temptations.
The internet has influenced, and is still influencing the way society communicates in many different ways. The rise of the internet has caused people to communicate differently in areas never dreamed of before the internet came into existence. Education has been revolutionized through the world of the “Information Super Highway”. Medicine has also seen reform as the internet improves research and communication. Individuals are starting businesses from scratch, while others are selling household items for extra cash. This internet “typhoon” sweeping the globe has become a way of life for many individuals all across the globe.
There are about one and a half billion users of social media worldwide. It can be used to meet new people, find old friends, chat the day away, join interest groups, or even to share pictures. Social networks were mostly created so people could meet and find new friends. What most users of social media don't know, are the dangers of using social media. One example is when you meet a person online, because they are not always who they say they are. If someone is not who you may think they are, who could they be? They can be a stalker or a person that wants to steal your identity; which could be done easily thanks to new developments of new technology. Also thanks to new technology it is now easier for people using your information to track you. Posting personal information can risk your family and friends lives. Social media can be used as a weapon against you. It can even lead to a kidnapping, or even someone's death. Many people use social media to help to waste time, but could also become an unhealthy addiction. Also social media can damage your future. When you are a teen you tend to post pretty much anything you want. This is dangerous because you can post too much personal information. What most teens don't realize is that what they do on social media now can affect them for the rest of their life. It can even come back to haunt you in the future. Social media is dangerous because it makes it easier to be stalked, identity theft to happen, kidnappings and murders, and also can ruin your future.