Are dystopias getting closer to reality? - English oral exam (LLCER)

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[...] As Atwood said, more often than not, dystopias are inspired by real events that artists push on further away. In every dystopia there is a part of reality, for instance, in "The handmaid's tale", just before the excerpt that I took, every woman lives in a normal way and in a world that we know today and suddenly, everything changes, they lose their rights, their independence and they became surrogate mothers. The fact that everything can change overnight is always possible and realistic. [...]

[...] There is a relation with today in the United States, with many censorship of books about racism, police brutality or sexual orientation. Dystopian fiction can be a way to educate and warn humanity about the dangers of current social and political structures. (conclusion) To conclude, artists created dystopian works first to entertain people but also in order to criticize the drifts of a regime, an era and warn people against thoughts whose consequences can be dangerous. Dystopias confront our fears and we can just hope dystopias don't come true. [...]

[...] (Transition) Dystopias are imaginary stories created by authors but sometimes we ask ourselves if these dystopian artworks have a part of reality and if there is a possibility that they could be fulfilled today in our society. II. (Intro) Dystopian works often echo the reality and above all are inspired by real events. Margaret Atwood in an interview said : "If you're interested in writing speculative fiction, one way to generate a plot is to take an idea from current society and move it a little further down the road,". [...]

[...] Are dystopias getting closer to reality? - English oral exam (LLCER) Are dystopias getting closer to reality? My personal file broaches the axis called "Fictions and Realities" and the theme of utopias and dystopias. It addresses the subject of dystopias. First of all, the dystopia is a fictional genre with which the author depicts an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic. It is the opposite of utopia: in a utopian novel, we are plunged into a perfect world. [...]

[...] I'm going to ask myself : Are dystopias getting closer to reality ? We will see that dystopias are fiction and partly disconnected from our world. Then dystopias most often echo reality and warn us about danger. I. (Intro) There are many types of dystopian stories like about environmental ruin, technological control, or government oppression, and they broach many themes like anarchism, oppression, or mass poverty. We can find dystopias in literature, movies, series, paintings, and many forms of art. [...]