{"id":5829,"date":"2018-02-19T17:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T01:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/?post_type=essay-writing-blog&p=5829"},"modified":"2018-11-27T08:51:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T16:51:05","slug":"dystopian-novels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/dystopian-novels\/","title":{"rendered":"What 4 Popular Dystopian Novels Have in Common (and How To Write About Them)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIf I ruled the world, summer vacation would last all year long, kids could stay up as long as they wanted, and everyone could eat ice cream for every meal!\u201d  <\/i><\/p>\n

My 10-year-old self had a lot of excellent suggestions for a perfect world.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure we\u2019ve all had thoughts (both as kids and as adults) about what life would be like in our<\/i> perfect world.<\/p>\n

This vision of total bliss is utopia: a world in which conditions are essentially perfect for everyone. A perfect world with no hardships and no conflicts doesn\u2019t make for very interesting or dramatic storytelling, though.<\/p>\n

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A world with no hardships or conflicts doesn\u2019t make for very interesting or dramatic storytelling.<\/a><\/div>\n

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That\u2019s where dystopian literature<\/a> comes in. Dystopian literature tells the story of those living in a dystopian world\u2014one in which people are oppressed, live in fear, and are controlled (usually by a government or giant corporation).<\/p>\n

The kicker is that a dystopian world usually starts out with a grand plan of being ideal. Governments or corporations get rid of things like pain, conflict, competition, disease, and poverty in an attempt to make things ideal for all citizens.<\/p>\n

In doing so, however, society becomes restrictive and repressive, and citizens end up unhappy, fearful, and often rebellious toward their oppressors.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of dystopian novels\u2014The Handmaid\u2019s Tale, 1984, Fahrenheit 451<\/a>, <\/i>Brave New World<\/i><\/a>, Hunger Games<\/i>, Divergent, Maze Runner, Uglies, The Giver, <\/i>and Animal Farm<\/i><\/a> (just to name a few).<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve read some (or all) of these novels, but need a little assistance figuring out what they have in common and deciding what to write about, this post can help!<\/p>\n

Below, I’ll focus on just four dystopian novels: The Handmaid’s Tale<\/em>, 1984<\/em>, Fahrenheit 451<\/em>, and Brave New World<\/em>. Ready to check out these four dystopian novels and four things they have in common?<\/p>\n

4 Elements That 4 Popular Dystopian Novels Have in Common<\/h2>\n

When writing a literary analysis<\/a>, you have a lot of points to choose from, but this article will focus on four elements:<\/p>\n