A DEFINITION OF DYSTOPIA

What is a dystopia? Well, that question is not as easily answered as one might think. To put it as simply as possible, a dystopian depiction can be described as a dark vision of the future.

It is a wretched, imaginary place where people lead dehumanized lives and often fearful fortheir very existence. Dystopian Fiction work as a whole includes images of a worldthat is worsethanour world.

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Dystopianimages are almost invariably images of future society, pointingfearfully at the way the world is supposedlygoing in order to provide urgent propaganda for a change in direction.

Who wrote Utopia and why? What would he consider a utopia?

Dystopias are frequently written as warnings, or as satires, showing current trends extrapolated to a nightmarish conclusion. A dystopia is all too closely connected to current-day society.

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The dystopian concept is formulated with the following essential features:

  • Dystopian societies are undesirable or even horrifying.
  • This is shown through(Earth’s landscape and the Axiom’s living conditions in Wall-E.
  • Imagery:
  • Earth’s landscape: arid; reflective of global warming;
  • Dust storms
  • Garbage piles are really trash-scrapers. (Homework)
  • Amount of orbital debris that Wall-E plunges through during his exit from Earth
  • Earth’s atmosphere: arid; reflective of global warming
  • Air is toxic (President Shelby Forthright)
  • Dust storms
  • Axiom (setting):
  • Lack of nature: part of the human condition
  • Setting of a cruise in space with the auspicious of luxury living as opposed to really living (permanent vacation)
  • Axiom (living conditions): illusion of living is really delusional
  • Lack of physical contact
  • Lack of meaningful social contact (contrast to the main character Wall-E and the music he plays)
  • No control or choice (ultimately the robots have control)
  • Change of day
  • Leaving the pool area

  • Dystopian societies are usually futuristic and fictional.
  • All fiction has a willing suspension of disbelief (often used as a means to extend or establish commentary)
  • Futuristic aspects are in the setting of the story as well as its characters
  • What are some futuristic aspects of the characters depicted in Wall-E?
  • Smart AI for the robots Wall-E and Eve
  • EVE: synonymous with Genesis Eve (first woman)
  • Technology is so advanced that the humans do less to almost nothing
  • Robot characters are more human than the humans in the story
  • WALL-E aspires to have true companionship with the opposite sex
  • Tries to mimic the Hello Dolly holding hands portion of the movie
  • Hello Dolly:
  • Principal song played by Wall-E: rudimentary research can help you answer this question
  • He initially strives for companionship with his pet cockroach.
  • Dystopian depictions can be regarded as warnings.
  • Director’s commentary on big business
  • How does the director Andrew Stanton convey this message?
  • Director’s commentary on the overuse and abuse of technology
  • How does the director Andrew Stanton convey this message?
  • Mortal sin for humanity: man didn’t take care of Earth; they abandoned it.
  • Director’s commentary on human waste and consumption
  • How does the director Andrew Stanton convey this message?
  • Director’s commentary about relationships and interpersonal communication
  • Director’s comment: humans have a greater connection with technology and their things than with each other.
  • Prove this statement true using information from the movie (characterization, plot, imagery, etc)
  • Dystopian fiction is both about today (period written) and tomorrow (the future).It could reflect an alternate history (the possibility if a particular event happened different than the way history currently records it)
  • This aspect reinforces the director’s commentary and warning
  • Dystopian fiction comments on our own/present society.
  • Two comments from the director on the board; see your notes
  • Man’s consumerist ways created an ecological disaster.
  • Man’s proclivity to abandon tough and rough tasks resulted in man’s new mortal sin.
  • Dystopian and utopian concepts are relative to the author’s perspective. (Duh! That’s any writing)
  • The perception of an ideal society and a wretched society will change with time.

Assignment: Prove that Wall*E is an example of a dystopia despite its presentation as a children’s movie.

Key to success for this essay: Make certain that your argument is steeped in the literary terms discussed in class in order to add focus and authority to your argument.

Imagery

Characterization

Plot

Conflict

Allusion

theme

Wall-E dystopian fiction notes