Dystopian Government Conspiracies
Caitlyn Sams, Chelsea Gibson, Hannah Brown, & Sarah Mulkey
The Maze Runner
Dystopia-
Utopia-
The Hunger Games
- The Government controls the society
- In both stories, they had to fight for survival
- Both stories include survival skills, mental & physical abilities, and conspiracies
For more information:
1) http://www.shmoop.com/hunger-games/summary.html 2)http://www.gradesaver.com/the-maze-runner/study-guide/short-summary/
In this novel the society collapses turning their most exciting entertainment to a game show which prisoners are hunted down and killed. Do you believe this could happen in our future? The TV and entertainment of today follows peoples lives as they commit adultery, fight, drink, and kill like its acceptable so could the hunt and murder of prisoners who some find to be "worthless" really so far away?
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The 1932 novel was written in a society where everyone takes drugs to make themselves feel better. The predictions of this book is becoming a reality faster then we think. Actors and actresses are promoting drugs in their movies and rappers and artist in their songs. In some states the feel good drug marijuana is becoming legal and is acceptable. Children as well as adults are experimenting with illegal drugs making the reality of this novel grow.
Clockwork Orange by Anthony Buressae
In this Story, violent criminals are forced to undergo a procedure to make them incapable of harming each other. Once they lose their ability to make their own choices, they lose the very thing that makes them human. They brainwash a teen boy named Alex as their first testing, and began doing the procedure to other prisoners. The prisoners are the ones who get the procedure done to them.