The document discusses the concept of dystopia, characterized as an imagined society where individuals live dehumanized and fearful lives. It explores various themes common in dystopian literature and media, such as control, power, and rebellion, and cites notable examples including George Orwell's '1984' and various video games and anime. Additionally, it highlights dystopian themes in music, referencing works by the Canadian rock band Rush and Queen.

1. Dystopin
Verities
Paper 107: The Twentieth Century
Literature: World War II to the
End of the Century
Presented at - Smt. Sujata
Binoy Gardi, Department
of English, MKBU,
Bhavnagar

2. Personal Information
★ Presenter: Pooja Bhuva A.
★ Enrollment Number:
4069206420220005
★ Batch: 2022 - 2024 (M.A. Sem - 2)
★ E-mail: poojabhuva2002@gmail.com
★ Date: 12 March, 2023
★ Subject Code: 22400
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3. What is Dystopia?
★ If we see the definition of Dystopia it means an imagined world or society
in which people lead wretched, dehumanized and fearful lives. (Dystopia)
★ ‘Dustopia’ being the original spelling for ‘Dystopia’ first appeared in
Lewis Henry Younge's, Utopia: or Apollo’s Golden Days in 1747. (Younge)
★ Dystopia was used as an antonym for utopia by John Stuart Mill in one of
his 1868 Parliamentary Speeches by adding the prefix "dys" to "topia",
reinterpreting the initial "u" as the prefix "eu" instead of "ou" . (Mill)
★ Dystopia eventually also became known as an antonym of Utopia.
★ It is simply known that the best Dystopian work is ‘1984’ by George
Orwell.
★ Apart from Dystopia described in the book there are also other forms like
Games, Anime, etc. which includes the mind of human being
working in the shadow of Dystopian Society.

4. Themes of Dystopia
★ The themes of dystopia depend on the specific work of fiction or imagined
society being depicted. However, some common themes are found in
dystopian literature and media.
★ There is also a thing to notice that what we
think of Dystopia for someone else, it’s Utopia.
○ Control
○ Power
○ Environmental Disaster
○ Loss of Individuality
○ Rebellion
○ Surveillance and Technology

5. ★ As by the name we get to know that these games are called
Dystopian Games which include violence but sometimes other
factors are also responsible for ruling.
★ Papers, Please is a game created by indie game developer
Lucas Pope in which you have to check Passport, Documents
and who is crossing the border of the game’s fictional country
and if you find fake paper or something wrong you have the
right to take a bribe.
★ Costume Quest 2 is a video game developed by Double Fine
Productions in which the main purpose is to stop a person
named Dr. Orel White who is destroying Halloween. And the
main character is one of twin brothers named Wren and
Reynold.
Dystopia in Video Games

6. ★ Attack on Titan is a Japanese Dark Fantasy Anime and it
is adapted from a Manga with the same name by Hajime
Isayama, Premiered in 2013.
★ Genres of this Anime are Post - Apocalyptic, Dark
Fantasy and Action and divided into four parts means
four seasons.
★ Central characters of the story are Eren Jaeger, Mikasa
Ackermann and Armin Arlelt.
★ In this Anime people are trying to save their life from
the Giant Titan who is always attacking humans.
Dystopia in Anime

7. ★ Deadman Wonderland is a Japanese Manga series
Written by Jinsei Kataoka originally run in 2011.
★ In this Anime firstly starts with the massive earthquake
in Japan and destroyed most of Tokyo.
★ Then it takes a 10 years leap and focuses on the 9th
Grade student named Ganta Igarashi and the only
survival of the earthquake.
★ He had no memories of this earthquake and lived his life
normally as we can see in the novel ‘1984’ the main
character Winston Smith too forgot his past life after he
was caught under the eyes of Big Boss.
Dystopia in Anime

8. ★ 2112 is an album which includes songs which have
themes of Dystopian Society and sing for people who
live in the Dystopian World.
★ This album is by Canadian rock band Rush released in
1976 by Anthem Records.
★ We Will Rock You is a song by a band named Queen
who sings this song leaves in a hope that in the future
everyone dresses and thinks the same.
★ There are other songs also considered as Dystopian songs
like ‘In the year 2525’, ‘As if to Nothing’, ‘Year Zero’
(album).
Dystopia in Music

9. Works Cited
★ “Dystopia Definition & Meaning.” Merriam-Webster,
Merriam-Webster,www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/dystopia.
★ Mill, John Stuart. Public and Parliamentary Speeches:
November 1850 - November 1868. Vol. 28, Routledge,
1996.
★ Younge, Lewis Henry. Utopia: Or, Apollo's Golden
Days. George Faulkner, 1747.