Monday, November 30, 2009
Utopia/Dystopia
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a historical commentary on government and also a warning to future generations. This is a typical theme in most utopian/dystopian literature. What current world, national or local events do you think would make good utopian/dystopian literature? Explain.
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I think that the French revolution would be a great one. Evan though there are many similarities.
Thomas C.
Recently a major in our army killed a few of his own soldiers. (I do not know everything about this, and I am going off what i have heard and seen, so correct me if i am wrong, and no offense intended what so ever, so please do not take it in any such way.) There had been some strange activity noticed by his soldiers, but they did not report it, in fear of being accused of discrimination, and opposing equal rights. I think that by making everyone seem equal, with the laws, our government is trying to create some sort of a utopia. but, as was shown, this back fired, because people were afraid to do anything about some observations, so bad things happened. This is how a dystopia is caused, by trying to make a utopia. (It is not only this one instance. i believe there are many more out there in OUR government right now. because it is trying to create a little too much equality.)
-Alyssa E :)
I think a good dystopian literatrue would be the whole war in Iraq where the U.S. goes over there but nothing good is really coming of it. Where the war would end.
Nicole.T.
I think that the problems with the current Korean government and their nuclear missiles. I would think it would be good distopian becausethe government is forcing the civilians to join the military. Theyre also killing the ones who refuse.
Garrett G
I think that a good example of a distopia that is current is the war in Iraq. Why fight if your'e not going to get anything out of it. The U.S is tryin to do so much but it dosn't seem to be working, and we are not getting what we want out of it. The distopia starts to take place when things don't nessecarly go as palnned.
Riley T
A good example of dystopia is the War in Iraq. Our government wanted to show that we won't accept one country invading another, but we weren't expecting such a fight. It hasn't worked at all. The end of this war would be the example.
-Jared F
I agree that the american revolution would be good to write a book on but it would be the fish in Atlantis.
Nick S
I believe that the American Revolution would be a great book to write about cuurents events with this revolution because there was amny major events in the US history. Also, many famous leaders were involved with this revolution, but thankfully we won. In the American Revolution there was many laws taken in proportion with the citizens going through a lot of events. This would cause distopia because the government is doing what they want and the citizens have some thought in it too. Some may disagree and this mayh cause mischief. This is what i think about utopia and distopia.
i think that communism is a good event that is taking place everywhere that is good because they have the same beliefs as animalism ( mostly )
the communism one was mine
josh k
I think the American Revolution would be good to write about because there were so many great leaders and hard battles fought. It is also when we became a free nation which is a big deal in history since we are now a very influential country.
Ben Rauzi
I think one that is happening right now and is till happening is done by President Obama.( i hope this point isn't offensive to anyone that is not the purpose) He is trying to make a world were all of us can be morer equal, or a utopia. He especially is directing all of his attention to health care. He would like to bring health care and make it available to anyone and everyone. Many people in our country think this is a great idea and would like to see this happen. These type of people are very supportive of our president. However others are not that way. Others consider this to be a very bad idea and that this medicare help will fail right away or in the near future. These people are generly people who don't want to or aren't able to support the goverment. These conflicts may very easily turn into a disutopia the exact opposite of what was trying to be created. Many situations just like these could happen either in a positive or negative way very easily.
~Alyssa W.
I think a good example would be the war in Iraq, because we are trying to keep Iraq free of terrorists for several years. But when we first went into Iraq, we didn't know we'd be there for 7 or 8 years.
Ben s
One world event that would be a good utopian/dystopian literature is the war in Iraq.
Our former president, President Bush, sent our troops into Iraq. The reason was to find Osama bin Laden. They didn't. Since America couldn't find Osama bin Laden, it eventually became that they invaded Iraq for no reason. So the government made some silly story about fighting terrorists to cover up the main reason. So what was supposed to be a search-and-destroy mission,is now a all-out war.
We should end the war by taking our troops out of Iraq. I think this will be a good utopian/dystopian literature because it didn't go as planned.
Eujune K.
I think that the current Iraq war would be a great one. There really is no point of the whole war now. The United States is not getting anything from it and it's just causing a big mess. An example was if the war came to an end.
Angela N.
I think the war in Iraq would be a good example because the soldiers went over there to try to create utopia for us (by not having anymore terrrorists) but all we got was a war to fight with Iraq for invading their country which is an example of dystopia.
♥Lauren Nguyen (:
I believe that the Iraq war is god example of a current dis-topia. We thought it wouldnt last as long as it has. plus millions of americans and iraqy's have died. Also Obama is puttin in more troops which could put us in a worse sutuation because i belive that will not affect/help us
--Mikayla L. (:
I think that family's hunting season was a utopia (please do not take offense if you do not support or sgree with hunting). My bro Jordan shot a bear, a running spike buck (2 point), a 6 point, and dropped another spike buck at 220 yards. My dad shot two big does and a good sized 9 pointer, and I shot a spike buck and a 6 point.
However this could have easily become a dystopia. If we were not extremely careful (as governments, people, etc. should be when it comes to revolutions) someone could have been shot, maybe even killing them (although stories about that sorta' thing only happen because of people on drugs, or are drunk).
One example is how North Korea has ended up. I'm not sure how the situation got this way, but it definitly isn't a utopia.
Justin H.
I think that Obama's health care plan would be a good utopian/distopian piece because Obama is trying to take over the health care system and make it seem perfect to him. In other words, he is trying to make it a utopia.
-Nathaniel A.
I agree with the many people who thought the war in Iraq was a dystopia. It started out as a good idea, but many people ended up dying. Now it's worse.
Samantha Putlak
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One thing I think would make a good distopia is comunism.
-matt slane
I think that the Iraq war is a good example of distopian because they all fighting and no one is winning. So no one is happy and its just causing more negitave acts.
-Kendall Huber (:
A good uptopian/distopian book that would be writen that is going on right now is health care. Many people think it is a good idea to have health care for everyone but others don't agree. This could seem like utopia but turn out to be a distopia.
-Lucas E
I think a good utopia/dystopia would be Obama's stimulas packege because some people think it is the best idea any one has ever had and some people think it was the worst idea ever. For that reason it would be a great utopia/dystopia book.
Bryce B.
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-Riley C.
as i am not fully up to date on recent events this may not be the greatest but o.k. THe amish people in certain parts of our country in a way are making ( or already have)a utopia for themselfes separating themselves from the rest of the world. and also i can't really see how a distopia could happen unless the laws and stuff where changed. because amish religion is a way of life.
Andre.s
I also think that the war in Iraq thats going on right now would be a good example of distopia.They are both fighting and trying to win and have been doing that for a while but nobodys winning. Then with Obama putting in more troops won't make it better (in my opinion) it will just make it worse because a lot of americans have already died in the war and then he's just putting in more people.. That just doesn't make sense.
~Kristine R :)
I think the iraq war is an example of a dystopian event. We have been fighting in Iraq for years with no winner or loser. We are just sending more people over and they are getting killed, but no victory. I believe this is not working that well and is not utopian at all.
Madison:)
I think that a good dysopian facture would be the war in iraq becasue nobody seems to have much of an advantage so each side is trying to win and there is no outcome yet so all the thoughts of how it would be like if the war was over are seem to just drag on and seem to never have a good outcome this is dystopia because somebody is trying to have a good life of freedom by winning the war and all that is happening is the horribleness ( i dont know if this is a word) of people getting killed every day.
Laura S.:)
The war in iraq world be utopia because we are trying to make it a better place
Thomas T
I think that many current events could make good utopian/dystopian literature. The war in Iraq is a good example of dystopian. We are trying to make the world a better place but we are just creating more conflict. Neither the USA or Iraq is getting anything out of the war. Also Obama is trying to make an utopia with his health care plan. He is trying to make it as perfect as he can for the US.
-Rachel M
I think that Chinese communism would make a good piece of literature because we've read a lot of stories about how people tried to make utopia. Animal farm was communist too and i think that all countrys that try to be communist end up having an overly-power hungry leader like Napoleon/Stalin.
Zach B.
I think many current events would be a good topic for utopian/dystopian literature. One example of dystopian is the war in Iraq. We have been fighting for many years and no one seems to be winning. Obama is also trying to make everyone in America equal and he wants equality. Another example is health care. Many people think this is a good idea while others disagree. Health care could be an example of both utopia and distopia depending on what happens in the future.
-MacKenzie D.
i think the thing is Iraq is one because it sounded like a good idea. I think now a lot of people are thinking it was a bad idea because lots of people have died and/or they have lost someone important in their life because of it. Now everything there is way worse.
~ Kate M.
I think that the American Revolution would be fun to write a book about. It could be something about how zoo animals are being controlled by the zookeepers and they rebel and free themselves.
That last comment was from BrennaS.
That last comment was from BrennaS.
I think that one event, or many events of trying to make a utopia is caused by Barrack Obama (I hope this is not offensive to anyone that is not what I'm trying to do) he is trying to make everything fair. Right now a big subject that many people are talking about is healthcare. He is trying to put the people according to the severness of the sickness and their age at the top of the waiting list he will later establish to get into the doctor. Also, he is making it available to the people who could not afford healthcare before, and that is distopia because they might be on the list before the people who work hard for their money, which is definatly not fair. Now many people who might've been supporters of Obama before are not supporters now, and many are angry with the president. By trying to create a utopia, a distopia was made. Again, I hope this was not offensive to anyone.
~Emily O.~
the economy is like distopia because it used to be that anyone could get loans and they got very big amounts and couldn't pay it off, then we are currently trying to solve it and basically make a utopia. also supposedly communism is a utopia but it isnt everyone is suppose to get the same income but the taxi drivers and waiters and waitresses get more off of tips and are the rich ones, so that is like a distopia.
Garrett H
It seems to me right now North Korea is a dystopia. It is trying to show its might even when inside it isn't structurally sound.
Matt H
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Wow-impressive! Large variety of ideas and topics as well as some pretty analytical thinking going on. I am very pleased with open mindedness and respect shown in your comments to others. This was a level 3 question (if you remember our discussion about Costa's levels of questioning:)
Mrs. Sorenson
I think that a good example of it would be the American Civil War because it was meant to create equal rights with all types of people and although it didn't really end up in dystopia for everyone the people who made slaves do their work lost them so they were probably not too happy about that which could turn their utopia of having others do all their work into a dystopia where they lost all of their slaves and had to hire or do their own work. -Christian N
I think the war in the Middle East is a dystopia. The Military has traced Osama Bin Laden to the mountains of Afganistan. But we have soldiers on counter insurgency missions but we have declared war on terror/ Al Queda, not the the street armies of Iraq.
-Sam K.
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