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DYSTOPIA (The Time Machine // H.G Wells 1895 (exploitation from the rich…
DYSTOPIA
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1932 Context
Written at start of the World Wide Depression, unstable economy. (BNW has job stability, which was lacking in America and Europe as of Technology. There are no Economical issues.)
Henry Ford Production Line - mass production, removed humanity from people as they were alienated from the final product and were seen as "cogs in the machine."
Sexual liberation was more common among women, and was swaying from Tradition.
Huxley took industrial and political developments and created this world were citizens of a totalitarian state used technology to make them love their slavery.
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1962 Context
Construction of the Berlin Wall begins, restricting movement between East Berlin and West. Forming a clear boundary. (segregation shows degradation and regressive)
1962 - Rachel Carson's Silent Spring introduced impacts of toxic chemicals, specifically DDT on the environment and health.
New emphasis on pollution (RC 1962 + WW2) and its relationship to human health. Created a clear relationship between environmental problems and human society.
1953 Context
Post WW2 , Nazi influences of burning books and destroying knowledge so the citizens are more modifiable and naive.
Tv became mainstream in the 1950's and changed culture forever. Romanticized past and the escape to the "book people"
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