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Dystopia revision - Coggle Diagram
Dystopia revision
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Isolated protagonists
Winston
Before Julia he is alone,
no connection with Katherine
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Offred
Alone, unable to communicate with others
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Social class
Goldstein's book and the high, low and middle
In 1984 Goldstein describes the movement of the high low and middle classes in a cyclical pattern that always keeps the low as the low
Proletariat and inner and outer party separated into fractions by political involvement - carried on from the days before English Socialism was in power - prole man describing the Labour party
Constant need for power and O'Brien refers to power for 'the sake of power' - now even less equal as there is no interchanging in the oligarchy
Lack of political consciousness of the proles whom for Winston hold the hope' of humanity and this defines their role of squalor and position in the 'low' of society
Hierarchy within Gilead
Martha's are basically servants and are placed in this role as they are unable to reproduce - fertility determines power and status
If one can produce a child, they are a 'flag on the hilltop' and won't become an 'unwoman'
The Handmaids have some power due to their fertility but are constrained by the 'Scriptural Precedents' of violence from the wives and the patriarchal domination of the Commanders
Never Let Me Go shows the cruelty of humanity and how they treat those different as that of lower status
The clones are treated cruelly (apart from Hailsham) and those supporting their betterment of conditions tend to be of higher class - wealth confining social views
Religion and dystopia
Handmaids Tale
'God is a national resource' - God is used to control and abuse society, creates a basis for dystopia
Using 'Scriptural Precedents' to 'hit [the Handmaids]', possibly commenting on how religion, when interpreted by extremists can be used to justify violence
Religious language is used throughout between Offred and Ofglen as their sole purpose for being is defined by religious ideas of the oligarchy
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