A dystopia is a society in which feelings such as misery and oppression are common. A dystopia is an undesirable world that society has created. The novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a dystopia. In Huxley’s world people are identical and made from hatched embryos. People may seem to be happy but the happiness in this world is artificial. Another example of dystopian societies are The Purge Anarchy, and The Purge Election Year by James DeMonaco. These are examples of dystopian societies because improving society is done by mass violence and putting the fear of death in everyone 's minds. No one wants to live in fear. Obviously these dystopias are different, but they’re different for similar reasons. Huxley is centered around sex. Demonaco is centered around violence. Both sex and violence are Freudian instincts. Humans are physical beings with physical desires.
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These two dystopias are different for similar reasons in many ways. They both have government that want to see both societies happy and thriving. They might go about this in different ways, but they’re both trying to achieve a similar goal. They both use Freudian philosophy. Only Huxley uses his theory about people 's urge for sex, and Demonaco uses the theory for violence. Though these are similar themselves at the same time because both are Freudian theories and both discuss human urges. Freud is right by saying we are sexual and violent beings, and both governments in both dystopias acknowledge that. Neither government wants change but their are still people who dislike these worlds. For example in Brave New World, John the Savage comes in and tells people there is a different way of living, and they reject them. Just like in the Purge movies anti-purge groups form everywhere because they oppose with the way of living. Each society wanted the same results, just took different approaches getting
These two dystopias are different for similar reasons in many ways. They both have government that want to see both societies happy and thriving. They might go about this in different ways, but they’re both trying to achieve a similar goal. They both use Freudian philosophy. Only Huxley uses his theory about people 's urge for sex, and Demonaco uses the theory for violence. Though these are similar themselves at the same time because both are Freudian theories and both discuss human urges. Freud is right by saying we are sexual and violent beings, and both governments in both dystopias acknowledge that. Neither government wants change but their are still people who dislike these worlds. For example in Brave New World, John the Savage comes in and tells people there is a different way of living, and they reject them. Just like in the Purge movies anti-purge groups form everywhere because they oppose with the way of living. Each society wanted the same results, just took different approaches getting