4 th : Monday, March 7, 2016

1. 4th: Monday, March 7, 2016 • Put away phones • Get out SSR Book

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8KQmps-Sog (Muse) • After reading the poem: • What is this poem about? • What event(s) might have inspired Muse to write this song? • After viewing the music video: • What is the overall premise of the video? • What message/theme does it send?

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl9aqZk4kFU (Hunger Games Reaping Scene) • Appearance vs. Reality • How does the video presentation depict the hunger games? • How does it depict the current society they live in? • How are the faces of the viewers different from the propaganda used in the video? • Is the propaganda working?

4. Dystopian Literature

5. Terms & Definitions • Utopia: A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions. • Dystopia: A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control. Dystopias, through an exaggerated worst-case scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system.

6. Characteristics of a Dystopian Society • • Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society. • • Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted. • • A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society. • • Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance. • • Citizens have a fear of the outside world. • • Citizens live in a dehumanized state. • • The natural world is banished and distrusted. • • Citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad. • • The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.

7. Types of Dystopian Control • Most dystopian works present a world in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through one or more of the following types of controls: • • Corporate control: One or more large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or the media. Examples include Minority Report and Running Man. • • Bureaucratic control: Society is controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials. Examples in film include Brazil. • • Technological control: Society is controlled by technology—through computers, robots, and/or scientific means. Examples include The Matrix, The Terminator, and I, Robot. • • Philosophical/religious control: Society is controlled by philosophical or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic government.

8. The Dystopian Protagonist • often feels trapped and is struggling to escape. • • questions the existing social and political systems. • • believes or feels that something is terribly wrong with the society in which he or she lives. • • helps the audience recognizes the negative aspects of the dystopian world through his or her perspective.

9. Dystopian Examples • 1984 • Brave New World • A Clockwork Orange • The Hunger Games • Divergent Series • Delirium Series • Maximum Ride Series

10. Discussion • Watch the scene from Love Actually • Watch the scene from The Holiday • You don’t have to share aloud, but think about this: Have you ever been in love? Was the love returned? • What are some good that comes from being in love? • What are some bad that comes from being in love? • Which outweighs the other? Is “love” worth it, even if it’s unrequited (unreturned)?

11. Delirium Book Trailer • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9usQp0s22e4 • Assignment: Read the first four chapters of Delirium by Lauren Oliver. • http://www.9novels.net/Young_Adult/Delirium-1/index.html​  (pages 1-4)