Title, when Author synopsis theme/link/significance
The Time H. G. War of two races against one another.
Machine, Wells Divided by the ground. Danger comes
1895 at night
The E. M. In a future human society, everyone lives in
Machine Foster separate, underground rooms, where all their
needs and wants are provided by “the
stops, 1909
Machine.”She doesn’t see the point of
visiting him, since they can communicate just
as easily through the Machine. Kuno wants
to visit the earth’s surface (which is now
apparently incapable of supporting life), a
desire that Vashti, who is perfectly content
living underground with the aid of the
Machine, doesn’t understand. Kuno criticizes
Vashti for worshipping the Machine as if it
were a divine being.
We, 1924 Yevgeny technological advancements,
Zamyatin attempt to deny the presence of
desire and love, glass houses, The
Green Wall, secret love affairs, sex
becomes a routine act, citizens
wear the same clothes and are
given labels, separation into
castes/role/status, rebellion (The
Green Wall is destroyed and birds
start repopulating the state – nature
overtaking again from sterility),
protagonist is tortured and submits
to total submission to the regime.
Its publication was seen as the
birth of modern dystopian
literature.
Brave New Aldous Set in World State. Intelligence based
World, 1932 Huxley social hierarchy. Reproductive technology.
Psychological manipulation...playing
recordings during sleep which are
assimilated. Bernard Marx protagonist.
Travels to savage reservation. Meets John
abandoned son of the Director.
It can’t Sinclair United states fascist dictatorship when
happen Lewis Buzz Windrip wins 1936 election. Novel
here, 1935 follows Doemus Jessup newspaper editor
who accounts the change in the US.
War with Karel Discovery of sea-dwelling race in the
the newts, Capek Indian ocean. Intelligent breed of newts
1936 who were initially enslaved and exploited.
Newts get human knowledge and rebel
leading to global war.
The Time H. G. War of two races against one another.
Machine, Wells Divided by the ground. Danger comes
1895 at night
The E. M. In a future human society, everyone lives in
Machine Foster separate, underground rooms, where all their
needs and wants are provided by “the
stops, 1909
Machine.”She doesn’t see the point of
visiting him, since they can communicate just
as easily through the Machine. Kuno wants
to visit the earth’s surface (which is now
apparently incapable of supporting life), a
desire that Vashti, who is perfectly content
living underground with the aid of the
Machine, doesn’t understand. Kuno criticizes
Vashti for worshipping the Machine as if it
were a divine being.
We, 1924 Yevgeny technological advancements,
Zamyatin attempt to deny the presence of
desire and love, glass houses, The
Green Wall, secret love affairs, sex
becomes a routine act, citizens
wear the same clothes and are
given labels, separation into
castes/role/status, rebellion (The
Green Wall is destroyed and birds
start repopulating the state – nature
overtaking again from sterility),
protagonist is tortured and submits
to total submission to the regime.
Its publication was seen as the
birth of modern dystopian
literature.
Brave New Aldous Set in World State. Intelligence based
World, 1932 Huxley social hierarchy. Reproductive technology.
Psychological manipulation...playing
recordings during sleep which are
assimilated. Bernard Marx protagonist.
Travels to savage reservation. Meets John
abandoned son of the Director.
It can’t Sinclair United states fascist dictatorship when
happen Lewis Buzz Windrip wins 1936 election. Novel
here, 1935 follows Doemus Jessup newspaper editor
who accounts the change in the US.
War with Karel Discovery of sea-dwelling race in the
the newts, Capek Indian ocean. Intelligent breed of newts
1936 who were initially enslaved and exploited.
Newts get human knowledge and rebel
leading to global war.
