unseen dystopian quotes Flashcards
(10 cards)
Iron Heel by London (1908)
“the quiet makes me restless”
“i have been in the thick of life so long i am oppressed by the peace and quiet” (militaristic language used to described emotions)
“woe to the iron heel” (political party slogan link to “down with big brother”)
about the rise of a socialist mass movement in the US
the conservative are frightened by this and think about establishing a brutal dictatorship to oppose it
1908 link:
- german tensions (world war 1 started in 1914)
- Russian tensions (russian revolution in 1917)
- industrial revolution and the rise of technology
- link to 1984 (imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever”)
- link to tht - the gilead regime sees mass decline in births therefore use religion as an excuse to take over and dictate to get a rise of birth rates again (like the communist party in the iron heel they want to take control to reduce the rise of socialist masses)
We by Zamyatin (1924)
“how could a government permit people to live without compulsory walks”
“beasts they blindly gave birth to children”
unified totalitarian state, no way of referring to people except by their numbers (D-503 the author). nation constructed entirely from glass, people march in step with each other uniformly
1924 link:
- Soviet russia (1922-53 stalin in charge)
- protagonist is part of the regime
- band in Russia and is also set in russia
- link to 1984 (the telescreens, from author knowledge they aren’t allowed to have sex only the proles are, winston and julia has sex illegally, thought crime, thought police, thought criminals, winstons diary)
- link to tht (the eyes, they have to be accompanied everywhere even in the bathroom, must dress in uniforms that are uniformed o the other handmaids, told when they can have sex just like We)
modern interpretation - talk about north korea and how once the adults are gone and past away the children who shel grown up in the dictatorship will only know that therefore continuing the generational unification under a dictators rule
influenced Orwell’s writing of 1984
Brave New World by Huxley (1932)
“conditioning centre”
“three hundred fertilisers”
“a troop of newley arrived students”
“community, identity, stability”
“it was a privilege”
environmentally engineered intelligence based social hierarchy
huge scientific advancements
reproductive technology
sleep learning
psychological manipulation
1932 link to:
- unit 731 in Japan led by Shidoshi (1930s and 40s)- they did tests to test for bio warfare yet it didn’t correlate to his studies as he did studies on infants, children and men such as putting them in extreme low pressured rooms until they *** this thinks to world war 2
- influenced Atwood’s writing of tht and influenced Orwell’s writing of 1984
- 1929 was the great depression and wall street crash as Germany was blamed for world war 1
- treaty of versailles in 1919
- Hitler elected for chancellor in 1933
- eugenics (breed the strong with the strong) - USSR (1920-40) link to Hitlers aryan race
- rise of technology
links to themes of eugenics, fertilisation and reproductive technology which tht comes close in contact with, scarcity of birth rate, the ceremony, Handmaids in general, Jezebel’s
psychological manipulation thinks to thought crimes, room 101, removal of language, thoughts, expressions, emotions
link to Anthem by Rand (1938)
Anthem by Rand (1938)
“none among men may be alone, ever and at any time”
“stranger to see only two legs stretched on the ground”
“our name is equality 7-2521”
“iron bracelet which all men wear on their left wrist”
“we are one in all and all in one”
Dark Age
tech advancements that are planned
conceptions individuality has been eliminated
a young man (Equality 7-2521) rebels by doing secret scientific research
1938 link to:
- a year before world war 2 begins so uproar unsettled individuals
- during soviet russian during Stalins reign
- computer was invented the year before 1937
- link to Brave New World (“conditioning centre”)
- link to unit 731 and the secret scientific research Equality 7-2521 is conducting
links to tht as there’s no mention of females so there’s an initial segregation such as in the handmaids tale where the only men are the commanders and guards
link to tht and the elimination of individuality - they have tattoos around their ankles, names replaced with their commanders, same outfits etc.
link to 1984 slogan (“war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength”) (“we are one in all and all in one”)
Animal Farm by Orwell (1945)
“all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others”
- link to O’brien how he has pruvellged to turn on and off his telecreen which winston does not have the privilege of doing
Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury (1953)
“it was a pleasure to burn”
“a book was like a loaded gun in the house next door”
censuring literature and destroying knowledge
protagonists eventually quits his jobs and preserves of any literary or cultural writings
1953 link to:
- koran war (1950 -53)
a clockwork orange by Burgess (1962)
“everybody very quick to forget, newspapers not being read much either”
“money isn’t everything”
“ultra-violent”
“an organic entity being turned into a mechanism”
youth subculture of extreme violence
teenage protagonist
his violent exploits and his experiences with state authorities intent on reforming him
1962 link to:
- cuban missile crisis
- vietnam war
- young starting to rebel against elders (1950s conservatives)
- US civil rights movement
- pill developed and distributed (1950s - 61)
The Drowned World by Ballard
“soon it would be too hot”
“to do at least four to five hours work before the heat became intolerable”
global warming caused by heightened solar radiation
uninhabitable
flooded abandoned London
1962 link to :
- climate and pollution
- cuban missile crisis
- aftermaths of war
- Nagasaki and Hiroshima
- beginning of social revolution
- Vietnam war
- nuclear testing
- climate crisis
- lack of human accountability
parable of the sower by Butler (1993)
“all that money wasted on another crazy space trip when so many people here on earth can’t afford water, food or shelter”
“cost of water has gone up”
“it’s a lot harder to give up water”
“you’re supposed to be dirty now”
a young women who can feel the pain of others
post apocalyptic
climate change and social inequality
1993 link to:
- IVF
- continuing globalisation
- immigration
- similar to children of men
- internet now invented
The Road by McCarthy (2006)
“he thought the month was october but he wasn’t sure”
“there’s no surviving another winter here”
story of a father and his young son
unspecifified cataclysm
destroyed industrial civilisation and almost all life
2006 link to:
- 9/ 11
- 21st c. climate crisis
- nuclear testing
- environmental dystopia
