Today’s Warm Up Today, I want you to brainstorm and write down what your perfect world would include. If the world was 100% created around your happiness and no one else’s, what would it look like?

Literary Terms of focus for Scythe… Characterization Voice Conflict Character Terms Epigraph

Two types of Characterization Direct characterization: The author tells you about a character; the personality of a fictitious character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases, or epithets. Indirect characterization: The author does not tell you what to think/fell about a character; a fictitious character's personality is revealed through his/her actions, speech, appearance, etc. Explain what is direct characterization and what is indirect characterization in the following clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9VI6SExDms

Voice… A voice in literature is the form or a format through which narrators tell their stories. Voice is understood through diction (word choice), actions, emotions, thoughts of the character. Example: A child’s voice will be vastly different from a surgeon’s voice.

Voice Lesson Watch the two clips. How is the voice of the narrator different in each? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KFVLWX7eEY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1UmHfWCw-4

Epigraph noun a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme.

Conflict… Internal conflict: A conflict between a character and them self. It is something that the character struggles with in their mind; it is a mental/emotional conflict. External conflict: A conflict between a character and an outside force. You can see this conflict happening.

Types of Conflict… Man vs. Man: The Avengers vs. Thanos Man vs. Self: Anakin vs. the dark side Man vs. Nature: Moana Man vs. Society: Katniss vs. The Capitol Man vs. Technology: Spider Man vs. drones What type of conflict is evident in the following clip? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1UxZJ9owX Y

Antagonist: The character who is against the main character Protagonist: The main character from whose point of view a story is viewed Peter Quill (Starlord) Antagonist: The character who is against the main character Thanos

Character Static: A character that does not change throughout the course of a story. Rocket Dynamic: A character that changes throughout the course of a story. Nebula

Character Round Extremely realistic, behaving and speaking in a "real life" manner. The round character is complex and increases in complexity throughout the story. Flat A flat character is a type of character in fiction that does not change too much from the start of the narrative to its end.  No emotional depth.

Dystopias: Definition and Characteristics 9th grade Literature, Galloway/Hunt

Utopia A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect with respect to politics, laws, customs, and conditions.

Dystopia Answer: So what is Scythe criticizing about today’s world?? 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. Answer: So what is Scythe criticizing about today’s world??

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.

Characteristics Continued: 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.

Types of Dystopian Controls Corporate control: One or more large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or the media. Examples include Minority Report or Divergent. 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 Hunger Games and V for Vendetta.

Types of Dystopian Controls 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. Examples include The Handmaid’s Tail and The Giver.

What kind of dystopia would you argue Scythe is and why? Answer and Justify: What kind of dystopia would you argue Scythe is and why?

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 recognize the negative aspects of the dystopian world through his or her perspective.