1. Dystopia

2. Definitions  Utopia: is a term for an ideal society. It has been used to describe both planned communities that attempt to create an ideal society, and fictional societies portrayed in literature. (The Garden of Eden)  Dystopia: is the vision of a society that is the opposite of ideal. A dystopian society is a state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad, characterized by human misery, poverty, oppression, violence, disease, and/or pollution

3. Utopias  Utopian society is founded on perfectionism and fulfillment.

4. Fantasy Utopia

5. Futuristic Utopia

6. Garden Utopia

7. Dystopias  Most dystopias impose severe social restrictions on the characters' lives.  It is a culture where the condition of life is "extremely bad," as from deprivation, oppression, or terror.  Many dystopias, found in fictional and artistic works, can be described as a utopian society with at least one fatal flaw; whereas a utopian society is founded on perfectionism and fulfillment, a dystopian society’s dreams of improvement are overshadowed by stimulating fears of the “ugly consequences of present-day behavior”.

8. A Dystopia in which air is unsafe to breath.

9. A dystopia in which radiation causes mutations in human DNA

10. Utter destruction Dystopia

11. Under water Dystopia

12. Over populated Dystopia

13. Filthy City Dystopia

14. Watch a clip from The Hunger Games. List characteristics which make this film DYSTOPIAN.

15. In a small group, list AT LEAST 3 books or movies your group considers DYSTOPIAN? For each book or movie, list at least 3 elements which makes it DYSTOPIAN.

16. This Dystopia must give up love, family, science, art, religion, and history…most importantly Individuality!