1. Utopia and Dystopia

2. Utopia An ideal community or society Often contains a perfect socio-politico-legal system Most cultures have some utopia that existed in the past

3. Dystopia Often exist in literature, in a futuristic society that has degraded and become repressive and controlled, disguised as a utopia

4. Dystopian stories often… -are a tale of caution warning society -include a totalitarian government -include a lack of individual freedoms and expressions

5. The Hero of a Dystopia… Is often an outsider. Why? His power of knowledge weakens the dystopia and he appeals to a group of people not controlled by the dystopia but does not achieve what he/she hoped