Monday, 29 September 2014

1.5.1 key themes - exam prep

Themes: what are the characters doing and why are they doing.

Dystopia: a distorted vision of the near future, of a fallen government, which effects society. ------ this is a warning to us about our government and its systems 

Totalitarianism: a police run state which dictates all aspects of society. Mostly occurs in times of need e.g economic struggle. ---- the society in VFV is run by a dictator, which is still common in society.

Revolution: protests wether they be passive or aggressive, for a cause or for freedom. ----- relates to us as we constantly taking to the streets for personal causes.  As in VFV when they blow up parliament for freedom

Conspiracy theories: a belief by an individual/ group that may be responsible for a particular event. Usually circulated on social media, claiming that the governments message or intent is untrue. ---- we relate this to 9/11. Links to VFV as we cannot trust our government.

Democracy: a system where society votes for a representative to run for them. ---- we live in democracy. The party Thant runs in VFV was voted in

Fascism: a nationalistic right wing system that want only their race to be superior.--- relates to us as we thought against fasicm in ww2. In VFV the leading party is fasict as they belive the British race is superior.

1 comment:

  1. Shows good understanding of the themes - is there a conclusion you can draw from this, or messages?

    WT C

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