Hi ! Could you please check my mistakes ? ♥ 1) In the first document, society is depicted as overly controlled by some sort of hierarchy. Every party member's life is thoroughly inspected and any unusual pattern, whether it be in terms of facial expressio (2024)

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1) In the first document, society is depicted as overly controlled by some sort of hierarchy. Every party member's life is thoroughly inspected and any unusual pattern, whether in terms of facial expression, emotions or habits, is noticed. It is said in the text that, in this world, people aren’t arrested for having committing a crime, as there doesn’t even seem to be any formal law regarding sentencing for crimes, but are being gotten rid of for barely showing a possibility of taking action. Torture also appears to be a legal against those who end up victims of purges, solely for showing signs of internal rebellion. People in this society are expected to hold the rightful opinions (the ones that match the party’s we can assume) and undergo training starting in childhood which is highly comparable to indoctrination.

The society depicted in document 2 showcases a world in which regular people seem to be able to “order” bodies for their brain to be transplanted in. Those bodies are produced by a corporation named “*BIOTECHINC*” and are seemingly harvested when they are considered old enough, the hiccup being that those “Body Donors” (as qualified in the text) appear to be actual conscious people, not mere bodies.

In document 3 we can see a stark landscape with the floor covered in what could either be snow or, most likely, in this case, ash. In the middle of the photograph, we can obviously notice the big Disney placard which is half destroyed. It however still displays Minnie’s happy, welcoming facial expression. She seems to be inviting us to her desolate land. In the background we can see a castle on the right and another building on the left (which according to its structure, might be a chapel or a church. They both look wrecked). They stand as vestiges of the past, last remains of a world that’s probably long gone.
We can imagine that there’s been a massive world-wide disaster of some kind that’s lead to the nearly total human extinction.

2) Let’s first quickly remind ourselves of what dystopias are: Coming from dys (greek for Bad) and pia (place), a dystopia is an undesirable future which can usually be considered bad for various reasons but often implies heavy injustices/sufferings/harsh life conditions etc. They’re usually based on real life events and act as reminders of what could happen if we don’t keep our eyes open and watch out for our mistakes.

The first document can easily be considered as a dystopia. Indeed, in the society portrayed, people don’t have any form of freedom whatsoever. Although they’re not pressured by law anymore, they’re constantly being spied on. And like that’s not enough, every single change in their patterns and habits is noticed and can lead to terrible consequences, such as getting arrested, tortured or being the victim of of a purge, purely for the purpose of preventing people from committing hypothetical “crimes”. Nonetheless, we could argue that those so called “crimes” are mostly just legitimate questions they asked, since as it is mentioned in the text, Ingsoc (probaby the name of the country depicted), has inherent contradictions that obviously lead to public confusion. It is also said that people in this society are educated very early on (“mental training, undergone in childhood”) to think according to a basic scheme that matches the government’s ideology. They’re not allowed to think otherwise. This clearly stands as indoctrination. Those citizens are stripped of their freedom of speech and thought (although in my opinion we could just as well say that they don’t even have any freedoms to begin with, since everything regarding their life is being checked, from their friends to sleeping habits). It goes as far as them being forced to feel specific emotions (“the desirable emotion”), which we could easily construe as a cllear case of stripping people of their humanity, as emotions are definitely part of what makes us human.

The second instance might, at first glance, not seem like a dystopia. Indeed, the idea of transplanting people’s brains in bodies specifically grown for this purpose is a recurring topic. It could be a pathway to immortality which has long been sought after by humans. We tend to try to bend every single natural phenomenon to our will and death is one of the handful of rules that we haven’t managed to break yet. Some people say immortality would be a terrible thing for us, others say it could be fine if well supervised. While I don’t think it would necessarily sign our own death warrant, this way of achieving it would definitely not be ethically acceptable. It would imply negating actual human beings’ essential rights for other, older humans. It would deny our liberty to become who we want to as some people would be doomed to donate their body straight from birth without any opportunity to escape this horrible destiny. Besides, there’s also the fact that the richest would doubtlessly be the only ones able to afford such things. It also comes down to reducing actual people’s identity to being a commodity which is unacceptable.
In this case, this dystopia would probably lead to both a lot of injustices and suffering for the ones who’d be the donors.

Finally, the third document is most likely the aftermath of a worldwide catastrophe (which could either be natural or, plausibly human according to the amounts of what could be ash). This is actually doubtlessly the most common type of dystopia portrayed in the media. The general public is rather fond of this kind of undesirable outcomes with movies like The Maze Runner, Mad Max or series like The Walking Dead or The 100 taking place in comparable universes. Usually, few humans are left and have to survive in terrible life conditions following a tremendous disaster. This style of dystopia is arguably the most popular because of its usually easier to handle as an aspect. While it is a tough proposition it is more obvious at the first glance, it is actually, in my opinion, the easiest one to bear and survive through. In this kind of dystopia, people are entirely aware of what they’re facing and how to deal with it, and they can usually find a way out or around it fairly easily. But in the first two instances, they can hardly escape society’s pressure and their own destiny. So while the third document is definitely a dystopia, it is to me way less of a terrible outcome than the other two.

3) Document one is actually disturbingly worrisome due to the fact that it actually is rather comparable to a lot of what the world is going through right now. Thankfully, we’re still far from such disaster, but we should still be concerned. Indeed, the life controlling aspect is actually spreading in non-democratic countries that do not respect essential rights, such as what’s going on in e.g. North Korea or China. Indeed, in China, people are receiving a grading for their behavior that determine what they get to do and what they’re forbidden from doing. The worse part being that criticizing the government or the Chinese ideology actually leads to a huge drop in people’s grade and can very quickly prevent them from leaving the country or lead them to being imprisoned. Just like in the first document, Chinese citizens are being stripped of their ability to think by themselves and to form their own opinions. They’re also introduced to the Chinese ideology and principles during childhood while they’re gullible and easy to convince which is definitely a form of indoctrination.
On a smaller scale, this dystopia’s characteristics could also be compared to what’s going on with the social media nowadays. Indeed, most people constantly document their daily lives to their followers, exposing every single bit of their lifestyle and relationships. This usually leads to a tremendous pressure to fit a pre-fabricated, desirable scheme, not only of living but also of thinking. It is especially prominent amongst social media celebrities: we regularly see people being exposed, called out or “canceled” (there is a huge cancellation culture going on right now on the internet for instagrammers and youtubers) for thinking differently from what’s considered acceptable (some famous people have actually been threatened and heavily bashed for coming out as republican on the internet!). The pressure to fit in the collective opinion and thinking is so huge that it almost is just as heavy as if it was government forcing it on us.

The second document also emphasizes highly problematic aspects of our life nowadays. First, our constant race against time. In this time of humanity, everybody’s always rushing. Everything has to be done well and quickly, which often leads us to lose sight of what matters and eventually literally miss on life. And we then later complain that we haven’t had enough time.
It also highlights how the way human beings are treated is slowly becoming more and more similar to the way we treat cattle: the respect for each individual is hastily waning as we become numbers of consumers, expected benefits etc.
It seems that humans themselves are gradually becoming industrial products. We’re “sold” on social media, dating apps or even when offering services (waiters for example are way too often treated like pets). While it is definitely not anywhere near this dystopia’s level, it’s still worrisome.
Finally, it also leads us to question our medical and general progress. Recent years have seen insane steps forward in terms of technology and health, we now live way longer than we used to, in better conditions, people are getting taller due to better nutrition and our technology is still far from reaching its peak (although our current computers will soon be outdated, they’ll quickly be replaced by newer, more efficient ones).
According to doctors and scientist, people born after 1981 have a 70% chance of living as old as 200 years old. With new techniques being discovered each year and cellular renewal being at the center of scientific researche we’re always pushing our limits forward. Some doctors are already looking into replacing our body parts and limbs with robotic engines. But all of this also implies strong ethical concerns and those steps of progress raise a lot of anxiety from people who think that it would be messing with nature. Humanity will most likely have to figure out a way to do it right.

Finally, the third and last document, while it isn’t really related to our current lives, stands to me as a huge warning of what we could do if we’re not careful. To be honest, while the Minnie first seemed welcoming, I actually increasingly started to feel like she was rather saying something along the lines of “See? Look at what you’ve done!” with a reproaching tone. This image is, in my opinion, the epitome of what humans are capable of doing. Until now we’ve avoided such outcome. For instance, the world could have ended in such horrible state a few times already, like if Cold War had actually moved onto Hot War. But the threat is not gone, it’s still here as we move into a new crisis with Global Warming. Let’s just hope that this picture remains a warning, not a foreword.

@Elhemio And I’m reading you depicting my country as closing in on being a dystopian society .You have to remember that our party’s eyes are everywhere so be extra careful with what you say!

@elijahq I live in France so I'm not really worried about China but good Luck to You it must be hard to bear :(

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