Dystopian Examples by SARAH WILLIS

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“They were equal every which way.” (Page 21)

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Everybody was finally equal.

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Every twenty seconds or so the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains.”pg. 1 or 21”

marleyr_manning1 — 2024-08-20 14:57:56 UTC

Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains.

(Page 21)

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“Clanking, clownish, and huge, Harrison stood in the center of the studio. Ballerinas, technicians, musicians, and announcers cowered on their knees before him, expecting to die.”

(Page 24)

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“He began to think glimmeringly about his abnormal son who was now in jail, about Harrison, but a twenty- one-gun salute in his head stopped that.” Pg.22

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Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger than anybody else. (21)(first page)

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“He began to think glimmeringly about his abnormal son who was now in jail, about Harrison, but a twenty-one-gun salute in his head stopped that.” Page 22

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“They were burdened with sash weights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face” (page 22)

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“ if i tried to get away with it” said George, “ then other people get away with it— and pretty soon we’d be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everyone else. You wouldn’t like that, would you.

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“Why don’t you stretch out on the sofa, so’s you rest in your handicap bag o the pillows, honey bunch.” She was referring to the forty-seven pounds of birdshot in a canvas bag, which was padlocked around George’s neck. Pg 22-23.

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“If you see this boy,” said the ballerina, “ do not- I repeat, do not-try no reason with him.” There was the shriek of a door being torn from its hinges. Screams and barking cries of consternation came from the television set.

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“And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times”. Page 1

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“‘If I tired to get away with it,’ said George, “then other people’d get away with it- and pretty soon we’d be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everyone else. You wouldn’t like that would you?”

marleyr_manning1 — 2024-08-20 15:01:02 UTC

And it was easy to see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all the dancers, for her handicap bags were as big as those worn by two-hundred-pound men.

(Page 23)

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“ Nobody was smatter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anyone else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anyone else”. Page 1

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“The transmitter would send out some sharp noises to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains.” page 1

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Propaganda

The announcers had speech impediments

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“That dance-it was nice”. They weren’t really very good- no better than anybody else would have been, anyway.”

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““I am the emperor!” Cried Harrison. “Do you hear? I am the emperor! Everyone must do what I say as once!” He stamped his foot and the studio shook” ( page 4 )

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“Excuse me—“ she said, and she began again, making her voice absolutely uncompetitive.”

-Ballerina

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https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.634543/full

Kaniyah h.

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Evonni

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https://theconversation.com/digital-surveillance-is-omnipresent-in-china-heres-how-citizens-are-coping-225628

Present time

Airen Coombs - “Digital surveillance is omnipresent in China”.

marleyr_manning1 — 2024-08-21 14:55:12 UTC

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Sarah

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https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/feature/religious-restrictions-around-the-world/

-Rhett

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https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/uniformity#:~:text=When%20you%20see%20police%20officers,TV%20shows%20would%20be%20boring.

Jaylen

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https://www.nknews.org/2024/04/rok-ban-on-north-korean-media-limits-free-speech-state-department-says/

Gami, R

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Talmage

North Korea: Kim Jong Un introduces laws banning divorce, allowing cops to check mobile phones. This law will empower checking squads, across the country to check the mobile phones of citizens. Citizens who are caught with content from South Korea face a strict and harsh penalty including rigorous imprisonment and a tenure in a labor camp.

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“Two years in prison and two thousand dollars fine or every ball I took out,” said George.” Page 23

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“Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else” (Page 21)

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“He started thinking about his son in jail, but then a twenty one gun salute started playin” Page 22

This shows he was on constant surveillance because he thought about something that the society wouldn’t like and they scrambled his brain for it

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“On the television screen were ballerinas.” Page 22

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“He tried to do the best he could do with what God gave him. He should get a nice raise for trying so hard.”

Page 23

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“He is a genius and an athlete, is under-handicapped, and should be regarded as extremely dangerous.” Page 24

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“Forty-seven pounds of birdshot in a canvas bag, which was padlocked around George’s neck.”

Page 23

Zane, L

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“He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter.

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H-G men took George and Hazel Bergeron’s fourteen year- old son Harrison away.

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“The spectacles were intended to make him not only half blind, but to give him whanging headaches besides. Scrap Metal was hung all over him.” (Page 24)

Evan P

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“Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains”. Page 1

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They weren’t really very good no better than anybody else would have been. (P22)

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“They were burdened with sash-weights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in.”

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“And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it all times. It was tuned to the government transmitter. every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains.” Page 1

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“And to offset his good looks, the H-G men required that he wear at all times a red rubber ball for a nose, keep his eyebrows shaved off, and cover his even white teeth with black caps at snaggle-tooth random” Pg. 24

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“She referred to the forty-seven pounds of birdshot in a canvas bag, which was padlocked around George’s neck.”

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“They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else.

Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else.

Page 21

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“Even as i stand here” he bellowed. “Crippled, hobbled, sickened I am a greater ruler than any man who ever lived now watch me become what I can become” Pg.5

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Constant surveillance

Zane

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Angela

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https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/03/iran-draconian-campaign-to-enforce-compulsory-veiling-laws-through-surveillance-and-mass-car-confiscations/

-torian

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https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/10/3/23900718/racist-propaganda-antisemitic-acts-spiked-in-illinois-last-year-report-shows -Emily rose

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Keith J

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https://www.newsweek.com/china-spy-agency-propaganda-post-uses-us-warships-1941174

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Jimmy

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.634543/full

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Seiji

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.634543/full#B23

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Ashlyn M.

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https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israel-gaza-propaganda-biden/

Evan P

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“He was required by law to wear it at all times it was tuned to a government transmitter” page 1

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“The picture showed full length Harrison against a background calibrated in feet and inches. He was exactly 7 feet tall.”

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Zoey S.

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“ she aimed it at the musicians and told them they had 10 seconds to get their handicaps back on “ page 26

Ariana p

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“But Harrison looked like a walking junkyard”

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Macey J

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“It’s attached to George’s brain.”

Phillip

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“The unceasing vigilance of agents to the United States Handicapper General.” Pg 21 Noah Baker

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“George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear”.

Page 21.

Emma Mathis

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-Daniela Rendon

“ That dance it was nice,” said hazel

“ They were burdened with sash weights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in.” - page 22

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Ethan Salazar

“She was blindingly beautiful now”

Page 25

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“I’d think it would be real interesting hearing all the different sounds,” said Hazel, a little envious. “All the things they think up.”

Pg.22

Sh’Miah M

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Kevin- “there you are said George. On laws what do you think happens to society?”

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“”That must be Harrison !” Said George. The realization was blasted from his mind instantly by the sound of an automobile collision in his head.” Pg 24

-Dayjia

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“Sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains”

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Ciera

“She fired twice, and the emperor and the empress were dead before they hit the floor.”

Pg24

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“And then, neutralizing gravity with love and pure will, they remained suspended in air inches below the ceiling , and they kissed each other for a long , long time.

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Mariana N.

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“The H-G Men required that he wear at all times a red rubber ball for a Nose, keep eyebrows shaved off, cover his even white teeth with black caps at an snaggle-tooth random”

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Angel F

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“ If I tried to get away with it,” said George, “ then people’d get away with it-and pretty soon we’d be right back to the dark ages again

Cullen R.

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And it was easy to see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all the dancers, for her handicap bags were as those worn by 200 pound men- Ayden pg23