Why We Love Young Adult Dystopian Novels and Movies, the question should be why wouldn't we? Because young people love reading about young people, because young people are irational and emotional, and because we live in a world that is too boring and our daily life becomes munda...
Once the dystopian genre gained its actual shape in literature, during the first decades of the twentieth century several concepts appeared constantly in most of this kind of novels. A common topic has been the dissidence of the main character, who at the initial stage of the plot is a ...
Based on Veronica Roth’s best-selling young adult novels, the Divergent series comprises three films:Divergent,InsurgentandAllegiant. All of these three movies are set in a dystopian society whose inhabitants are divided into factions, namely Dauntless, Erudite, Candor, Abnegation, and Amity based ...
I’ve always been drawn to “dark” novels and films–horror, sci-fi, and extreme realism. As readers, we gain a lot from these bleak worlds. Samara Morgan, the vengeful ghost/demon in the horror story THE RING helps us understand the brutal possibilities of the mother/daughter relationship...
That probably has to be Lord of the Rings. I first read the books when I was eight or nine and when I saw the films it was like someone had looked into my head and put what was there onto the screen! If you were given one day to be anyone, go anywhere, and do anything, how ...
Novels have more space to develop charactersand worlds. They are not limited to how long a movie is supposed to last and have unlimited space and the potential to flesh out the world as they see fit. On the other hand, a movie is expected to not be longer than three hours at most, ...
For years, I’ve been wondering why dystopian and post-apocalyptic books are so popular, especially with teens. Personally, I love reading these books. I also enjoy writing them. Now, I’m generally a very optimistic person who believes we can create a good future. So what is it about ...
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4.When you think of stories that explore acts of survival, Odyssean journeys, harsh, wild winters, and dystopian landscapes probably come to mind. 5.A video game app, Intestinal Parasites, was developed as a tie-in to her dystopian MaddAddam novels. ...
upon for a revolution is a massive change. They have to learn how to take on responsibility. Understanding that their childhood, if they had a real one at all, is over as they stand up to fight is a vital part of several novels, films, or television shows that portray a dystopian ...