2016年6月17日 星期五

Young adult fiction note week 16 (Dragon Boat Festival): Review the predictable Dystopian imagination

The predictable Dystopian imagination: “Elysium,” “Divergent,” “The Giver,” “The Snowpiercer” and “The Hunger Games”

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Elysium is a 2013 American science fiction action thriller film produced, written and directed by Neill Blomkamp. The film takes place on both a ravaged Earth, and a luxurious space habitat(Stanford torus design) called Elysium.

Lead characters Tris and Four stand above a futuristic Chicago.

Divergent is a 2014 American science fiction action film directed by Neil Burger, based on the novel of the same name by Veronica Roth.
The story takes place in a dystopian and post-apocalyptic Chicago[7] where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues.

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The Giver is a 1993 American young-adult utopian novel by Lois Lowry. It is set in a society which at first appears to be a utopian society but is later revealed to be a dystopian one as the story progresses.

The main protagonist appearing with other supporting characters.


  • Snowpiercer is a 2013 English-language South Koreanscience fiction action film.
  • The movie takes place aboard the globe-spanning Snowpiercer train which holds the last remnants of humanity after an attempt at climate engineering in order to stop global warming has unintentionally created a new ice age.
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The Hunger Games is a series of three adventure novels written by the American novelist Suzanne Collins. The series is set in The Hunger Games universe, and follows young characters Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark.

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