What is a dystopian novel?
According to Merriam-Webster, dystopia means an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives.
To me a dystopian novel is about a different community where sometimes, it appears to be perfect, but it ends up there is a flaw in this society, or a community where you can tell there is something wrong from the start. Either way, there is something not right about this place.
Lately I have been reading a lot of dystopian novels, and one of my favorites was:
Matched Trilogy by Ally Condie
In this society everything seems to be perfect. The Society's Officials decide everything in your life for you, including who you marry, where you work, and when you die. The main character, Cassia, is waiting to be Matched to a boy whom she will be married to. When Cassia's best friend appears on the screen, she knows they are well matched. But, when she sees another boys face flash upon her screen she isn't so sure anymore. Now it is up to Cassia to decide: To live the life the Society has laid before her, or find her own way, the way no one has gone before...
Matched and Crossed are out now, and Reached will be released on November 13th, 2012.
According to Merriam-Webster, dystopia means an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives.
To me a dystopian novel is about a different community where sometimes, it appears to be perfect, but it ends up there is a flaw in this society, or a community where you can tell there is something wrong from the start. Either way, there is something not right about this place.
Lately I have been reading a lot of dystopian novels, and one of my favorites was:
Matched Trilogy by Ally Condie
In this society everything seems to be perfect. The Society's Officials decide everything in your life for you, including who you marry, where you work, and when you die. The main character, Cassia, is waiting to be Matched to a boy whom she will be married to. When Cassia's best friend appears on the screen, she knows they are well matched. But, when she sees another boys face flash upon her screen she isn't so sure anymore. Now it is up to Cassia to decide: To live the life the Society has laid before her, or find her own way, the way no one has gone before...
Matched and Crossed are out now, and Reached will be released on November 13th, 2012.
