#import "@preview/grape-suite:1.0.0": exercise
#import exercise: project

#set text(lang: "en")

#show: project.with(
  title: [Start of Dystopia],
  seminar: [Englisch Q2],
  show-outline: true,
  author: "Erik Grobecker",
  date: datetime(day: 21, month: 11, year: 2024),
  show-solutions: false,
)

#show "=>": sym.arrow.double
#show "->": sym.arrow

= Dystopian world in "I am legend"?

- lone survivor of zombie apocalypse
- humanity has been eradicated by a pandemic turning them into zombie-like creatures (human exctinction)
- desolate cityscape, atmosphere of destruction (streets, bridges ...)


== How does Dystopian fiction represent fears and concerns of the real world?

Example: "The Circle"

In the Dystopia of "the Cur"

== Characteristics of Dystopia fiction

- opressive governments or opression from any source
- differentiation of people in classes (or "casten" #footnote[like in _Brave New World_]) <fn-bnw>
- futuristic technology being used as a means of opression
- control over information by a third-party (governments/corporations)
  - being forced into a specific mindset without having the means to break out (like in _1984_)
- indirect criticism of technology or cultural norms
  - and of the idea of a "perfect society"
- systematic extermination of sub-groups/-cultures (like in the "3. Reich")