Persuasive Essay On Dystopian Literature

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"The truth is, dystopian fiction presents a fun house mirror of our collective selves." However, authors tend to take dystopian literature to an extreme. For example when you look at yourself in a fun house mirror, you may look extremely tall, rather short, or your face may expand. Well, that's similar to how authors write about dystopians. A dystopian is a perfect society that has pretty much "fallen apart". In fact in the 1900's a perfect society seemed possible for our nation, the way that technology was growing and improving. Dystopians aren't always horrible; the may also have good effects on our future. One common topic when writing about dystopias is, constantly being under surveillance. What exactly are some good effects about that? Well, typically when people are under surveillance they are on their best behavior. "As technology allows for the constant possibility that someone might always be watching you — whether it’s the government, your friends, or …show more content…

Now, there are some wonderful and exciting possibilities when it comes to advances in health and genetics. For example, maybe heart disease will be less common, or someone could find a way to prevent any cancer whatsoever for everyone. "However, scientists now believe that the first person who will live to 150 has already been born and that the eradication of diseases like cancer and influenza are within our reach." With that being said, could it really every be possibly to treat and or care for those 150 people who are already born with those diseases. Now, when you look at the big picture 150 is a big number, but at the same time is not. Besides, how will people know who those 150 people are? " The dark side of too much health and genetics research is a common theme because technology furthers the possibilities of genetics and health research every

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