Why do you think there have been so many dystopian and/or post-apocalyptic narratives in our culture in the past few years?

Format: MLA

Length: 750-1000 words

Write an analysis exploring
some aspect of one (or more) of the short stories, films, and/or the theme(s) from
this unit. Choose some aspect to focus on and to explore further, such as
symbols, characters, themes, or setting. I recommend using the discussion guide
questions to help you come up with a topic. You may want to take one of the
questions and turn the answer into your essay’s thesis or main idea. Then you
would need to elaborate upon your idea further in order to turn your answer
into an essay-length response. You may also choose from one of the following
essay prompts:
1)
Why do you think there have been so many
dystopian and/or post-apocalyptic narratives in our culture in the past few
years? Feel free to use either the examples from this unit and/or other
narrative examples to support your ideas, such as The Hunger Games, The
Handmaid’s Tale, The Walking Dead,
or Bird Box.

2) Discuss
the idea of “the butterfly effect,” also known as chaos theory, it is
presented in “A Sound of Thunder”. You may also include any other narratives in
your analysis that addresses this particular sci-fi phenomenon, such as the films
Looper, Donnie Darko, or Back to the
Future

3)
Write an essay exploring any one prompt (or
combination of prompts) for your chosen film on the Essay Topic Ideas handout (The
Hunger Games Part I, Looper, Moon, Never Let Me Go, or WALL-E).

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