Dystopian Fiction-Novel Presentation Task This task will give the class an overview of a range of dystopian texts. Choose one text from the list below or elsewhere and create a multi media presentation about it looking at the following questions: Time length: 2- 3 minutes 1. Who is the author and what was happening historically and culturally at the time to influence the text? The Chrysalids was first published in 1955 which was written by John Wyndham. There was the Cold War during that period. There were some famous wars such as the Korean War and the Suez Crisis at this time. The hydrogen bomb was also first tested by USA in 1950s. Beside that the racial discrimination in USA is quite serious. What is the setting (time and place) …show more content…
Some part of the world was dead and black where nothing lived. There were some places where plants, animals and people lived but they grew in a strange shape. The main characters lived in a place call Waknuk. The people who lived there followed the rules of their religion carefully. They killed the animals that were in a strange shape and exiled people who grew in strange shapes. In this story, the Waknuk villagers who deeply believed in their god’s rule is in power and the Deviation (the living thing have grown in strange shape) does not have the power. 2. Who is the protagonist (main character) of the text and what conflicts or challenges are they faced with? The main character of this story is David Storm and the group of children who can communicate through thought-shape like David. They are the Deviation in Waknuk where not allow any strange shapes living things. The Deviation were either killed or exiled to the Fringes, a place where it is hard to live. The main characters needed to hide their differences from the people in order to avoid any dangers to them. Also the conflicts of the treatment of the Deviation emerge. 4. Dystopian texts explore and criticize issues about society. What concerns about the author’s world/our world are suggested by the