Our Dystopia

 The term 'dystopia' has been an interest of mine since I witnessed films, from the likes of Ridley Scott's, Blade Runner and Steven Spielberg's, Minority Report. It highlights a particular genre in fiction which portrays a highly corrupt society in comparison to current times. Usually dystopian fiction develops a satirical stance highlighting everything that's wrong within the current period; for example in Margaret Atwood's, The Handmaid's Tale, the role of women has drastically changed and they are mere tools for sex. This however still attains relation to their role in society now, in the likes of media where they are objectified in advertising for example.

 This is the my main motive for the project: to discuss how dystopian fiction could be perhaps a real entity within in our contemporary setting. I believe Huxley's cynical outlook in the writings of Brave New World, and even in his essays, The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, develop to my objective the most.

 The themes and motifs which are: over consumption, dependence on technology, denial of truth, happiness, humanity, sex, loss of dignity, morals, values and emotions in BNW display impressive hindsight, since it was first published in 1931! Today it seems that these aspects seem more evident than ever, which is rather disturbing to think about.

Walter Molino, 1962