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Fifty years after the Rebirth, the woods in what had been Maine were quiet. The morning sunlight shone through the soft green leaves and melted the cobwebs. The silver scales […]
About a half century ago the Japanese man, Shusaku Endo, wrote the novel, 沈黙 (Chinmoku). It was soon translated into English under the title, Silence, captivating a large number of […]
“The first demand any work of art makes on us is surrender. Look. Listen. Receive. Get yourself out of the way.” C.S. Lewis[1] I was recently reminded of C.S. Lewis’s […]
In recent years, movies and television shows about the “zombie apocalypse” have experienced something of a resurrection. While for the general public the undead often pass for general entertainment, scholars […]
“Dystopia” speaks of a community, society, or world characterized by intolerable suffering, cruelty, and injustice. The undesirability of such an existence requires coercion. Control must be unrelenting; destiny inescapable. Dissent […]
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” George Orwell, 1984 Why is the dystopian theme in literature consistently popular? Let’s be honest […]
Despite the modern commitment to avoid suffering and embrace pleasure at any cost, our world remains infatuated with dystopian tales that are specifically designed to show us a world permeated […]
Dystopian stories are both a reflection of our existing fears and a dialogue detailing why we indeed should be afraid if we are not already living in fear. Many of […]
“The Truth Will Set You Free” is a free-verse poem that explores the dystopian elements underlying contemporary Western society. We live in a strange time that seems to be defined […]