The Dystopian Protagonist: The Dystopian Protagonist stands
alone against a society in chaos and control. Identify an example from the both
films and the novel when our heroes struggle to understand the world around them and discover the truth!
The Matrix
I, Robot
Fahrenheit 451
Neo
Del Spooner
Guy Montag
Often the character feels trapped
and is struggling to escape.
Provide
an example when the hero feels trapped or is escaping.
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Questions
the existing social and political systems.
Select a quote when the hero
questions authority.
OR
identify
when in the story the hero questions the system.
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Believes
or feels that something is terribly wrong with the society in which he or she lives.
Identify what is wrong with
the society in which our hero lives.
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Helps
the audience recognizes the negative aspects of the dystopian world through his or her perspective.
List three negative aspects
of the dystopian world. |
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Identifies the illusion and or challenges
the control impacting his or her life.
What is the illusion or
control in the hero’s world? |
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