Wall-E

The film, Wall-E, gives a clear and very reasonabl prediction of the future in this short scene. The author predicts that the future will involve humans being very obese. According to the video above, humans will not be able to do anything for themselves. They will always have to be dependent on robots carrying them from place to place and doing what used to be a daily routine for them.

In our current soceity, many of the children are being sucked into the temptations of fast food and gaseous drinks. Fast Food joints have expanded all over the nation and there are probably more than one restaurant in each city. The youngest generation is starting to view physical education as a hassle and a waste of time. They are not interested in outdoor activites like the older generations once were. These children have been consumed by video games, computers, and television. When talking about the newest generation, all i can imagine is a lonely child hidden in the darkness of their house watching television.

The creator of Wall-E believes that the people of America are headed in the wrong direction. Their diet is focused and surrounded by greasy foods. If the people of America stay on this path, their future will look like the one depicted in the short clip above.

Obama's Change

In 2008, the first minority was elected president in the United States, the land of immigrants. Barack Obama brought change, or the feeling of change, because during the presidential elections he was the face of the immgrants and the minorities. After decades of African Slavery and the Exclusion Acts, immigrants finally have a voice in the highest level in the country. Many people saw the election of Obama as a vision of the future. They have predicted that Obama is just the beginning of an immigration revolution. Immigrants will rise to the top and will one day be the dominant race in the United States. They will slowly take over corporation positions, office positions, and important council seats. They will make their mark on the world and bring "change", which was the theme of Obama's campaign.

Barack Obama gave the minorities hope of change. With the help of Obama, there will soon be no racism and inequality. The message that was trying to be established since the beginning of time will finally be established in the future: all humans are equal and should be treated equally. For once, people will recognize immigrants and minorities as civilized just like themselves. Though there will be a lot of conflict before minorities can get their chance, they will eventually rise to the top.

Futurama

In the television series, Futurama, the main character ends up in the future after being frozen for 1000 years. He enters a world where technology has drastically advanced with the use of flying cars and interactive robots. Bender is an example of how far the author of the series thinks society will advance. He feels that the human race will develop so much knowledge that they will be capable of inventing anything. Robots will become human like and live amongst the humans. Leela is an example of how the enivornment of the world will change. The author predicts that in the future, humans will live with cyclops and other foreign creatures that will one day land on earth.

This television series is overall a vision of earth's future. The author uses this animation to expand his imagination of the future. With animation, there is no limitations on how to present the future. This symbolizes the further development of the human brain. They will overcome any obstacle that stands in their way of advancing the race. Humans will become one of the smartest and superior races in the universe because they have the capability of improving any form of technology. Humans have a bright future ahead of them with the inventions of flying cars and other machineries that will help the society function better and faster.

The Declaration

"Then one day a boy named Peter appears at the Hall, bringing with him news of the world outside, a place where people are starting to say that Longevity is bad, and that maybe people shouldn't live forever. Peter begs Anna to escape with him, but Anna's not sure who to trust..."

In the novel, The Declaration, scientists have discovered a new vaccination that allows people to never age and live forever. The people do not need to worry about dying or illnesses or anything else. However, there is a condition that comes with the gift of living forever: each person that accepts the vaccination must also accept the fact that they will never have children. People do not realize how bad this declaration is because they are taught to look down on those who had children and their children. They feel that their society is perfect when in fact their society is corrupt. The government does not permit the people to have children, and for many this is a source of happiness.

Peter is similar to Clarisse from Fahrenheit 451. They both act as a supporting character that helps the main character see the truths of their society. Peter is from "the outside world" and brings the different opinions with him when he meets Anna, the main character. He tries to gain Anna's confidence while at the same time showing her what the flaws of this society are. He teaches her that the couples who choose to have a child are not the enemies like Anna has been taught to view them as. They are actually giving the children the opportunity to see and live life. Anna changes her view of her parents and starts to thank them for bringing her into this world. She realizes that people come into this world for a natural reason. The government can not interfere with something so natural like life and birth.

Gattaca

Gattaca Film

In the future according to this film, the Gattaca Corp. uses living humans to test out their lastest form of biotechnology. The people in the corporation decides the future of any human with the help of scientific experiments. The people are forced to live the lives resulting from the tests that were done on their genes. The society in the film Gattaca is very corrupt and can be classified as a dystopian society because the people are trapped in a world where the government and their scientific partnerships have absolute control over them. The occupations they have, the types of housing they live in, and much more are dependent on the results of the test. The people do not have any decisions when it comes to their future. In the trailer for this film, the main character's misery grabs his attention. Unlike the other people in their world, the main character trys everything in his power to find a way to escape the government. He feels confined and wants to have freedom and make his own decisions.

In every dystopian society, there is always at least one character that notices what is truly going on around them. The main character takes in all the criticism and shunning in order to change the way in which the socitey runs. He is the one who takes all the blame and sacrifices himself for the good of the world. The protagonist of a dystopian society can be compared to Jesus. He sacrificed himself so everyone in the world can be free of sin. The protagonist in Gattaca goes through so much trouble so the people can be free from science and the government. Then they can live according to the decisions they make.

2012

The Mayans came up with the theory that the world was going to end in the year 2012. They believe that a series of natural disasters are going to strike the world and put the human species in danger. The director created the movie 2012 according to the beliefs of the Mayans. The Mayans do not agree with how the people are behaving towards the world and towards each other. They feel that their gods will punish us for our wrongdoings by creating what is seen in the video. The world will be consumed by the vicious attacks of massive earthquakes, volcanoes, and other disasters.

The clip from the movie shows how the director feels the world will end up. The world's habitat and environment will spiral out of control and cause destruction. People will once again be overpowered by nature. For example, people are killed by fallen buildings, as well as other things, when earthquakes break out across the world.

The movie is used as a way to raise awareness about the environment. The Mayan gods are believed to be punishing the humans for their inconsiderate actions toward the world. They feel that it is the humans' job to protect the world and nature. However, in our current society we have not done a good job and for that it is said that we will be cursed in 2012. The director foreshadows how our punishment will be like. If we don't do anything to change the way we are treating the environment, then nature will take its revenge and the consequences are not pretty.

Code Geass

"Before creation there must be destruction...The loss and destruction of all. That's right, one must destroy before creating. In that case, if my conscience becomes a hindrance to me, then I will simply erase it. I have no other choice but to move forward."

In the anime series, Code Geass, the people of Japan are under complete control of Great Britian. They are closely watched by the military of Britian. Many of the people of Japan accept the fact that they have no freedom while others like Lelouch (the main character) and the Black Knights (an underground rebel group) try all they can to break free from the British government. This show represents futuristic technology, government, and war.

The methods the military uses to gain absolute control over the people of Japan includes gigantic human-manuevered robots that wander around the city keeping the Japanese people in places that don't have the same features as the British cities. The author uses this series to imagine a world where humans have designed specialized robots that function as a police force and for military combat. Also, in the series, the British government installed cameras all around Japan and are connected to headquarters located in Great Britian. This is an example of how the author depicts the future. He believes technology will advance so much, that people can be watched and tracked from across the world.

This anime series focuses a lot on the government and military. The government is depicted as the source of all trouble because the British government stripped the Japanese of their identity and of their freedom. The people of Japan are looked down upon by the British and are viewed as "Elevens" instead of Japanese. Also, the government controls everything that the Japanese people do. At one point in the series, the British government relocates a group of Japanese people to an abandoned city. There, they are not allowed to come in contact with anyone outside of the boundaries and they are not allowed to leave. The author believes that our current government is heading in the wrong direction. He feels that the government is too controlling and does not let the people freely express themselves. The author uses the government he created in Code Geass to show what he thinks the government will be like in the future. In another part of the series, the government targets a city filled with Japanese people and bombs it for no reason. The author feels that the government will take advantage of its current power and transform it into one of dicatorship over a weaker country.

Other than the government, this series also focuses on war between the British and the Japanese. In a futuristic dystopia, there is always someone who tries to free their society from what is happening. Lelouch, the main character, forms a rebel group called the Black Knights that fight against the Britsih military and wins back the freedom and name of the people. War plays an important role in the series because it is the turning point where the society restores itself. Lelouch states that the creation of a new rule must come after the destruction of the old. Therefore, he does everything in his power to destroy the British government/military and create a new place in which the Japanese (and the rest of the world who at the same time is facing other wars) can live peacefully.

The author believes that the world is in the middle of war and can lead to corruption. He uses Code Geass to show that if countries continue to ignore each others' cries for help, then the world will be separated and all hope for order will be lost.

iRobot

In the film, I, Robot, humans live in a world where robots and other forms of machinery possess absolute power over them. Humans are forced to live according to the laws enforced by the robots. Robots establish curfews for the humans and they become prisoners in their own homes and offices. The film shows the struggle for equality and power the humans face.

Never did anyone imagine humans would be controlled by robots. The writer of this film creates a society where the unexpected happens. The superior human race finally falls to a rising, powerful robotic race. In the film, the theme of inequality appears; the humans are mere slaves for the robots. Many people say that "histoy repeats itself" and the writer of this film supports this idea through his work of art. In America's early history, white landowners had African slaves who they controlled by setting curfews and educational limits. In I, Robot, history is a cycle and there are once again slaves in America.

Usually writers write about the future to raise awareness in the present. In this specific film, the writer is trying to say that the society that we live in is a dystopia. He uses the image of robots controlling humans in order to make the humans realize the wrong things they have done. He uses ourselves as a victim of slavery to get his message across. The people will see that they are being attacked so they will view slavery as a bad thing. The writer wants the people to realize that what they did in earlier years of imprisoning African people was not correct and was a sin.

The Jetsons

In the picture of the television series, The Jetsons, the creator foreshadows the futuristic life of an ordinary family. In the image, and in the entire series, the family's daily lives are consumed by the extensive use of technology. All of the houses are on floating platforms, there are levitating cars, and by the image above their work is done by advanced technology.

To conjure up this idea, the creator adopts the mind of a child. As a kid I, along with many other children, dreamt of a futuristic life where cars will be floating and robots will be our servants. The creator takes these ideas to create his own prediction of the future. He imagines a world where robots become our maids. Also, he sees a future where dentists and doctors do not have to do much work like they do in our current society. They control the tools normally used through a machine that does all the work for them. In the picture, all the dentist needs to do is just sit in his seat and press a couple of buttons. The machines do the rest, and they do a better job than the humans. In the photos in the dentistry, the people have a perfect smile.

Another factor the creator takes into consideration for his television series is the use of technology in our current society. Today, technology has become a big part of our daily lives; from simple things like the escalators to more complex things like machines used to aid scientists in their works. It is more than likely that in future years, people will discover new ways to do things without much work for humans. This means that machines, similar to the one in the picture, will perform all the tasks. The creator of the series feels that technology will advance and we humans will use them for our own benefits. Again, the dentist sits on the side while the dentistry machine performs the cleanup for four people at once.

I believe that the creator of the series is also trying to say that the only purpose humans serve in the world is to improve machines and other forms of technology. He feels that the humans don't evolve as much because they create things that do their work. The humans, like the dentist, will be on the side observing what the machines do. They will not have much importance in the society because the robots and machines have taken over their duties. 

Pledge of Allegiance

In recent discussion in our class, the question of dystopia existing in our current society has arose. We analyzed certain propaganda in the topics of war, government control, and religion. Dystopia has been proven to exist in the United States with its own pledge of allegiance.

In the U.S Constitution, the people are promised many forms of freedom such as freedom of speech, freedom of happiness, and freedom of religion. We see all types of people practicing different religions. In some cities we see Catholic churches while in other cities we see mosques for Muslim practice. Not everyone in this country believes in the same God or in any God. Having "under one God" in the pledge of allegiance gives the feeling that the everyone in the United States praises the same figure. The government is promoting a certain religion when the document they live by states that everyone has the right to believe in what ever they want.

Their has been controversy over reciting the pledge of allegiance in public schools. School systems have made it mandatory for all students to recite the pledge. Since the schools are public, the student body includes foreigners and people of different beliefs. The society that we live in is most certainly a dystopia because the government system is coercing people to participate in praising a God that may not exist to some people.

I have seen many people become affected by the recitation of the pledge of allegiance. Some students, who come from different countries where they have different beliefs, are not content with having to honor the pledge. Unfortunately, they can not refuse because the teachers make them recite it.

The pledge of allegiance foreshadows the future in which the government will use national symbols, along with other figures, to promote their beliefs.We will live in a society where the people are manipulated and brainwashed by the simple tricks performed by the government.