{"id":2569,"date":"2018-09-22T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-12T14:11:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T18:11:21","slug":"new-vs-old-dystopian-regimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/new-vs-old-dystopian-regimes\/","title":{"rendered":"New Vs. Old Dystopian Regimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/New2BVs.2BOld2BDystopian2BRegimes.png?resize=400%2C400\" width=\"400\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;\">Recently I finished <i>the Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/i> season two and while I was watching it I really got to thinking about dystopian regimes. Most of the ones I\u2019ve watched\/read about were established some few decades ago or more but it\u2019s really interesting when a regime has happened within a generation so some of the people remember what it was like before. Thus I thought it would be a fun concept to explore with the Handmaid\u2019s Tale and the Hunger Games (because any chance I can talk about the hunger games I will always take) and how the ages of the regime affect the story.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- more --><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Protagonists &#8211;<\/span>&nbsp;Having the main character be used to an environment or not affects them greatly. Did they grow up in this oppressive place or was this introduced to them as an older child or adult?<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>The Hunger Games:<\/b>&nbsp;Katniss has grown up in Panem and has never known what it\u2019s like not to be afraid if she can get her next meal or if she\u2019s going to be sent to the games. She\u2019s grown used to living in poverty, but she still isn\u2019t happy about. Because she\u2019s grown up with such fear when she finally decides to rebel this goes against everything she\u2019s been taught.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"391\" data-original-width=\"474\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/KatnissDistrict12.jpg?resize=640%2C526\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<b style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;\">The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale:<\/b><span style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;\">&nbsp;June Osborne and the other main characters such as Emily and Nick clearly remember what it was like to live in a free country. Having remembered what it was like to be able to drive a car, wear makeup, and just go to the movies with friends makes living in a world where all of that is taken away torturous. June frequently compares things to parts of her life that were taken away and recalls memories of watching TV or going to the aquarium with her family. She longs for the world she grew up in to return.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"400\" data-original-width=\"600\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JuneStore.jpg?resize=640%2C426\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif; font-size: large;\">Antagonists &#8211;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;\">&nbsp;The villains of dystopian novels are often power-hungry conquerors, though whether that power is recently gained or long had can be a large factor in their character.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>The Hunger Games:<\/b>&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;\">President Coriolanus Snow has been the leader of Gilead for a long time and wants to keep that power and his comfortable way of life. He\u2019s grown very cunning in how he keeps his power with limited communication between districts and taking out any threatening powers with poison.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"476\" data-original-width=\"930\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/112114_HungerGames_PresidentSnow.jpg?resize=640%2C326\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<b style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;\">The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale:<\/b><span style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;\">&nbsp;Commander Fred Waterford is part of the Gilead council which still seeks to gain all of the power it wants. They\u2019re at war with the remaining free parts of the United States and they seek to become allies with other countries. They squash any rebellion as soon as it rises to keep this fragile power aloft. They take away books, telephones, and TV to control the flow of information with the guise of calling them corrupting influence. Fred remembers a time when he was the one ridiculed and rejected for his ideas and he does not want to go back to that.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">I feel like between these two men Snow uses more restraint because he\u2019s very confident in his ability to squash his enemy while Waterford is still constantly afraid that everything he\u2019s built will fall apart.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"538\" data-original-width=\"744\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6e0f82f2cd76b361ce76b81ccc0bbbc8.jpg?resize=640%2C462\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif; font-size: large;\">Setting &#8211;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;\"> I think the most powerful impact the regimes have is on the setting. Each age can give a chilling and\/or melancholy factor to the story.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>The Hunger Games:<\/b>&nbsp;Panem has been in power for so long there\u2019s hardly a remnant of the world it was before. It seems like a completely different country with only geological factors alluding to that it\u2019s actually the United States. Places such as Snow\u2019s mansion which is actually the Swan House (which is like thirty minutes away from me) and the dilapidated homes of District 12 allude to the old American structure but no other monuments stand.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1067\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Mockingjay-2-Snows-Mansion.jpg?resize=640%2C426\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<b style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;\">The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale:<\/b><span style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;\">&nbsp;In <\/span><i style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;\">the Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/i><span style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;\">, Gilead was only established barely a year ago. Much of Before\u2019s architecture still stands but is often repurposed. Some of the most chilling parts of the show was seeing places of fun turned into places of horror. A swimming pool and a football stadium were used as execution locations and school buses were used to transport prisoners. They\u2019re also building new places such as the Rachel and Leah Center to accommodate their new mandates and tearing down places such as churches and presses that go against them.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"402\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/42506658134_627b337d66_b.jpg?resize=640%2C320\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif; font-size: large;\">Other examples of dystopian regimes &#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;\"><b>New:&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;\"><i>The Man in the High Castle<\/i>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;\"><i>Blood for Blood<\/i> by Ryan Graudin&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;\"><i>Falling Skies<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FallingSkiesWallpaper2.jpg?resize=640%2C360\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;\"><b>Old:&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;\"><i>Nineteen Eighty-Four<\/i> by George Orwell<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;\"><i>A Time to Die <\/i>by Nadine Brandes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;\"><i>Unwind <\/i>by Neil Shusterman<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;\"><i>the 100&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"475\" data-original-width=\"307\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/21795840.jpg?resize=206%2C320\" width=\"206\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>Do you like old or new dystopian regimes in fiction more or both equally? 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