Have you ever put thought into what the world will be like hundreds of years after you are gone? All of these stories are about having a utopia. Later we find out that they are actually dystopian worlds. A utopia is an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. A dystopia is an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. A Lot of people are drawn into stories like this because it offers new ideas and new mind set or escape from reality.

 In the story Harrison Bergeron the author said “They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. In the future someone thought it would be a great thing because then there would be no more discrimination or anything like that. This is a valid example for a distopya because in their eyes this can be a “perfect” thing but in reality if everyone's the same there is uniqueness and things will get boring and the word will just be bland. People can be drawn into ideas like this because its a new thought. Like it doesn't sound that bad at first. "Two years in prison and two thousand dollars fine for every ball I took out.” This example is about in the future worlds everyone is always being under surveillance. This is another idea or new mind set or people to think about. The world isn't actually perfect they government is controlling every tiny thing. You can't be free, you are always being watched so you are being forced to be “perfect” not because its a utopia because it's being forced by fear to be a “utopia”.

 In today's society almost everyone's had phones or they have some kind technology. In dystopian literature it's even more advanced with even way more technology. This could draw people in because having things even more advanced is interesting. In the Veldt this house which clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep played and sang and was good to them. This is an example of technological control because the house that George and Lydia Hadley live in is controlled by technology to where they do not have to do anything for themselves, machines do it for them. Now why would that be a bad thing? That sounds kinda great but what happens if it fails? This draws people in because they would love the thought of not having to do their dishes or cook their own food. This is a thought about having to get out of having to do things so it can be a escape from reality.

In The tenth flag they have a dehumanized state. The people who do the harder work get paid less money then the people who work more. So, they are ranking people. “Due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General.” Everyone is forced to be equal not because they want to because you are forced this is dystopian because if it was perfect you would not be forced to do anything. This draws people into things like this because it gives them ideas about how thing might be in the future so it can be interesting.  

People are drawn into dystopian stories because it can give them a view of the future and new ideas. Also it might sound nice in the stories but nobody would know unless it all really happened and we experienced it. Stories like this give us a chance to escape from and ‘live’ somewhere else for awhile. Everyone can wish for the perfect world and want something like one of these stories but as a analyzing someone's else's idea of a “perfect world” we quickly notice that it its not perfect for everyone to be the same, to be under surveillance at all times and to be rated on how much we work or what we do for a job. Its unnecessary and you have to  live in the world we are in.