Satire and Social Critique · Vocabulary & Language

Dystopian Warnings

Analyzing works like Brave New World or 1984 as cautionary tales that use satire to critique totalitarianism.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do dystopian authors use technological advancement as a metaphor for social decay?
  2. 2What role does language control play in the suppression of individual thought?
  3. 3In what ways does the setting of a dystopian novel act as its own character?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.10
Grade: 12th Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: Satire and Social Critique
Period: Vocabulary & Language

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