1. Presentation of the documents
1.1. Animal Farm
1.1.1. Animal Farm is a satirical allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945 The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon.
1.2. Be normal
1.2.1. Autodale is a Sci-Fi Horror web series of animated short films developed by David James Armsby, and released on his YouTube channel Dead Sound. The shorts concern a post-apocalyptic dystopian future where humans live in an isolated, technologically advanced suburb called Autodale. Those who don't follow all the strict laws of this city risk being branded as "Ugly" and systematically executed by robots known as Handymen.
1.3. Arcane
1.3.1. Arcane is an animated series developed and produced by Riot Games in partnership with Fortiche Productions. It is based on the global phenomenon League of Legends franchise. Arcane dives into the delicate balance between the rich city of Piltover and the seedy underbelly of Zaun. Tensions between these city-states boil over with the creation of hextech — a way for any person to control magical energy - in Piltover; and in Zaun, a new drug called shimmer transforms humans into monsters. The rivalry between the cities splits families and friends.
1.4. The Ballroom
1.4.1. The Ballroom was written in 2016 by Anna Hope. The story takes place in 1911 inside an asylum at the edge of the Yorkshire moors, where men and women are kept apart by high walls and barred windows. In this asylum, there is a ballroom vast and beautiful. For one bright evening every week they come together and dance. When John and Ella meet It is a dance that will change their lives forever.
2. rebellious character ?
2.1. In Be Normal and Animal Farm
2.1.1. they are totally controlled and there is no possibility to introduce a rebellious character
2.1.2. Be Normal
2.1.2.1. technology is more powerful, no possibility of resistance
2.1.2.2. if you go against the system you are eliminated -> totalitarian system
2.1.3. Animal Farm
2.1.3.1. Napoleon earned too much power
2.1.3.2. in the book, they aren't willing to go against it, they are too frightened to resist
2.2. In Arcane and The Ballroom
2.2.1. The two of them have characters that fight against the system
2.2.2. In both cases, those characters have been too much hurt by the system they go crazy for freedom
2.2.3. In Arcane
2.2.3.1. the government was ready to find a compromise and split officially the city in two, for the underground city to be independant. There wouldn't be any more terrorism acts and fights between the two. But one of the main characters who has some psychotic disorder, after killing her symbolic father, chose to send a rocket during the approval of the division of the two cities without knowing.
2.2.4. In The Ballroom
2.2.4.1. the two main characters decide to flee from the asylum to live their lives together to the fullest, after falling in love. They succeeded but separatey and serached for each other. Ella died before they could
3. Types of Dystopias
3.1. Animal Farm
3.1.1. bureaucratic control
3.1.1.1. a government with relentless regulations rules
3.2. Be Normal
3.2.1. technological control
3.2.1.1. computers, robots, or science helps control people
3.3. Arcane
3.3.1. corporate control (Zaun)
3.3.1.1. a large corporation controls people through media or products
3.3.2. phylosophical control
3.3.2.1. an ideology enforced by the government controls society
3.4. The Ballroom
3.4.1. philosophical control
3.4.1.1. an ideology enforced by the government controls society
4. flawless ?
4.1. flawless
4.1.1. Animal Farm
4.1.2. Be Normal
4.2. flawless
4.2.1. Arcane
4.2.2. The Ballroom
5. what shows each extract
5.1. Animal Farm
5.1.1. In this extract, we can see that both pigs and men look "all alike". In the beginning, the ruler of the farm is a cruel farmer. It's because of the man's behaviour that they started hating men and deccided to take control of the farm. First, the new era of the farm was surprisingly peaceful and they made more profits than before. But as the chief, Snowball was tricked and banished from the farm by Napoleon, the situation became more and more dreadful as each day passed. Pigs were priviledged in a society where they first announced there wouldn't be any form of hierarchy. This is the last scene, where the animals of the farm realise the situation didn't get better. They realised they were back to square one.
5.2. Be Normal
5.2.1. It's a propaganda program each family must watch and mostly kids. They are taught to be perfect citizens who must follow the rules to be considered as beautiful if they don't want to be ugly and exterminated by the robots. As kids want to become as their parents one day, they use this argument to encourage children to follow the rules like their parents do. In the ending scene, we see that there is no room for alterity.
5.3. Guns for Hire
5.3.1. This song shows that the uppercity is having trouble and that it's the perfect opportunity and time to go against them and fight for their independence. In the two first quotes, the governement is accused of killing too many innocent people and that they are now paying the price. In the quote "Not a good time to lose control Right as your marionettes cut their strings and run away" the government has lost all their pawns and must now face the consequences. "You're out of time, make your move Live or die while the fuse is lit and there's no turning back" they don't have much time to think, they must take revenge while there is still time. The last quotes say this is the end for the government, that it's too late and they will soon lose everything. "You sold your friends like guns for hire" this quote is important because relationships and family bonds were broken because of this war, and each side betrayed the other at one point.
5.4. The Ballroom extract
5.4.1. In the first paragraph, she's showing her desire for freedom and for leaving this prison. She knows that in this society, people must comply with rules and orders to be considered as "normal people" and that to be able to leave this place she will have to be good as she says. But in her mind, to be good is pretending to follow their ideology. She remembers that being good meant showing no resistance. The last line is very important; she says "Being good was outside only. It didn’t matter about the inside. That was something they could never know." Here, I personnally think, she says that when you're good, you must appear compliant, not show your true feelings and beliefs, so nobody can truly see you. Many people aren't aware of this fact and here she talks about the people in the asylum who havn't escaped.