Introduction
Literature has a way of connecting the reader’s imagination with a distant or even future place. It is the avenue where future inventions and even fears can be highlighted and it is important in directing the thinking and even the current actions of the humans today. The following are the works of art that tend to highlight some examples of dystopia that relate to human behavior and state of mind.
James, P. D. The Children of Men. London: Faber and Faber, 1992. Print.
The book highlights the story of a future world which is marred by political anarchy and the reality of a fading fertility and of the human race. There is more to life and the only last person or the youngest person dies. The person was the only recorded person as the last to be born. Meaning that at 21 the world had not experienced any other birth. The mood is a sombre one as the humans struggle with recording human history and the importance of keeping records erupts. The book is important to research since it shows the association of the humans and the future life. The main theme therefore is that at a later stage in life, human fertility will decline and populations will fall and even extinction of the human race. The humans have specialized in elongating life and not paid attention to fertility.
Le Guin, K. Ursula. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. Creative Education, 1997. Print.
The story is set in a Utopian city called Omeas, the people live a happy life but there is a child suffering from deprivation especially of freedom. The book highlights that even though life around can be good to others, there are certain controls that hinder the happiness of others. It is therefore relevant in uniting lack of freedom due to the work and wellfare of other people.
—. The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Short Stories. New York: Harper & Row, 1975. Print.
The book is a collection of short stories that talks of a fictional world. The worlds adopt human civilization but are slow on freedoms, like names have to be secured in order to avoid the works of magicians. Therefore people are curtailed by fear. The book shows that human freedom can be hindered.
Morris, Roz. My Memories of a Future Life. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011. Ebook.
This book shows the life of a person suffereing from a disease and suspects whether identity will be lost due to the disease. An obsession in music tries to calm him down but the reality of the situation reminds them that situations are the same. This book is relevant in that it highlights the passions of life at a future stage but situations of life take control of the victims life.
Vonnegut, Kurt. "Harrison Bergeron." The Magazine of Fantasy 1961. Print.
The book highlights the liberation of the law which puts all humans at the same level. It means that humans in the society in the year 2081 are the same and none of them is supposed to be clever, richer or even better looking. The equlaity law therefore forces people to be the same. You find that those considered beautiful are forced to wear masks, the ones considered strong are made to carry substantial weights and the smart ones are forced to wear radios in their ears. This are the stipulations of the Handicapper General who is the leader and has enforcers to the laws. The relevance of the article is that it shows the life of a later stage where the law is enforced by an extra force.
Tamanaha, Z. Brian. "The Primacy of Society and the Failures of Law and Development." Cornell International Law Journal (2011): 210-247. Print.
The book focuses on the evolvement of the law in the society. The law may be neglected in the dark corners but it has to be kept so as to ensure that there is uniformity between the people it governs. It means that as much as people have their cultures and freedoms, there is always the law that reminds them that they have to be equal to each other. The legal institutions in the history had the tendency to get planted into developing countries. Therefore people had to be forced to carry out what the law stipulated to them even when they believed otherwise. The connection comes when the law has to force people of a certain country to do what it stipulates, this is whether they endose it or not.
There is relevance in the establishment of law which affects the society. This is through affecting the culture and institutions, and the economy and economic activities of the people. The connection between dystopia and law comes through the reality of doing what is required whether it is in the future or on an isolated island. The law is around to govern the behavior of the people in the various worlds created by dystopia. The law is an important part of human behavior as it relates to the basic involvement of the people and their daily lives.
The relation of the law and dystopia is strengthened by the ability of the law to direct the people of the future in their endeavors. The law is relevant to ensuring the presence of uniformity to the people and no matter how advanced a society is, there has to be a pillar in which they refer to and stipulates the rules for them to follow. It also shows that the law is around to be respected, this is because everyone that it governs has to follow the stipulations vested in the law. It being a representation of the required behavior and actions of the society it has to be respected. There are people that are on the lookout to ensure that the law is followed. Therefore, the book is relevant to the research as it highlights the stipulations of the law, its failures and the need to follow it in order to achieve a similar identity for the people.
Works Cited
James, P. D. The Children of Men. London: Faber and Faber, 1992. Print.
Le Guin, K. Ursula. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. Creative Education, 1997. Print.
—. The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Short Stories. New York: Harper & Row, 1975. Print.
Morris, Roz. My Memories of a Future Life. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011. Ebook.
Tamanaha, Z. Brian. "The Primacy of Society and the Failures of Law and Development." Cornell International Law Journal (2011): 210-247. Print.
Vonnegut, Kurt. "Harrison Bergeron." The Magazine of Fantasy 1961. Print.
