Faith Wheat- Blog Post 1

1. List at least two repetitions from Miller's article. 

• Teenager
• Information
• Camera

2. List at least one strand from Miller's article. 

• Age: Teenager, adolescent, Young adult, high school, adult
  
• Feelings that come with dystopia: Arbitrary, unfathomable, brutal, slaughtered,  miserable, terrible, unbearable

3.  List at least one binary from Miller's article. 

• Poor/Wealthy
• Adult/Child
• Past/Future

4. Choose one repetition, strand, or binary from your list above and write a 2-3 sentences explaining a) why this concrete detail is significant and b) its significance in relation to the whole.

• In Laura Miller’s article, “Fresh Hell”, the strand “Arbitrary, unfathomable, brutal, slaughtered, miserable, terrible, unbearable” demonstrate what dystopias are like. The words are dark and carry negative connotation and imagery, showing the reader the feelings that come with dystopia. The strand creates depressing and violent imagery in the article.

5.  You've established a significant pattern in step four. Now identify an anomaly - something that doesn't fit the pattern. This could be a previously unseen binary.

• Miller uses a lot of negative, dark, violent words in her article to portray the feelings that dystopias bring. However, Miller turns around and talks about new, better ways of life, heroes, and hope, which goes against the negative imagery of dystopia. It shows that even when things are terrible and seem unbearable, there is always hope for a better life. Things might be unfathomable and brutal in the dystopia, but if people learn and things change for the better, is it really that bad?