Hollan Southwick 1

1. dystopia, young/children/adolescent/teen

2. dominated, brainwashed, toxic, predatory, punishment, failed - suggest hopelessness

3. adult-young/children/adolescent/teen
poor-wealthy

4. Miller chooses to use strands of words with negative connotations such as "dominated," "toxic," and "failed." She uses these words to embody a common theme in dystopian narratives - hopelessness.  These words can give the reader an idea of the tone of many dystopian narratives.  This is significant because she is talking about dystopian narratives as a whole and their effects on readers.

5. Dystopian novels written for children and young readers usually have a sense of hope.  For this reason, the use of negative words to instill hopelessness - such as dominated, brainwashed, toxic, predatory, punishment, failed, etc. -  is odd.  Miller refers to young readers/teens/children so often in the article so these words can be considered an anomaly.