Blake Kotel - Blog 8

1. Inquiry Question: How do modern dystopian works present the importance of living an authentic life?

2. Burnett, G. Wesley and Rollin, Lucy. “Anti-leisure in Dystopian Fiction: The

Literature of Leisure in the Worst of all Possible Worlds.” Leisure Studies

19. 2 (2000): 77-90. Print

3. The article begins by discussing the classic utopia and how it evolved into 

dystopian literature that we know today. This then article discusses how dystopian 

literature discusses social trends and then offers social criticism on the topic. The 

article focuses on the comments that dystopia presents on leisure. This article

points out how the authors of dystopian literature are trying to prove the 

importance of supporting humanity and the individual for a more independent 

and happy life style. 

4. This speaks to my inquiry question because it talks about how restricted 

people's lives are in dystopias and how these dystopian societies are not healthy 

places to live.