Introduce Yourself!

​You are no longer yourself.
You are the dystopian identity you have created.
Using your new dystopian pen name, introduce yourself to the class as if you are a character inside a dystopian novel or film.

Your introduction should be approximately 150–300 words long and include the following elements:

1. Identify Your Text (2-4 sentences). 
Briefly summarize the novel or film in which you appear.

• What is happening in this world?
• What major conflict defines the society?
• Who or what holds power?
• What is at stake?

This summary should be concise but clear. Imagine someone who has never encountered this story.

2. Describe Who You Are (2-4 sentences). 
Explain your role in this world.

• Are you a rebel? A loyal citizen? A survivor? An enforcer?
• What motivates you?
• What do you fear?
• What do you desire?
• How do you survive (or resist)?

Avoid vague traits. Ground your description in the structures of your society.

3. Explain the Type of Dystopian World You Come From (2-4 sentences). 
Identify the kind of dystopia your story represents. Consider:

• Totalitarian surveillance state
• Theocratic regime
• Corporate-controlled society
• Environmental collapse
• Post-apocalyptic wasteland
• Technological social-credit system
• Engineered “utopia” masking oppression

Explain how this system controls its people:

• Through fear?
• Through pleasure?
• Through propaganda?
• Through scarcity?
• Through social pressure?
• Through rewriting history?

Be specific.