Introduce yourself!

2/26/2026

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.

Minho

2/26/2026 08:09:18 am

The maze runner is about boys who live in a place called the glade with a big maze around it. The maze is dangerous and changes, and they don't know who made it. the people who made the maze have the power. if the boys don't escape they could get hurt or die.
I am Minho and I run in the maze to help everyone. I try to learn the maze so we can find a way out. I am scared of the monsters and losing my friends, but I really want to be free. I survive by running fast and helping my friends
My world is a scary place where kids are trapped and watched by people with machines. it is like a world controlled by a company that uses fear. They control us by making the maze dangerous and sending monsters so we stay scared. They also do tell us the truth so we can't leave.

Chancellor Sutler

2/26/2026 08:16:41 am

V for Vendetta is a dystopian thriller that revolves around political themes. Chancellor Sutler is a fascist dictator head of the Norsefire Party who rules over the United Kingdom and uses fear and surveillance to keep control. V for Vendetta is a world controlled by totalitarian surveillance and Chancellor Sutler is the man behind that. He is a cruel dictator but without his power, he is a coward.

Serena Joy

2/26/2026 08:29:42 am

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is a dystopian novel revolving around the Republic of Gilead, previously known as the United States of America. The current government follows a political ideology consisting of patriarchal totalitarianism. Due to declining birthrates, many of the lower-class women in this society are deemed "Handmaids," who produce offspring for the infertile elites.
I am Serena Joy, and I am the commander's wife, who was one of the founders of the Republic of Gilead. Unfortunately, I'm having problems conceiving a child with my husband, so one of my handmaids Offred takes the responsibility to conceive a child for us. Apparently Offred lost her daughter, and I know where she is, but I simply take it as an advantage. I'll only let her know until *after* she conceives a child for us.

Someone has to do the job.

Minister Mason

2/26/2026 08:33:09 am

In the world that I live in society exists on one massive train after earth has frozen over.Wilford is the true authority, he designed the train, he controls the engine, he created the enforces the strict class system. What's at stake is much bigger than just my life.

What motivates me is by loyalty to Wilford and belief in the trains strict social order. I fear anything that threatens the train's strict order. I desire to preserve Wilford's system and the strict order of the train.

My world is a controlled hierarchical dystopia where survival depends on strict order and individuality and equality are suppressed to protect those in power, Power is held by Wilford and people are forced to stay strict. The wealthy lives in comfort at the front of the train while the poor suffer in the back. Order is maintained through fear punishment and propaganda and I help enforce.

Tommy D.

2/26/2026 08:36:37 am

This world is one where the past is actively erased with a powerful organization manipulating memories to maintain control. The major conflict is the struggle to remember and reclaim your true self. No one knows there true individual identity or personal history. I consider myself a survivor. I'm not a rebel to my society but I resist the system by clinging to the pieces of my past, and the memories that make me who I am. I'm motivated by the desire to uncover the truth, to understand who I was before they tried to erase me. I fear complete loss of myself the day I forget who I truly am. The dystopian world I live in is one of total control and memory manipulation. They use technology to rewrite history, control information, and erase individual identities.

Rose

2/26/2026 08:40:59 am

The Marrow Thieves is a dystopian society that is severely damaged from climate change. It is a society where humans lack the ability to dream which has led to madness. The environment is destroyed with constant, toxic rain.The government hunts Indigenous people to harvest their bone marrow in residential schools. My name is Rose, a beautiful, young and brave girl in this story that joins a gang called Miig group. I am very rebellious, fierce and often defensive and I am in love with Frenchie and his family and I am extremely loyal to them.I fight to protect them. I am determined to fight back against the dangerous recruiters. This drives me to be a survivor and an unloyal citizen. I desire a future where my culture is preserved and Indigenous people do not have to fear about being hunted. I live in a post-apocalyptic world where the environment is destroyed by global warming, the cities are destroyed and the citizens live in fear. The government system is oppressive and actively hunts the people through fear using historical atrocities like the Canadian residential school. The whole propaganda is to explore the bodies of Indigenous people in order to restore "dream" to the dreamless society.

Julia

2/26/2026 08:43:59 am

1984 by George Orwell is a dystopian novel set in a totalitarian Oceania, where Winston Smith struggles against the oppressive, surveillance-heavy regime of Big Brother and the Party. Winston commits "thoughtcrime" by starting a diary and pursuing a forbidden romance with Julia. Ultimately, they are captured, tortured, and brainwashed, forcing Winston to abandon his rebellion and "love" the Party.

My name is Julia, i'm a 26 year old, dark haired, athletic mechanic. I am Winston Smith's lover and a, practical, sexually rebellious counterpoint to his intellectual defiance. I initiated the affair, acting as a daring, cunning partner who helps Winston take greater risks. I love him, but my focus remains on survival and pleasure. I am an enthusiastic, orthodox Party member but is actually a practical, sensual rebel who breaks rules to satisfy her own desires and enjoy life. Unlike Winston, my rebellion Is personal, practical, and focused on the present, such as engaging in illicit sex and enjoying forbidden items. I wear a Junior Anti-Sex League sash as a disguise to hide her true nature.

I come from a Totalitarian surveillance state. this system controls its people through fear, propaganda, social pressure, and rewriting history.

Jill Layton

2/26/2026 08:44:25 am

I'm in a world where a dystopian, retro-futuristic society is suffocated by absurd, inefficient bureaucracy, endless paperwork, and pervasive, insecure surveillance. In society the defining conflict is the struggle of the individual against a crushing, incompetent, and all-encompassing bureaucratic totalitarian state. In 1985, power in Brazil shifted from the military regime to civilian rule during a turbulent transitional year. While President-elect Tancredo Neves was chosen in January to lead, he fell ill and died, allowing Vice President José Sarney to take office on March 15, 1985, as the first civilian president in 21 years, initiating the "New Republic".
I am a regular citizen caught in bureaucratic machinery, initially mistaken for a terrorist. I have a desire to correct a wrongful arrest and become the main person the government is looking for. I fear the loss of freedom/identity.
The type of dystopia my world is in is a totalitarian surveillance state. The state is obsessed with tracking citizens, controlling behavior, and maintaining surveillance.

Tobias-Four Eaton

2/26/2026 08:54:20 am

Hello, my name is Four, and I am from the book Divergent by Veronica Roth. The story happens in Chicago after the world ended, where people are split into five factions to keep order and safety instead of chaos. The leaders have all the power, and if you don't fit in, you become factionless and have no home or food to eat.

I am a teacher for the Dauntless faction, but I am secretly Divergent, which means I fit into more than one group instead of just one. I want to stop the bad leaders and protect my friends, but I survive by hiding my real thoughts and acting normal around everyone. I am always scared someone will find out my secret because they execute people like me to keep control over the city.

My world is an engineered utopia that is actually a trap for everyone living there inside the fence. They use fear and drugs to make everyone obey the rules, and they use propaganda to rewrite history so we don't know the truth about the past. Basically, they force us to be perfect so we don't question them or try to change the system they built.

Arthur Leander

2/26/2026 11:25:47 am

In Station Eleven, there was a deadly virus called the georgia flu that wiped out most of humanity. The major conflict that defines society is the struggle to define life after civilization collapses. the prophet is the one that holds the power but not in love, it is in fear. what is at stake is whether humanity can retain its culture, art, and connections, or if it will degenerate into mere animalistic survival because of the pandemic. My role is a mentor to the people that have survived the pandemic. what motivated me was the desire to be famous. i feared living an inauthentic life and died with that regret. i live in a post- apocalyptic world , this system controls people through fear, this is because people need to repopulate.

Julian Taylor

2/26/2026 08:47:31 pm

I come from Britain in 2027, a time where childbirth hasnt occured in almost a decade haven't been born for almost twenty years. People proceed like they are dont care anymore, and hope is something most people don't even believe in. The government controls everything now, by using soldiers, guns, and fear to keep control. Refugees are jailed, and anyone who questions the rules is monitored or taken away. The people in power choose what we believe in, The future of the world feels unfixable, and we have to ask ourselves if we still deserve something better.

I am Julian Taylor. I fight for justice, and I lead the Fishes, a group that wants to fix the world because I still believe in people. I hold the pain of losing my child and my marriage, but I refuse to let that pain turn me into someone who can't help others. I fear the government, but I fear giving up as well. I stay alive by moving carefully, trusting the people around me, and holding on to the idea that kindness still matters.

The world I live in is broken. The government watches everything and uses fear to make people obey. They promise safety if we follow their rules, but that safety costs us our freedom. Britain has become a place where power belongs to the few, and the rest of us are left trying to remember what it means to be human.

Evey Hammond

2/26/2026 08:53:15 pm

V for Vendetta is a dystopian story that's taken place in future england, which is controlled by Norsefire which is a fascist government. The stuff that the goverment would do is influence others by propaganda, surveillance and changing history. Others follow along with this out of fear of being punished. Im a teenage female who lost their parents, was almost assaulted by a polic just because I stayed out past my curfew. Which later became imprisoned, even with that I was overly controlled

Kyle Reese

2/26/2026 10:09:29 pm

Set in 1984, a robot, the terminator, is sent back in time to eliminate a high-value target. This target must be protected from the unstoppable force in order to guarantee the birth of a leader who will revolutionize the future.

I am Sargent Kyle Reese of the Tech-Com unit. My mission is to go back in time to the year 1984 and locate the high value individual named Sarah Connor. I must keep her alive and protect her from the terminator in order to assure the success of Tech-Com against Skynet.

In the future, Skynet is a global defense ai turned sentient. They deemed humans to be the causation to all problems, hence their efforts to eradicate humanity in the future. This has led to bands of survivors, like myself, being rescued by Tech-Com and engaged in the resistance.

Peeta Mellark

2/26/2026 10:14:09 pm

My name is Peeta Mellark. I live in Panem, a country divided into districts controlled by the Capitol. Every year the Capitol forces each district to send one boy and one girl to fight in the Hunger Games, where only one person can survive. I was chosen as the male tribute from District 12. Now I am trapped in an arena where I have to fight other teenagers while the entire country watches us on live television.

I am the baker's son from District 12. Before this, my life was simple. Now my role is to survive, but also to play a part for the audience. I try to stay kind and hold on to who I am, even when the Capitol wants to turn me into a weapon.

The world I come from is a totalitarian surveillance state. The Capitol has complete power over all the districts. They control us through fear by forcing children to kill each other as punishment for a past rebellion. They also use propaganda, making the Games look exciting and glamorous so people forget the cruelty. Cameras are always watching, and even our feelings are used for entertainment. in Panem, control comes from violence, fear, and the constant reminder that the Capitol owns our lives.

Lenina Crowne

2/27/2026 08:27:06 am

In Brave New World, I am Lenina Crowne, a woman living in a future where everyone is made in a lab and forced to be happy through a drug called soma. The world is run by powerful Controllers who keep order by making sure no one ever feels alone, sad, or stays in a serious relationship. The main problem starts when I meet John, a man from the outside who hates our easy life and thinks we have lost our souls by trading freedom for comfort. This story shows that when a government controls every part of your life to stop pain, they also take away the things that make us truly human, like art and real love.

The Boy

2/27/2026 08:43:47 am

Hi, my name is The Boy. I'm from a world that's been totally destroyed. Like, a long time ago, something super bad happened and now the earth is all ruined. It's hard for people to survive. There's not enough food or water, and some people are really mean and hurt others.

I'm just trying to take care of my dad. We're trying to stay safe from the bad people who want to hurt us. They're like, gangs and stuff, and they roam around looking for people to take advantage of. I'm really scared of getting caught and hurt. I just want to find a safe place where we can live and be okay.

In my world, it's tough. People who are strong and mean get to be in charge, and they make everyone else do what they want. It's hard to find food and water, and we have to be super careful all the time. I survive by finding stuff to eat and drink, and by staying hidden from the bad people. And I do whatever it takes to keep my dad safe.

We have to travel a lot to find food and shelter. We walk for days, and sometimes we have to fight for what we need. It's not easy, but I'm used to it. I've learned how to be careful, how to find food, and how to stay safe.

I'm also really worried about the future. I don't know if we'll ever find a safe place to live, or if we'll ever be able to go back to the way things were before. I just know that I have to keep going, and do whatever it takes to keep my dad and me alive.

That's my life. It's not easy, but I'm just trying to make it through each day. I'm hoping that someday things will get better, and we can find a way to live in peace. But until then, I'm just trying to survive.

Wilford (Snowpiercer)

2/27/2026 09:06:14 am

In this world, scientists released a chemical cooling agent called CW-7 into the atmosphere. This chemical worked too well causing the world to turn into a frozen world. With the world being frozen, everyone had to live on a train, the train must never stop. Its motion generates the energy required for heat, oxygen, and electricity. If it stops, everyone on board freezes to death. Food is grown in specialized agriculture cars for the rich people to eat or processed from insects for the poor people to eat.

I am Wilford, I am a creator, an engineer, and the ruler of the Snowpiercer train. The world that we are living in is freezing so I built the train to protect us and try to survive this world we are living in. I run the social structure of the train, I tend to enforce strict, cruel, and manipulative polices. I treat the train as my private property, I would almost say that I believe myself to be the savior of humanity.

This world that I am living in went through an environmental collapse, everyone in this world lives under manipulation.

The Giver

2/27/2026 11:01:31 am

My name is Jonas, and I live in the world of The Giver. Our community has eliminated pain, war, poverty, and choice in favor of “Sameness.” The Committee of Elders holds power, assigning children to family units and adults to lifelong careers. Emotions are suppressed through daily medication, and anyone who breaks rules faces “release.” The central conflict of our society is control versus memory,because memories of the past contain pain, love, and truth. What is at stake is humanity itself: without memory and choice, we may survive, but we do not truly live.

I was selected as the Receiver of Memory, the one person entrusted to hold all the memories of the world. Under the guidance of The Giver, I experience snow, sunshine, music, war, and loss,things no one else remembers. I am not meant to be a rebel, but knowledge changes me. I fear the loneliness of carrying these memories and the reality behind “release.” I desire freedom,real feelings, real choices. To survive, I pretend obedience while quietly deciding whether I can continue supporting a system built on ignorance.

My world is an engineered utopia masking a totalitarian state. It controls people through emotional suppression, strict rules, surveillance, and the rewriting of history by erasing it. There is little visible fear because discomfort itself has been removed. Instead, control is maintained through comfort, routine, and the absence of alternatives. In my world, the greatest weapon is not violence ,it is the same.

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2/27/2026 01:15:01 pm

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Rachael

2/27/2026 02:07:37 pm

I am Rachael, I live in the future Los Angeles where blade runners have to track down replicants and take them out. The blade runners have to take out the replicants because they are illegally returning to earth. I lived my life like a normal human. I remember my childhood and family.That was until others and I found out I was also a replicant. I became a target and my life was suddenly in danger. Los Angeles is an environmental collapse, where people stayed because they were either poor, sick, or stuck there with no way to leave.

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