In this project focus on dystopian, I want to exercise my critical thinking ability(which I learned a lot from the last project about dictatorship). I hope that every viewpoint I made are not just remaining in the level of “my feeling” or “my opinion”, but be like writing a essay or a story, with a clear structure and solid evidence to support it. In this project, I will always ask myself: “Is this explanation reliable? Or am I just being lazy and not trying?”

To achieve this goal, I need to get full control with my own learning process. This means that I won’t just pick sources that conform to my ideas to prove myself, I want the connections to challenge and correct me. Our final product is a writing piece, my one must be logically right and well-supported, allowing readers to clearly read from the beginning to the end. For the theme, I don’t want to stay at the simple conclusions like “the world of dystopia is sooo terrifying”, but rather explore how a society, through those imperceptible means, make its people to unconsciously accept the reality of being controlled. Or how the most dangerous censorship does not come from the government, but from the manipulated and numbed people themselves.

Why is this important? In today’s era of information explosion and people have more simplistic opinions, being able to make thoughtful and well-grounded arguments is more like an intellectual form of self-defense. The bottom line is, reading dystopian literature and novels are the perfect training to cultivate this ability, I am really excited to the books.