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[[Sheri Tepper]]'s ''[[The Gate to Women's Country]]'' plays with this theme, but the novel is ambiguous about the society. | [[Sheri Tepper]]'s ''[[The Gate to Women's Country]]'' plays with this theme, but the novel is ambiguous about the society. | ||
Many YA and children's books have been written that fulfill this trope. These include: | |||
* ''[[The Giver]]'' by [[Lois Lowry]] | |||
* ''[[Andra]]'' by [[Louise Lawrence]] | |||
* ''[[Juno of Taris]]'' by [[Fleur Beale]] | |||
* ''[[The Lake at the End of the World]]'' by [[Caroline MacDonald]] | |||
* ''[[Uglies]]'' by [[Scott Westerfeld]] | |||
* ''[[The Other Side of the Island]]'' by [[Allegra Goodman]] | |||
* ''[[Outlanders]]'' by [[Margaret Beames]] | |||
[[Category:Dystopias]] | [[Category:Dystopias]] | ||
Revision as of 00:04, 18 August 2009
Discovery of the dystopian truth is a plot frequent and common to dystopian novels. In this plot, the central POV-character/protagonist initially believes they live in a utopia, or at least an okay world. During the course of the work they discover the truth -- that their world is actually dystopian.
Examples
Sheri Tepper's The Gate to Women's Country plays with this theme, but the novel is ambiguous about the society.
Many YA and children's books have been written that fulfill this trope. These include: