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* ''[[1984 (novel)]]'' by [[George Orwell]] | * ''[[1984 (novel)]]'' by [[George Orwell]] | ||
[[Sheri Tepper]]'s ''[[The Gate to Women's Country]]'' plays with this theme. | [[Sheri Tepper]]'s ''[[The Gate to Women's Country]]'' plays with this theme, but the novel is ambiguous about the society. | ||
[[Category:Dystopias]] | [[Category:Dystopias]] | ||
[[Category:Themes and tropes]] | [[Category:Themes and tropes]] | ||
Revision as of 07:40, 4 March 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.