Dystopia can arguably be defined as a society characterized by human misery, squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding. The plot and storyline of Andrew Stanton's film, Wall-E and Aldus Huxley's novel Brave New World have similarities that are very recognizable. Both present an image of a dystopia that is similar, love that displayed to be a powerful quiddity with no boundaries, and as shown in the end science and technology have a deep-seated impact on society.
Dystopian novels are often stories about how the main protagonist revolts against a dictatorship or totalitarianism regime. This kind of fiction story takes features and issues from the time of the novel being written and discusses them, however it does not directly describe the …show more content…
In Wall-E both settings (earth and the Axiom) are portrayed as a dystopia. In Wall-E the dystopia can be defined more by the definition of dystopia that “Dystopian societies are undesirable or even horrifying” (Patricia Booth, 2015). Planet earth is a scrapheap with robots called “Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class” who collect, compress, and pile the garbage from daybreak to twilight. Earth is a dystopia in the sense that it is undesirable to live there. This is shown by the imagery of the earth's landscape and the atmosphere. In the first 25 minutes of the movie, the audiences are shown massive piles of garbage everywhere, so much so that there is an actual building made from compressed garbage. There are many dust storms this is shown several times first when Wall-E is awoken to his house being shaken by the storm, and the second being when Wall-E rushes Eve back to his house so that she doesn’t get crushed by the colossal storm. The last piece of evidence that shows how bad the pollution is on earth is when Wall-E is departing earth on the Axiom Pod, the audience is shown a belt of broken and damaged satellite components, also while Wall-E is in space he
Dystopian novels are often stories about how the main protagonist revolts against a dictatorship or totalitarianism regime. This kind of fiction story takes features and issues from the time of the novel being written and discusses them, however it does not directly describe the …show more content…
In Wall-E both settings (earth and the Axiom) are portrayed as a dystopia. In Wall-E the dystopia can be defined more by the definition of dystopia that “Dystopian societies are undesirable or even horrifying” (Patricia Booth, 2015). Planet earth is a scrapheap with robots called “Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class” who collect, compress, and pile the garbage from daybreak to twilight. Earth is a dystopia in the sense that it is undesirable to live there. This is shown by the imagery of the earth's landscape and the atmosphere. In the first 25 minutes of the movie, the audiences are shown massive piles of garbage everywhere, so much so that there is an actual building made from compressed garbage. There are many dust storms this is shown several times first when Wall-E is awoken to his house being shaken by the storm, and the second being when Wall-E rushes Eve back to his house so that she doesn’t get crushed by the colossal storm. The last piece of evidence that shows how bad the pollution is on earth is when Wall-E is departing earth on the Axiom Pod, the audience is shown a belt of broken and damaged satellite components, also while Wall-E is in space he