Lesson 5 Character vs Society
Lesson 5 Character vs Society
Learning objective
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Lesson 5 Character vs Society
Learning objective
What is the issue in Character vs Society?
e.g. racism, segregation, religious beliefs, environmental issues, being wrongly accused of something, and/or being removed from society.
12 Years a Slave. (Steve McQueen)
It's a story of a free black man, living in the US. He's captured and sold again to work as a slave!
Neo in The Matrix. (Which is actually a re-telling of Plato's cave!)
Literature
Lord of the Flies (William Golding), some of you have read this in Year 3.
While Ralph focuses on uniting the group to build shelters and maintain order, his rival, Jack, breaks away with a group of choirboys and retreats into the forest to consolidate his power. Under Jack’s leadership, this splinter group becomes increasingly savage, with Jack using fear of an unseen 'beast' to tighten his grip on control. Eventually, their growing brutality drives them to violently challenge Ralph’s leadership. And end up killing a boy...
Literature: (Alan Moore and David LLoyd) Set in a dystopian Britain, V for Vendetta follows V, a masked vigilante fighting a fascist regime. With help from Evey Hammond, he uses terror and spectacle to ignite rebellion, expose government crimes, and inspire citizens to reclaim freedom, identity, and responsibility from fear through sacrifice, memory, and revolutionary symbolism.
"People should not fear their governments; governments should fear the people"
Literature
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood). Patriarchy forces women and men to be subjected to a specific role in society.
Literature: Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Hand out
Fahrenheit 451 follows Guy Montag, a fireman who burns books in a future society where reading is forbidden. After meeting Clarisse and witnessing a woman die for her books, he questions authority, rebels against censorship, kills his captain, flees persecution, and joins a group preserving literature to rebuild thought again.
Literature: Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Literature: 1984 (George Orwell) This book will reappear in the next lesson as well!
Character
Text
In a dystopian 2026, a stratified city separates elite thinkers from underground workers. Freder, son of the city master, falls for Maria, who preaches unity. A mad scientist uses a robot duplicate of Maria to incite revolt, but Freder and Maria restore order, reconciling the head and hands through the heart.
This video is about character vs society. And it is a nice connection to the next topic: Character vs Technology.
