Dystopia quote bank
Theme 1984 The Handmaid’s Tale Brave New World
Violence/physical ‘Even the streets leading up to [the Ministry of Love's] “Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth patrolled; they had electric cattle prods
control outer barriers were roamed by gorilla-faced guards in slung on thongs from their leather belt” ch1.
black uniforms, armed with jointed truncheons’ pt ch1
“The audience was much amused by shots of a great “They’ve removed anything you could tie a rope to” ch.2
huge fat man”… who was full of holes and sea round
him turned pink” pt1 ch1
“A desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a “There are three new bodies on the wall… for Gender Treachery” ch.8
sledge-hammer, seemed to flow through the whole
group” pt1 ch1
“It was a good hanging.. I like to see them kicking” pt1 “each has a placard hung around his neck to show why he has been
ch5 executed: a drawing of a human fetus” ch.6
“The party seeks power for its own sake. We are not
interested in the good of others… German Nazis and
Russian Communists came very close to us in their
methods”
book 3 ch3 O’Brien.
Conditioning “Crimestop means the faculty of stopping short, as ‘Gilead is within you’ ch.5 Aunt Lydia “All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social
though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous destiny”. Ch.1 the Director
thought”
The “aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of “Ordinary… is what you are used to. This may not seem ordinary to you “the controllers realised that force was no good. The slower but infinitely
thought” pt 1 ch5 now, but after a time it will.. become ordinary” surer methods of ectogenesis, neo-Pavlovian conditioning and
ch.6 Aunt Lydia hypnopaedia…” ch.3 Mustapha Mond.
“They were systematically turned into ungovernable “Her fault, her fault, her fault, we chant in unison” ch1 “A love of nature keeps no factories busy. It was decided to abolish the love
little savages, and yet this produced in them no of nature at any rate among the lower classes” ch.2 Director.
tendency whatever to rebel”
“The revolution will be complete when the language is “Ending is better than mending. The more stitches the less riches” ch.3
perfect”. “we learned to whisper without a sound” ch1 Lenina
All their ferocity was turned outwards, against the “We were a society dying… of too much choice” ch5 “Imagine the folly of allowing people to play elaborate games which di
enemies of the state” nothing whatever to increase consumption” ch.3 Director
“Orthodoxy means not thinking – not needing to think. “If you have a lot of things… you get too attached to this material world “No civilization without social stability. No social stability without individual
Orthodoxy is unconsciousness” and forget about spiritual values” ch.12 Aunt Lydia stability”
Surveillance “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU," “Perhaps he is an Eye” ch.4
“The telescreen received and transmitted “the white wings… are to keep us from seeing, but also from being
simultaneously” seen.” Ch.2
“every sound you made was overheard, and, except in “Most of the interpreters are Eyes” ch.5
darkness, every movement scrutinized.”
“Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed
for ever”.
“nothing was your own except the few cubic
centimetres inside your skull” p1 ch1
Science and “Sentimental songs which were composed entirely by “They’ve frozen them… Any account with an F on it instead of an M. All “blue pacific rocket” ch.4
Theme 1984 The Handmaid’s Tale Brave New World
Violence/physical ‘Even the streets leading up to [the Ministry of Love's] “Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth patrolled; they had electric cattle prods
control outer barriers were roamed by gorilla-faced guards in slung on thongs from their leather belt” ch1.
black uniforms, armed with jointed truncheons’ pt ch1
“The audience was much amused by shots of a great “They’ve removed anything you could tie a rope to” ch.2
huge fat man”… who was full of holes and sea round
him turned pink” pt1 ch1
“A desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a “There are three new bodies on the wall… for Gender Treachery” ch.8
sledge-hammer, seemed to flow through the whole
group” pt1 ch1
“It was a good hanging.. I like to see them kicking” pt1 “each has a placard hung around his neck to show why he has been
ch5 executed: a drawing of a human fetus” ch.6
“The party seeks power for its own sake. We are not
interested in the good of others… German Nazis and
Russian Communists came very close to us in their
methods”
book 3 ch3 O’Brien.
Conditioning “Crimestop means the faculty of stopping short, as ‘Gilead is within you’ ch.5 Aunt Lydia “All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social
though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous destiny”. Ch.1 the Director
thought”
The “aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of “Ordinary… is what you are used to. This may not seem ordinary to you “the controllers realised that force was no good. The slower but infinitely
thought” pt 1 ch5 now, but after a time it will.. become ordinary” surer methods of ectogenesis, neo-Pavlovian conditioning and
ch.6 Aunt Lydia hypnopaedia…” ch.3 Mustapha Mond.
“They were systematically turned into ungovernable “Her fault, her fault, her fault, we chant in unison” ch1 “A love of nature keeps no factories busy. It was decided to abolish the love
little savages, and yet this produced in them no of nature at any rate among the lower classes” ch.2 Director.
tendency whatever to rebel”
“The revolution will be complete when the language is “Ending is better than mending. The more stitches the less riches” ch.3
perfect”. “we learned to whisper without a sound” ch1 Lenina
All their ferocity was turned outwards, against the “We were a society dying… of too much choice” ch5 “Imagine the folly of allowing people to play elaborate games which di
enemies of the state” nothing whatever to increase consumption” ch.3 Director
“Orthodoxy means not thinking – not needing to think. “If you have a lot of things… you get too attached to this material world “No civilization without social stability. No social stability without individual
Orthodoxy is unconsciousness” and forget about spiritual values” ch.12 Aunt Lydia stability”
Surveillance “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU," “Perhaps he is an Eye” ch.4
“The telescreen received and transmitted “the white wings… are to keep us from seeing, but also from being
simultaneously” seen.” Ch.2
“every sound you made was overheard, and, except in “Most of the interpreters are Eyes” ch.5
darkness, every movement scrutinized.”
“Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed
for ever”.
“nothing was your own except the few cubic
centimetres inside your skull” p1 ch1
Science and “Sentimental songs which were composed entirely by “They’ve frozen them… Any account with an F on it instead of an M. All “blue pacific rocket” ch.4
