Posted: April 24th, 2025

Discussion

The Discussion question  250 words (1 page) choose a dystopian story and compare it to another utopian/dystopian story you are familiar with.

Here’s a dystopian story. Read My Flamboyant Grandson and compare it to a story or film of your choosing: 

• “My Flamboyant Grandson,” by George Saunders 

The story you choose for the comparison can be a work of literature or film. 

A good comparison paper will identify a similar theme in both stories (e.g., “the short story ‘We Ate the Children Last’ and the Jordan Peele film Get Out focus on elective medical procedures people undergo to alter their bodies”) and then explain the most important similarities and differences in how the stories address this theme. 

My paper must provide evidence for the claims you are making about the similarities and/or differences in each text by quoting selectively or providing specific details from each text.