Describe what a “dystopian world” means. The Google definition for the word dystopian “is relating to or denoting an imagined state or society where there is great suffering or injustice.” A dystopian world can be a world that exists in a different time or place to ours and has a different society than ours. In f451 for example, the world is dystopian because it is a fictional setting, different to the world we currently live in where society has changed.
Consider why writers might use these worlds in their fiction. These worlds are good for fiction writing as writers get to imagine how the world is to them. By using their own thoughts and ideas, they can envision a society and world that they want to set their stories in, and because of this can create characters and scenarios that they feel would the context best and make for interesting stories.
What have you read or watched that could be classified as dystopian? f451 is a good example of Dystopia. There is a TV show that I have seen before called the100 based in a futuristic nuclear war setting which could also be considered dystopian.