Dystopian worlds focus on civilizations in suboptimal conditions due to events such as war, oppression, or other natural and supernatural occurrences. I was first introduced to this in reading The Giver, a book that describes a city that is first thought to be utopian but is later revealed to be a dystopia. In my experience, dystopias often explore the idea of taking away one’s individualism. Another book that reminds me of this is the Hunger Games trilogy. Twelve (really 13) districts are under intense oppression from a dictator that have convinced citizens that throwing children into an arena and forcing them to fight to the death is the best way to prevent another major war. Any opposition is quelled and it is quite ruthless. Even in the dystopian world, it was stressed that image is everything. There are rules, even in rebellion that the main character, Katniss Everdeen, must follow. Below is a Voyant cloud of Hunger Game themes: