We love adventures and being in places we've never been to before. We also love young, powerful ladies who lead an entire country to overthrow a dysfunctional government. This is why we love reading books and watching movies set in a dystopian world. We know what to expect and what we can get from the story, even the funny Twitter account @DystopianYA knows it. Don't know if you're reading or watching something set in a dystopian society? Here 10 surefire ways to tell that you are. Heck, you might even be The Chosen One... you just don't know it yet. Hmm...
1 There's one person destined to save the people. She just doesn't know it yet.
I didn't know that I was born to be different.
— Dystopian YA Novel (@DystopianYA) February 11, 2015
2 People are always divided into categories.
People from This Category haven't gotten along with people from That Category. Well, not since the Civil Schism.
— Dystopian YA Novel (@DystopianYA) February 11, 2015
3 The whole place or country is enclosed in gates. Just the perfect setup to make people, or The Chose One, more curious.
I just feel like there should be MORE beyond this gated community none of us have ever ventured beyond.
— Dystopian YA Novel (@DystopianYA) February 11, 2015
4 Adults don't know anything... especially anything about running an entire country.
Adults don't understand. All they've learned is how to go about their days without questioning anything.
— Dystopian YA Novel (@DystopianYA) February 11, 2015
5 They can't even be trusted.
Turns out the grownups you once blindly trusted shouldn't have been blindly trusted at all.
— Dystopian YA Novel (@DystopianYA) February 11, 2015
6 The Chosen One looks fine, but has a lot of ~*issues*~ about how she looks.
I have gangly limbs and a feminine form just beginning to take shape. I'm not beautiful, but my green eyes are nice.
— Dystopian YA Novel (@DystopianYA) February 11, 2015
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7 But she actually looks perfect even after spending weeks or months in a weird place.
Of course my skin is perfect after spending four months in the wilderness - I wash my face every morning in the river.
— Dystopian YA Novel (@DystopianYA) March 6, 2015
8 Someone's always not going to fit in the categories.
It just seems like I don't fit into our Society's prescribed categories.
— Dystopian YA Novel (@DystopianYA) February 11, 2015
9 Order is everything, so the government tries to protect it.
Like always, Securitymen in their riot gear are patrolling streets. No one would ever even think to rebel.
— Dystopian YA Novel (@DystopianYA) February 20, 2015
10 The Chosen One has two boys fighting for her attention... in the middle of the war.
I hate to say it, but as the Chosen One, I'd actually think more than two boys would be interested in me.
— Dystopian YA Novel (@DystopianYA) March 12, 2015
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