Dystopian literature highlights the social flaws perceived by the composer and challenges the foundations of contemporary social practice. Unlike utopian fiction, which is rarely anything other than speculation on a self-perceived ideal, dystopian works call on their audiences to consider the inadequacies present in their own society. Works such as Ursula LeGuin's short story The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, Eoin Colfer's children's novel The Supernaturalist, and the 2006 film V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue address issues such as human rights violations. human rights, totalitarianism and mass consumerism through the lens of dystopia. genre, and in doing so embody the main components of dystopian literature: the forced acceptance of imperfection as an ideal, the questioning of social practice and the revelation of imperfection and its consequences. The first distinguishing feature of dystopian literature is the forced acceptance of an imperfect or flawed state as an ideal by the population of the state in question. James McTeigue's 2006 film V for Vendetta (based on a series of graphic novels of the same title) is the best example of this trait. Set in Britain in 2020, the film depicts a totalitarian regime reminiscent of Nazi Germany. The extremist policies of the "Party", such as the vilification of Muslims, homosexuals and "foreigners" (anyone not of English origin), are accepted by a population force-fed propaganda from the public television channel BTN , and all dissent is quickly and ruthlessly suppressed by the secret police force known as "the fingers". The use of propaganda to gain support for a flawed state is common in many dystopian works, and directly parallels its use... middle of paper. ....micronic practice throughout the dystopian narrative. Thus, the dystopian genre is very effective at conveying the social commentary of its composers, and McTeigue's V for Vendetta, Colfer's The Supernaturalist, and LeGuin's The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas are excellent examples. capacity, with through their allegorical critiques of human rights violations, totalitarianism and mass consumerism represented through the structural characteristics of the dystopian genre. org/wiki/Utopiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quantum_Thiefhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_terms_in_The_Quantum_Thiefhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Supernaturalisthttp://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/V_for_Vendettahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_for_Vendetta_(film)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434409/