The dystopian genre has roots in the 19th century; however, it gained popularity in the 2000s and 2010s. With major books coming out such as “The Hunger Games,” “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” “The Handmaid’s...

We were taught not to love. We were taught that all pairings were made based on necessity. The council of love makes all pairings based on genetics and who works together. Once a year, there is a ceremony...

Caragh O’Brien illustrates a dystopian society in The Vault of Dreamers in a manner similar to Scott Westerfield’s series, Uglies, and Veronica Roth’s series, Divergent. The Vault of Dreamers...