... little interaction with each other - human feeling appears to be effectively dead, the characters of the novel numbed by drugs and medicines to protect them from their hostile enviroment. The irony is that in order for anyone to survive at all, they effectively forego their own humanity, which is a constant theme throughout dystopian literature, although it takes many different forms. Ballard ... ...

• Word Count: 5247
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate