Little pond

This project is a screenplay in the genre of dystopian science fiction called Little Pond. The accompanying paper presents an overview of utopian and dystopian literature. It includes an examination of Plato’s Socratic dialogue, The Republic, and challenges the accepted view it as a treatise of a utopia. This is accomplished by comparing elements from modern dystopian fiction, including Brave New World and 1984, to the political ideas in The Republic. These elements, and many other elements from dystopian fiction, inspired the story for Little Pond.