Figurative Devices in Dystopian Texts

"In the far distance a helicopter skimmed down between the roofs, hovered for an instant like a bluebottle, and darted away again with a curving flight." - From '1984' by George Orwell

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"Could Gale and I have been eating blackberries only this morning? It seems like a lifetime ago. Like a long dream that deteriorated into a nightmare." - From 'The Hunger Games' by Suzanne Collins

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"The light was frozen, dead, a ghost." - From 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley

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"Under the trees the ground was misty with bluebells. The air seemed to kiss one's skin." - From '1984' by George Orwell

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"During the day it was a thunderous surge of cars, the gas stations open, a great insect rustling" - from 'The Pedestrian' by Ray Bradbury

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"What traitors books can be! You think they're backing you up and they turn on you!" - From 'Fahrenheit 451' by Ray Bradbury

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"She walks demurely, head down, red-gloved hands clasped in front, with short little steps like a trained pig's" - From 'The Handmaid's Tale' by Margaret Atwood

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• Personification