People think that when they live in a utopian society, they wouldn’t fear as much as those who lives in a dystopian society. That’s not always the case, and that’s what Gordimer proves in her short story “once a upon a time” .
Already from the beginning in the story, it went from an Utopian environment to a Dystopian environment. It changes because of the fear steps in the story. Their need to protect themselves gets bigger and bigger.
- In this quote we see how the environment changes from the beginning.
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“ A voice in the echo-chamber of the subconscious?
A sound.
A creaking of the kind made by the weight carried by one foot after another along a wooden floor. I listened. I felt the apertures of my ears distend with concentration. Again: the creaking.”
- This quote opens a kind of fear in whole the body and that's not only for the person in the story but also for the reader. The fear is not shown a lot at this point in this quote but later on the fear will be the only thing left in the story.
- In this next quote we see more fear, and how the dystopian and uncanny society looks like.
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