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This 3 page paper examines the world that Theo lives in, in P.D. James’s novel “The Children of Men.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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But in this novel, James had explored quite a different world, a bleak dystopia that is reminiscent of Brave New World or 1984. This paper discusses what this world is
like. Discussion Theo is the "narrator" of the story; his thoughts come to the reader via the diary entries he keeps. The world he lives in is terrible: humans have
suddenly become sterile and the race is dying (James). James wrote the book in order to explore the idea of what we would do if we knew we were the
last humans to exist. The picture she paints is a grim one. The world that Theo lives in is a world without God, and largely without hope. One would think
that since humans can no longer conceive, that the society would have devolved into a sort of free-for-all of unbridled sex, but instead, humanity has lost interest in sexual activity
(James). In fact, society has all but broken down completely. Since James is English, she sets the story in her native country. England is now governed by a "Council"
comprised of five extraordinarily powerful people while Parliament rarely meets (James). In effect the nation is a dictatorship run by Xan Lyppiatt, Theos cousin, who has taken the title of
the "Warden of England" (James). The title is apt, because England (and one must presume other nations as well) has become a prison in which the Wardens decrees are enforced
by a sort of private army, the Grenadiers (James). Laws are harsh and punishment is swift, and since jury trials have been abolished, leaving what justice there is in
the hands of two magistrates and a judge, this insures that there is no justice at all (James). Those found guilty are incarcerated on the Isle of Man, a sort
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