In the book Across the Universe by Beth Revis, the main characters Amy and Elder both face challenges to leadership and differences in a dystopian world. Dystopia is a way of life in which the world is created to be a perfect society. Revis, through an exaggerated pessimistic scenario, describes a dystopian world. Revis depicts the dystopian world through elements composed of citizens conforming to uniform expectations and qualities, residents living in a dehumanized state, and people led by a specific tyrant leader named Elder. First, Revis describes the citizens occupying the ship Godspeed as being a race without many differences. After the main character Amy wakes up after being frozen for two hundred and fifty years, she is in a meeting with the ship's doctor and wonders why everyone on board looks the same. The doctor responds: “We are monoethical. . . We all share the same physical characteristics – skin, hair and eye color” (103). This illustrates the dystopian element of uniform expectations and qualities because people are all very similar. Revis critiques equality throughout the book by giving examples of how it can lead to disagreement between two people. For example, as Amy leaves the hospital for the first time, she is spotted by other members of the ship, one of whom asks her, "'What are you?' . . Not who. What” (136). When the man says this to Amy, he treats her like an animal. Revis criticizes the idea of ​​balance and uniformity between groups of people. It relates to the idealism of all wanting to be equal; however, it brings up the idea of ​​what would happen if everyone was the same. Additionally, this idea of ​​equality then leads to the dystopian element of living in the middle of paper......e try to defy it, they are punished. The dystopian lifestyle is brought about in this book by Eldest being a dictator. The means of the elements and dystopian lifestyles are critiqued through multiple techniques throughout the book Across the Universe by Beth Revis. These means include citizens being similar and conforming to each other, existing in a state that is not human and/or normal, and being ruled by a dictator. The author criticizes equality and leadership. This affects me because I know many people who would do anything just to be like others and fit in. Additionally, I have met people who have to control everything, no matter what it takes. Revis points out that these ideas can lead to discord among us. Dystopian novels help the reader understand how idealism can lead to unease and instability in a person's life and the world around them..