Essay Plan

Title: How is Procedural Rhetoric employed in the Worlds of Bioshock.

Introduction: What is Procedural Rhetoric, explained and sourced.

Points

Introducing the settings and major themes. Religion versus Science Columbia Vs Rapture in terms of setting and what each city promotes and the contrast of the rhetoric. Large mentions to the use of games simulating a setting that would usually be impossible due to ethics and social convention.

The risk of experimental technology and its exploitation. Rushed development= lack of proper testing=genetic degradation=Splicers. The development of Little Sisters and Big Dadies. Columbia

Both Civilisations are infact heavily controlled despite their perceived freedoms. "Thought Police"/Propagander against the outside world.  both worlds act as communes effectively against the larger world in way or another.

 Utopias falling to dystopia, involve the idea of the suppressed masses and revolution, how the Bioshock games communicate this message. Both ultimately worlds fall due to a combination of infighting and civil uprising, how this represents a warning to our civilizations and darker outcomes.

Theory vs Practice, ideal vs reality. The internal corruption and selfish ideals that bring down the system from the top eg Corporate infighting. In the case of Rapture, Andrew Ryan going back on the ideal of free market. "Some are more equal than others". Likewise Columbia with Elizabeth inheriting Comstocks ambition crusade against the rest of the world and how this backfire. Slates coup against Comstock, Daisy Fitzroy's uprising against Comstock with the Vox Populi

Conclusion
The message of a Utopia that will always suppress someone at the end of the day and this is ultimately their downfall. Both worlds in the bioshock franchise create an entertaining immersive experience through procedural rhetoric.

Utopias falling to dystopia, involve the idea of the suppressed masses and revolution, how the Bioshock games communicate this message. Both ultimately worlds fall due to a combination of infighting and civil uprising, how this represents a warning to our civilizations and darker outcomes.