Divergent, By Veronica Roth

In The Shallows by Nicholas Carr, he asserts that the evolution of information and communication technology (ICTs) is having a detrimental impact on our brains despite the many benefits and advances we have made with it. His main focus is on the internet which he commonly refers to as the “universal medium” (92). Carr presents a very detailed but biased argument in which he views the internet and other technologies as the adversary of critical thinking and progress. To Carr, we are sacrificing our ability to think logically because we are choosing a simpler way to gain knowledge.

Divergent is a dystopian novel that takes place in a futuristic Chicago. The setting also looks like a perfect Utopia, but as you go on reading you find out that it has a lot of problems. In the novel there was a war that was caused by differences in people's ideologies. The war caused Chicago to be divided into five factions. Each faction has a virtue which they value and cultivate. The five factions are Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless, and Erudite. The Abnegation faction values selflessness, the Amity peace, the Candor honesty, the Dauntless bravery, and the Erudite intelligence. Throughout the novel the main character is Tris which was born in Abnegation and chose to go to the Dauntless faction. Chicago in the novel is governed by a group of people from

Tris does this because if the leader found out about her being Divergent, they would kill her so she does not “bend” the rules. Tris is disappointed in herself at the beginning of the film because she believes that she is not worthy of finding a faction and does not know where she belongs in society. “Everyone knows where they belong, except for me” (Burger 2014) This is significant to the story because it lets the viewers have an insight into Tris not being “normal” and gives us a heads up that she is different from the rest. The movie lacks foreshadowing, as we are not evident at first of Tris challenging all of societies beliefs. As the movie unfolds, you can start to put two and two together, connecting the dots to see that Tris is Divergent, she will not ever fit into any group. She does not follow the rules, she does not believe what others tell her and she does what she thinks is right and not what is expected of her.

Nicholas Carr covers an unprecedented amount of material in his novel, “The Shallows.” He delves into subjects ranging from the history of the book to the business of Google to the psychological concept of neuroplasticity. All of these topics support his main argument: the idea that the internet is destroying our brains. He takes the deterministic approach that we are the tools we use, meaning they shape our brains. According to Carr, the internet negates our memories, deems print books useless, and distracts us from reality. His counterargument comes from the instrumentalist approach; this viewpoint maintains that people stay the same no matter the tools they use. His arguments are both sound and flimsy, current and outdated, and he rants

In the divergent series written by Veronica Roth it tells a story of a young girl named Tris in this series Tris goes through a lot of events uncovering some of the mysteries a little at a time. The first book in the series is called divergent. In divergent Tris starts out as being an abnegation member. Abnegation is all about being selfless. Tris didn 't exactly like being abnegation but she didn’t mind it. In this book when you turn 18 you take certain test that go through mind control. In these tests they found out that Tris was divergent. Divergent in this book is an exactly excepted among the people.

Or go to a different faction, and will her life the way she wants. She is scared but knowing that, that’s ok. She learns how to control her fears and not let them control her. When Tris goes into simulation, one of her fears is her killing her family. By facing her fears in the simulation she is able to overcome them and becomes braver and stronger. She finds her identity and finds her ability to be different can’t be controlled. With her confidence growing she finds she is ready to take on more obstacles. Tris teaches us that it is okay to be scared and that we don’t have to be fearless, but that we can learn to control our fear. In the real world most people cling to their fears because facing them seems too hard. Instead, like Tris, we need to learn to climb up that mountain and face them head on.

This happens when she is preparing to choose her fate and move to a place that she truly belongs in. But, when she discovers that there is such thing as a “divergent”, and that she is one, she gets very confused. Tori, the girl that reveals to Tris that she is more different than she thought says “ ‘[...] under no circumstances should you share [that you are Divergent] with anyone” (Roth 21). Tris then has to change how she acts in simulations, which reveal fears by copying certain parts of someone’s mind, and go on without using her secret abilities of being able to alter her mindset and got out of simulations easily. The book even divulges that,“ ‘[...] if they discover what you are, they will kill you’ “ (Roth 257). This shows that the government is trying to rid the world of all divergent, including Tris.

Heroes and heroines are individuals who defend the greater good and usually have experiences that give them personal traits. These traits make them behave certainly in a way that defines them as a hero. Markus Zusak’s book The Book Thief, Hans Hubermann is a hero by doing what he thinks is right. From the beginning to the end, Hans was a kind and empathetic person. Despite his many experiences of unfairness, he did not take a change for the worse. Hans defended what he believed was right by being a selfless individual who was willing to sacrifice to help those who were in need.

The movie Divergent is based on the novel by Veronica Roth. The book and film takes place in future Chicago where there are five factions; Dauntless, Abnegation, Erudite, Amity, and Candor. People in future Chicago take a test to determine what faction is most like them. If multiple factions are the result of the test, then it is determined that the person is Divergent. This is a rare story of Beatrice Prior’s experience as being Divergent and surviving in the Dauntless community.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Steven Galloway’s The Cellist of Sarajevo demonstrates the way in which people are affected by war, and a brutal dictatorship. The authors illustrates the main purpose for writing their novel through the use of imagery, characterization, foreshadowing, flashback, similes, and symbolism.

Divergent is a book that takes place in chicago with a government system set up of five different groups. One of the groups is like the military they protect the people who live in their community. Another group is the farmers they make the crops that the people of the city eat. There is a group

For the majority of time since literary vampires were created, they were represented as monstrous – creatures without souls whose sole purpose in literature was to kill and cause terror until they were ultimately destroyed. These literary vampires were slowly given more human characteristics, but it was Anne Rice who radically humanized the vampire, by creating the cultured vampire who, in some ways, represents an improved, superior human. In the Interview with the Vampire (1976), Anne Rice juxtaposed Louis de Pointe du Lac, a humanized, emotional, vampire, to other vampires in order to emphasize his cultured nature in a modern world lacking morality. Although Louis was a vampire for most of the novel, he represented humanity in an absolute yet rudimentary manner: through his struggle to find meaning in a world lost to modernity, which he, with his religious beliefs, believed had forsaken him.

In the book, Divergent, by Veronica Roth, the main character, Tris, a sixteen year old girl, lives in the faction called Abnegation. Tris had always felt that she wasn’t fit for her faction because of her personality. The people of Abnegation are selfless, but she’s more than selfless, she’s divergent. Tris does not only acquire one trait, but multiple traits in her personality and the government sees that as a threat to their system. Throughout the book, Tris slowly discovered more and more about this faction system and soon realizes that by her choosing Dauntless, the government will soon figure out what she is. With the help of Four, her mentor from the beginning, they both figure out what they have to do to try and convince the Dauntless and others that Tris is a standard initiate, which is where her journey began. In Divergent, Veronica Roth uses the character’s inner thinking to expand on the suspenseful journey the character experiences throughout the story.

Divergent, written by Veronica Roth, describes a dire situation of saving the city from the potent threat, Jeanine, and she needs to use her special power of being a Divergent to save Chicago. Not only does it teach Tris to use those two ethics to help save Chicago, but we can also imply that teaching to our lives, and those attributes displayed by Tris makes the book memorable.

Veronica Anne Roth is an American writer, a novelist and short story writer. She was born in New York City, U.S, and was raised in Barrington, Illinois on 19thAugust,1988. She is best known for writing The Divergent Trilogy of science-fiction and fantasy novels for young adults consisting of Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant. Divergent is the first book of trilogy written by Veronica Roth. It is a bestselling novel which earned Veronica Roth numerous awards including the Goodreads 2011 Choice Award as well as the title of best of 2012 in the category of young adult science and fantasy fiction. Divergent has been praised for its striking plotline, readability, originality, fast-paced plot, worldview and powerful message of discovering