Divergent - Veronica Roth. response to text essay.

Dystopian Literature seems to run along the same guidelines in terms of how the novels are set, and follow a similar chain of events leading to a great bittersweet climactic event. I will detail the similarities between the two novels Fahrenheit 451 and The Hunger Games. There is a reason behind the similarities of these two novels, and other dystopian literature. “The merits of dystopian literature are many.” (Erlich)

Human beings are naturally curious. We are always in search of better ideas, and new solutions to problems. One of a basic idea of Indonesia has been freedom of thinking and a free flow of ideas. But in some societies, governments try to keep their people ignorant. Usually, this is so governments can keep people under control and hold on to their power. In trying to keep people from the realities of the world, these oppressive governments can end up damaging or even destroying their society.

In a world where the people live in a city with a surrounding wall as their limit, Beatrice becomes Tris by choosing her own path, encountering a large contrast of people, and learning being different can be the hardest task in life. Although the uniqueness about her allows her to see the corruption of people in her world. Divergent, a novel by Veronica Roth, is a book that has been banned and challenged many times for being violent or too mature for the age gr oup. However, Divergent is an extremely valuable book that young adults should read as a result of its realistic characters and unpredictable plot line full of the themes of growing up and social survival. One reason Divergent is such a valuable book is because the characters

The novel “Farenheit 451” written Ray Bradbury between 1950 and 1953 is thought provoking novel which raises important concerns about what the future may hold. Predominantly told through the eyes of the protagonist Guy Montag Bradbury warns humanity of a future containing mind manipulation, abuse of technology and heavy government censorship. The purpose of this book is clearly to warn society of the path we are headed to if we continue to value new technology over knowledge by showing us “that although knowledge can cause disharmony, knowledge of the past can help prevent man from making similar mistakes in the future”. The title “Fahrenheit 451” is significant to the book because it represents the temperature at which books ignite. Since

As new genres in the world of novels fade out of the public eye, new ones arise just as fast. A genre that has taken the world by storm is the dystopian trope. Many new young adult novels have this new genre incorporated into the story, often weaving in themes of sadness or conformity being overcome by rebelliousness and hope. It is one of the newest genres, yet one of the most widely varied compared to older ones. Even novels from 70 years ago, such as Ayn Rand’s Anthem share similarities with the same types of stories from only 20 years ago, like The Giver by Lois Lowry.

The book I am responding to is Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury.What kind of person is Montag? Montag is a person that is very laid back and a respectful person. Montag job is a firemen and people are scared of firemen.One day a seventeen year old girl name Clarisse came up to him.And they had a decent converestaion.He never did nothing rudeto her ,he listen and was being respect.Even though she was annoying and aggaving him.Montag is a person that have a quick temper buut he quick to get it back to normal. “I am not angry ,upset,yes”(20).This when Clarisse was upsetting him when she were tell the truth about how he not in love.The he starting thinking and doubting himself.Montag is also a person they stayed to himself.For

When you wrote your book Fahrenheit 451, you were writing about a futuristic dystopia, where books were illegal and it was the job of firemen to burn houses and the books inside of them. This showed me the influence of the government. Because of how they changed the jobs of firemen through the given powers they already had, and their use of influencing us through technology. Showed me the full extent of the governments influence on our everyday lives through their given power and the power that they can seize without a fight or struggle.

This relates back to Fahrenheit 451 in many ways. But the main way it relates back to it is they have similar government control, or power, in a way. They limited the needs of people, and they burned books just like in the story.

One of the phrases that I chose to include on the poster is, “THE FOOLISH.” I chose this phrase because that is how the general population is perceived in this book. They easily believe what is told to them and follow the orders of anyone, making them very gullible. Society, at this point, does not really have any individuality. They follow the group opinion and no longer come up with ideas of their own. So, “THE FOOLISH” is the main descriptor of society, or the antagonist,

In the short novel, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, it shows us readers people don’t enjoy books anymore and find them useless. Because this book is based in the future, the technology is more advanced and people prefer technology then books.

I found this article very interesting as of a result of always loving when you put famous people into a traditional situations and watching how people react to them, or if people even recognize them. People tend not to notice what is right in front of them and tend not to stray from a task they already have at hand. Plus, while it is sad, the majority of people don’t care very much for the fine arts, so they might have not recognized him, or they just didn’t care about the music that was playing. On the other hand, the larger number of people parlaying to their work on time and don’t notice what is right in front of them. “Looking isn’t the same as seeing.” stated Dan Simons a psychology professor at the University of Illinois. When you

The main character in the book Divergent is a girl named Beatrice. Beatrice is developed throughout the book by having to do things that push her out of her comfort zone. Beatrice was born in the faction of Abnegation, where everything is simple and alike. Abnegation values selflessness, but Beatrice doesn’t feel like she is selfless. She decides to change to the faction of Dauntless, who values courage. Beatrice has to do things like jump off trains, and fight people to show she is courageous. She decides to start going byTris, because Beatrice won’t fit in with the dauntless. When Beatrice makes the decision to be a dauntless she says “My fathers eyes burn into mine with a look of accusation’. This is because it was selfish of

I am reading Allegiant by Veronica Roth and I am on page 458. So far this book is about the Allegiant making their plan about how they are going to take down the GPs (genetically pure). Some people who are already the Bureau disagree with the GP’s ways so they team up with the Allegiant. Tobias and Tris make a promise that they will always be completely honest with each other, but Tobias breaks that promise when he helps with the first attack against the GPs. In this journal I will be questioning and connecting.

Have you ever wondered how life would be like if society was divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue ? What if you were different and did not belong in any of the given factions? Then you are a lot like Tris. Tris Prior is the main character in the dystopian novel Divergent, by Veronica Roth. She lives in a world where she must hide her true uniqueness as a Divergent individual, otherwise she puts her life at risk. Tris's aptitude test result was inconclusive, she has the ability to manipulate simulations and throughout the book she shows characteristics from different factions which concludes that she is Divergent. Divergence is to be special in the sense that you

The factions were created with the hopes of eliminating future war and violence. It was believed that if each citizen of the society selects their faction and focuses only on their faction’s virtues or morals everyone will be equal and there will be no conflict. This novel embodies many strong and unique messages. It also inspires the readers to never back down, and to learn to control their fears not only by overcoming it but by dealing it with courage. "'Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it, that's the point.'"