Erudite's Government Oppression In The Book

The book Divergent, written by Veronica Roth, tells a story of a young girl named Beatrice ‘Tris’ Prior who struggles to live under the government’s ruling because she is what everyone calls ‘Divergent’; Someone who does not fit anywhere. The futuristic, dystopian Chicago is what everyone believes to be the last society in existence following a great world war. The society is organized into five factions, each having specific values to help support the society. There is Abnegation, which values selflessness, Amity, valuing peace, Erudite, which values knowledge, Candor, valuing honesty, and Dauntless, which values bravery. Childs are raised in the faction they were born in by their parents, but at the

This piece is written by Mark Colvin, a professor of Sociology in the Department of Justice Studies at Kent State University, as the introduction to the book “Descent into Madness” by Mike Rolland. On February 2nd & 3rd, 1980 one of the maximum security prisons in New Mexico experienced one of the most violent riots in the history of American Correctional System. This is often referred to as The New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot. The riot lasted for 36 hours, and in those 36 hours there were 33 deaths. There was one other inmate who dies a couple of months later due to the injuries incurred in that riot. It is estimated that about 200 inmates were severely injured or raped in the riot. It is no surprise

Divergence gives people the ability to control your mind control tests making it hard for people to be able to read you. And in this book the government doesn’t exactly like not having the power. So they were out to kill all divergent people.to stay alive at the day of choosing a different factions or your same faction Tris chose dauntless. The dauntless faction is basically the brave they also are the cities protection and law. In dauntless training you had to accomplish certain things in order to be a dauntless member.

Both the societies of THG and Divergent similarly tried to minimize the problems in their world. This is the illusion of goodness, to the fact that they have ‘solved’ all problems, they have used the segregation of their people using physical boundaries, keeping their people divided or the unknown away.As the mayor is recalling the events of the past, he says that "The result was Panem, a shining Capitol ringed by thirteen districts, which brought peace and prosperity to its citizens." This uses a metaphor to emphasize and exaggerate that the "shining" Capitol is surrounded and followed by the other separate 13 districts. With the illusion that Panem the Capitol is the greatest and has saved them (the other districts) and shows how the land of Panem has segregated their people, of high and low classes. While Beatrice is getting ready for her aptitude test she says that it will help her choose "... which of the five factions I belong in. ... I will decide the rest of my life; I will decide to stay with my family or to abandon them. The repetition of the word f "I will decide" gives an insight and illusion that she is able to decide her destiny and that she is not controlled by the governing ways , you can also find segregation of her to her family, this quote also

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

Society’s institutions are needed in the world to keep order, peace, and organization; however, these institutions can also have the opposite effect on many people. Often, the institutions of society may be used as a reason to behave immorally or to justify this immoral behavior. In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and All Quiet on the Western Front, the protagonists all struggle with these institutions and with forming their own moral code, whether bad or good. In all three novels, society’s institutions corrupt and destroy individuals, and the only ones who are safe from this corruption are the people who have escaped or diverged from society. These novels mirror the authors' societies,

A dystopian society is a controlling, fearful, and dreadful society. People who want to fight back against the government will be sorrowful. Every type of dystopian whether it is in a book, short story, or a game will have the same characteristics. For an example, in the movie Divergent by Veronica Roth everyone has to choose a faction in the society. In the “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, you are handicap if you are too smart, or if you have too much talent.

Dystopian literature is a genre of literature that explores social and political structures. Divergent is placed into the dystopian literary genre because the novel shows great amount of loss of identity,and government structure. The novel shows a good amount of loss of identity within the character Beatrice later known as Tris. The whole novel is revolved around the government structure, because they are controlling everything everyone does in the factions. Therefore Divergent is placed in the dystopian literature genre.

The primary method of control in Divergent is the illusion of choice. The illusion is fueled by the one choice each person is given, factions, these social constructs give all of the mandatory surface functions of society, while having no culture. When each person chooses a faction they are deciding at that moment whether to forsake their family’s, or follow their dreams within the limits of the faction system, and who will be their friends, enemies, and acquaintances. In essence each person chooses a click for life when they come of age and will never make a true choice ever again in their lives on punishment of being outcast by everyone, even their faction, and once it’s made you can’t revoke your choice, you serve in that capacity until you die or fail and become outcast.

In Beatrice Prior’s Dystopian Chicago, the society are divided into five factions wherein each faction is dedicated to the cultivation of a one particular virtue – first is the Candor and the virtue for this faction is Honest, followed by the Abnegation with a virtue of Selfless, then the Dauntless by the virtue of Brave and then the Amity with a virtue of Peaceful and lastly the Erudite by the virtue of the Intelligent. Then there is an appointed day once a year wherein, all of the sixteen years old must select one faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. But the faction based society that Beatrice or Tris Prior once believed are now on a shattered and fractured by violence and also power that results into struggles and scared

Insurgent is the second book in the Divergent series. In this book, Tris and Four, the main characters are fugitives, because they are divergent. Divergent are people whose minds cannot be controlled. For Jeanine Matthews this is a major problem because she believes that their society only functions because they have factions. There are five established factions; Dauntless, people who are brave and fearless, dress in black and have tattoos, and protect the city from the outside world. Amity, people who believe strongly in peace, dress in red and yellow and have green thumbs. Abnegation, people who are selfless, dress in gray and usually make up the governing body. Erudite, people who are smart and curious, dress in blue and wear glasses, and

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In our society we are lucky to have so many choices about how we live. We can be smart yet still respect others, we can be brave yet still sincere. In the second book, Insurgent, from the dystopian series Divergent, the people are not as lucky and do not have choices. Veronica Roth wrote this science fiction book showing a futuristic look at Chicago, in which people are placed into factions (groups) based on certain characteristics and an aptitude test that they are forced to take when they turn sixteen. The main character is Tris, who falls under the category of divergent, meaning that she belongs in more than one faction. People like her have to keep the secret of being divergent or else they would be in danger of being killed.

Living in the society, Tris ought to be obeying the law as she is part of it. But, when she finds out herself is a Divergent, she can sense that something is running off. There is a social norm that that the divergent is outskirt. And even the test administrator warns her never tell anyone her result shows as “Divergent” because this will create chaos. As mentioned, the society under Abnegation government is not just and fair, it even does not reach the view of Mockus by “recognizing of legal, moral and social norms that may regulate citizens’ behaviour”. Each faction is required to focus on the responsibility and they have different values, they do not agree to each other core virtues; therefore, one faction is not willing to communicate with the other faction. Although during the period of ruling, there is no war but it certainly builds up the disapproval from the Erudite faction to the moral norm and social norm which they think they should be the one ruling the society with the intelligence more than being a selfless. Also, the Erudite finds out that the Abnegation leader is actually not upholding the norms of selfless as he abused his own son which leading his child to turn away from the family. Consequently, the Erudite tries to create new social norms; however, they did not succeed. They should see the life as sacred and they should be following the Mayor Mockus footstep by acting to the new rules personally, instead of hiding behind and deceive people to do their work. Another reason that the Erudite plan is not successful because their inner demon creates too much violence and opposing voices.

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.'"