I (since 7th grade) have been attempting to understand the Sci-Fi genre. I read several basic stories written recently (most of which I advise you to never ever read) as well as some classics, Ray Bradbury, H.G Wells, George Orwell etc. In comparison, recently written books have a particularly simple story algorithm. Most of these recent books have a teenage main character, mostly female. They all live in a world similar to ours, only one simple thing is the focus of the world.
In the Hunger Games, that thing is Entertainment. In the world of Divergent, that thing is fitting in. As in both series, someone fits in too much, or entertainment is taken too far, that creates our conflict. So far in Divergent, Al just killed himself and Tris being Divergent makes her able to control her mental fear facing, as well as realize that what is happening to her is not real. Being "divergent" seems a bit odd to me, if I was a government, trying to force people into predetermined 'factions' I wouldn't make their even be a word for being different or special, because that is counter-productive.
Love is also theme in both books. This isn't particularly one of my favorite themes, but it isn't just a teen drama addition. Even in books such as 1984, love was a contributing factor to the character's sanity. In the Hunger Games love is hope, something so innocent it stops a room-full of battle planners from killing Katniss and Peeta. However, in Divergent love seems to be a coping mechanism for Tris. She loves four mainly because, so much is going on in her life and she doesn't know what to do.
So, yeah. I tried get as much down on paper as possible, and succeeded. Now for the title of this piece, I opened the cover of divergent and looked inside... http://veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com/p/books.html
Thanks for reading! I had a lot of ideas from brainstorming in class.
-drat
Post Script:
Do you think Al's death was Tris's fault???
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