Dysfunctional Factions

In the book Divergent by Veronica Roth, the city is split into factions. They are Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless, and Erudite. The factions are supposed to be an ideal and functional way of organizing the city, but they end up causing tension and splitting up families.

The way of splitting the city up into factions has divided the city, built tension, and splits up families. In the Faction History Textbook, one of the more prominent rules is "Faction before blood." This rule is definitely a source of much of the tension between the factions. When a child chooses to switch factions, tensions build between families and children. This severs important relationships within families.

On page 180, it says "the Erudite have prohibited Abnegation visitors from entering their compound." This is a demonstration of how having different factions splits people apart. Erudite turned on Abnegation because they were so drastically different from Erudite. They are so separated that Erudite hates Abnegation for hoarding supplies that are just a rumor. The problem is that these factions are so divided and don't communicate enough that rumor can easily be taken for truth and develop a hateful relationship between the factions.

My thesis connects to humanity because people are always divided by an infinite number of factors and it is easy to have miscommunications and be separated by differences. This is why it is very important to understand people who are different from us.

In conclusion, the factions in Divergent divide people more than they help people coexist and have a functional society. This is why understanding and communication is important in any society.

What other problems do you see in the structure of the society in Divergent?