Divergent is marketed as a Dystopia, but it seems to miss the fundamental part of dystopian literature, which is commentating on an aspect of society that could lead to it’s downfall. It’s supposed to be relevant to our current world to some extent. In The Handmaid’s Tale, misogyny/the dehumanization of women is talked about. In Hunger Games, it’s about our society’s love for violence and war/how easy it is to dehumanize people, which is relevant to today’s society. In 1984 it’s a lack of individual thought. What exactly is Divergent’s overarching message? How did we get to this world in which people are divided into 4 groups based on one personality trait?
Idk the series should’ve been marketed as maybe a fantasy or action but even then it misses the mark. It just seems very shallow. Like the characters are not well thought out at all, not even Tris and Tobias who are supposed to be since they’re divergent. The writing also isn’t great, it honestly just seems like the series was just a cash grab because YA dystopian literature was popular at the time
Divergent is a commentary on the Meyers-briggs test.
Ah, the Hogwarts Sorting Hat for adults.
My kids describe it as high school cliques. Are you a nerd, a jock, a slacker, etc… It makes some kind of sense to the target audience, because they are still in that mindset. But not to those of us with any more experience in the world outside of the high school mindset. We know how lazy and unrealistic it is to pick out one single trait to describe people