So..... I have not blogged in a very long time. I have terrible
problems with sticking with a project, I hate to say. Anyway, I shall
do my best to be timely with these replies now that they are needed
for school. I shall jut edge around the fact that I am, more or less,
waiting until the last moment with making my first post...
I would like to say that my mom also took this English Lit. class
a couple of years ago, and when she told me that she had to start a
blog, I thought that the idea was fantastic. And so, my first blog
was started that semester. I love to write, and I like to share what
I write with other people. My first blog was just to chat, I think,
since I never posted anything of real significance. However, this
blog, Writing in Wonderland, was posted for the main purpose of
sharing my writings. I realize that there are only two posts, well,
three now, but I HAD been planning on posting more...
So, I got the impression that we were allowed to more or less talk
about what we wanted, as long as it was literature related. I hope
that my topic for this post is appropriate and that everyone else has
not decided to talk about it. Haha...
As many of you, there was a new movie released two days ago called
Divergent. It started, as many movies do, as a book. While I
could talk forever about the relationship between book and movie, I
shall keep it strictly on the book.
First of all, the book was written by Veronica Roth. Divergent
is the first book in a trilogy. It is about a girl of the age of 16
named Beatrice. The whole book is centered around the idea that there
had been a war and that now this city is living such as it is in a
dystopian society. (Is it just me or does there seem to be trends in
movies/books, and that the most common ones right now are a war
destoryed place or zombies?) This city, which the author says in an
interview is based on Chicago, is split into five different factions.
These factions live there lives based on what they feel caused the
war to begin with.
There is the Dauntless, which blamed cowardice, and because of
this they seem to live an almost reckless life. In this light, there
jump from trains and are trained to fight and be strong. This means
that they are the law enforcers.
There is the Amity faction that do not play a big part in
Divergent. They strive to be friendly and seek peace at all
times. They are the farmers.
There is the Candor who blamed lies. The Candor faction are known
to always tell the truth, no matter what.
There is the Erudite faction which blamed a lack of knowledge.
This has led the Erudite to become the scientists and the teachers.
They spend their lives becoming more knowledgeable.
Lastly, there is the Abnegation who blamed the war on selfishness.
These people live there lives in such a way that all of their actions
are to better someone else. They are supposed to be 100% selfless.
This is why they are the city's leaders.
(Spoiler alert) Instead of the Hunger Games, where children
are forced into killing games, Divergent has children of the
same age, 16, put into tests to see in which faction they belong in.
No matter what their tests say, there are still free to choose which
faction they wish to live in. However, even this is rather terrible,
considering you are, more or less, leaving your family forever. If
the person does not pass the initiation test, they are kicked from
that faction and are forced to live on the streets. In this story,
the homeless are cleverly named the factionless.
The story follows, as I said, Beatrice who changes her name to
Tris after changing a different faction from which she had grown up
in. It is a very interesting story, although I personally think that
the author's writing style leaves a little something to be desired.
It seems to me to be choppy and that it does not flow very well.
So, that is what I think about this particular book. Hope it was
somewhat enjoyable!
~Montana
