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
by Fearless-Selection13
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I’ve only watched the films but presumed the message there was about not labelling and dividing people simplistically in the way that racism or other bigotry might do and that doing so leads to oppression and conflict?
>it honestly just seems like the series was just a cash grab because YA dystopian literature was popular at the time
That’s exactly it. It’s irrelevant, meaningless tripe that exists solely to ride the coattails of a shitty trend.