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DIVERGENT by

Veronica Roth
Mrs. Vladimir Marie E. Cabutotan
 Veronica Anne Roth (born August 19,
1988) is an American novelist and 
Veronica Roth short story writer, known for her 
bestseller Divergent trilogy, which was
subsequently filmed.
 Divergent is the debut novel of American novelist Veronica Roth,
published by Harper Collins Children's Books in 2011. The novel is
the first of the Divergent trilogy, a series of young adult 
dystopian novels set in a Divergent Universe. The
novel Divergent features a post-apocalyptic version of Chicago and
follows Beatrice "Tris" Prior as she explores her identity within a
society that defines its citizens by their social and personality-
related affiliation with five factions, which removes the threat of
anyone exercising independent will and re-threatening the
What is it population's safety. Underlying the action and dystopian focused
about? main plot is a romantic subplot between Tris and one of her
instructors in the Dauntless faction, nicknamed Four.
 The novel has been compared to other young adult books such as 
The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner because of its similar 
themes and target audience. In particular, the novel explores the
themes common to young adult fiction, such as adult authority and
the transition from childhood to maturity, as well as such broader 
motifs as the place of violence and social structures within a post-
apocalyptic society. Its major plot device, the division of society into
personality types, is one used in other science fiction works. 
 Dystopian fiction is a genre of 
speculative fiction that explores social
and political structures.

Dystopian  Dystopian literature i


Fiction  s a form of speculative fiction that began as a
response to utopian literature. A dystopia is an
imagined community or society that is
dehumanizing and frightening. A dystopia is an
antonym of a utopia, which is a perfect society.
 Dystopian fiction can be a way to educate
and warn humanity about the dangers of
Here are the current social and political structures.
reasons why  Dystopian stories may convey an author’s
dystopian beliefs.
fiction is  Dystopian stories require a greater
significant in suspension of disbelief and can be very
literature: imaginative.
 Dystopian novels can also be satirical
critiques.
 The central themes of dystopian novels
generally fall under these topics:
5 1.Government control
Characteristics 2.Environmental destruction
of Dystopian
3.Technological control
Fiction
4.Survival
5.Loss of individualism
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divergent_(novel)

References:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Roth

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopian_and_dystopian_fiction

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