Me- First blog post -Thea

My Favorite Book(s)

          I really liked the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth; Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant. In the trilogy, the future's way of life gets turned upside down. I think that's a pretty good description of what happens. The whole trilogy has a twisted plot where nothing ends up as it should have. The trilogy is mostly set in a future Chicago, where the people live in five factions and the faction-less.
          Before the factions, scientists had realized that some people lacked smarts, bravery, kindness, etc. They developed a genetic mutation serum to put forward those characteristics, resulting in people who were very smart, very brave, and very kind. Those people were grouped based on what their strong suit was, in the smart faction, the brave faction, the kind, the peaceful, and the truthful. Unfortunately, the mutation didn't work on certain people, who were called "divergent." The government thought that those people were very dangerous, and had to be found and killed. In the second book, the government released armies to inject everyone with a serum that basically hypnotized them, which only the Divergent were not affected by. Using that, the antagonists tracked down the Divergent and tried to kill them.  
          A revolution finally occurred, when the faction-less decided that the whole system was stupid. Over time, the amount  of faction-less outnumbered the factions and the faction-less stormed the city. They burnt down buildings and killed the government to start a new world without factions. They destroy the city to start a new one where everything is fair.