Divergent

For those of you that haven't joined in on the dystopian society craze, Veronica Roth's Divergent is the newest series of the genre to be made into a movie. The first of the trilogy, Divergent, came out last Friday and I went to the movies with my sister to see it. I'm not usually one to see the movie before reading the book, but my sister insisted we go.

The basic premise of the movie starts off like any other dystopia (cough cough, The Hunger Games). It is years after some devastating war and the new government decided to separate the city from the country, by installing a huge fence, keeping the people in. They also divided the population into 5 factions: abegnation (selflessness), erudite (intelligence), candor (honesty), amity (peaceful), and dauntless (brave). Beatrice Prior (Shailenne Woodley) is from abegnation, but knows she doesn't belong. When it comes time for her test to help her decide which faction to join, Beatrice scores abegnation, erudite, and dauntless, making her a divergent and a mortal enemy of the government. She keeps the results of her test private for the sake of her life, and chooses dauntless, leaving her parents and her brother behind. Beatrice has to fight to keep her place in dauntless and becomes close with a dauntless trainer, Four (Theo James). As the government becomes more determine to eradicate divergents, Beatrice has to blend in. Soon, the erudite faction takes over the others and Beatrice and Four have to save the day.

Overall, it's a great movie. I didn't really know what to expect at first because I figured it would be the same as The Hunger Games, but it was still its own story. I really enjoyed Beatrice's determination and her will to fight for what is right. And of course, I couldn't deal with how awesome Beatrice and Four are together. Miles Teller also starred in the movie as comic relief for such an intense plot. He was hilarious and probably my favorite part of the movie with his snarky comments about Beatrice. I can't wait to start reading the book; I'm sure the rest of the series will be just as great. So, if you haven't seen the movie yet, get off your butt and go watch it! You won't be disappointed.

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