Personality is important to each of us. About Keynes once said that habits form character, and character determines destiny. Although I have heard it countless times before, I have never experienced it personally. It wasn't until I finished reading "The Divergent" that I felt that this critical moment of character can really determine life and death.
I have to admit that the imagination of foreigners is really fantastic. "Divergent" not only has a strong sci-fi meaning, but basically imagines a person's multiple personalities as a distinct world. In this world, it is divided into five schools according to the most beautiful characteristics of mankind: selfless and fearless. School, honest school, friendly school and erudite school.
Those who resist conflict and war form friendly factions; those who
resist ignorance and ignorance form erudite factions; those who
resist concealing and shielding create honest factions;
those who resist selfishness and indifference establish selfless factions;
those who resist cowardice and cowardice are fearless factions.
These five factions have their own characteristics and signs. On the surface, they should be non-aggressive and can create a beautiful, harmonious and happy world. The actual situation is that there are still conflicts and wars between the five factions, and desire is still the gap that factions and human beings cannot bridge. Eliminating other factions, one faction dominates, or even one person dominates. Although this idea sounds stupid, there are always people who sacrifice a lot of innocent lives in order to realize this stupid idea.
Where there is conquest, there will be resistance. The so-called situation creates heroes. At this time, there will always be people who stand out and become heroes of salvation. The 16-year-old girl, Tracey, as the "different" of the faction, in order to avoid unknown dangers and find the mystery, she changed from the selfless to the fearless. She overcame confusion, fear, and timidity, and experienced the pursuit, growth, and love. In the process, through the bloody wind of freshman training, she has transformed into a strong, sensible, and richly character girl who has transcended factions!
At the very beginning of the novel, the author has stoked the appetite of readers. What is a disagreement, and what is the danger of a disagreement? Why can't you tell others? If you look at it one after another, you will find more and more mysteries. Who is the fourth child? What is going on between the factions? Is personality really set in stone? The more the plot develops, the more you can't stop. Reading this book is like peeling cabbage, layer by layer. You feel that you are about to get close to the center of each layer. When you open it, there is another layer.
In the process of peeling the cabbage, the character development of the characters played a very important role. According to the idea at the beginning of the novel, people from each faction have distinct personalities. If everything can follow the preset hopes, then there won't be so many stories in the world.
For example, Tory, who was born in the "Fearless School", loves her brother and cares about Tris, and has the characteristics of a friendly school; Pete is born in the Honest School, but is the best at lying; the leader of the Selfless School, Marcus, is very cruel and violent; Fearless Yulea also has a friendly character. The "different" with the most personality components means that a person has several personalities and can adjust his thinking and behavior according to different situations. Like the fourth child, although he was born in the selfless, he has the characteristics of fearless and friendly. Just like Tracee is born in the selfless, she likes the kindness and peace of the selfless, but can't stand the unprincipled selflessness. This multiple personality Let those who disagree have more thoughts and wisdom, so that faction leaders have a sense of threat.
Such a story of justice over evil is not new in itself. What is new is that the author expands the conflict between personalities To a complete world, there are magical personality tests, complex base pits, and a daunting "fear space". Every scene and every chapter of the story is very attractive.
You can think of this book as a science fiction adventure, or as a vivid fable of human nature. The author wrote about the cruel, violent, and greedy aspects of human nature; he also wrote about the kind, friendly, and peaceful aspects of human nature. People are not only fighting against the outside world, but also fighting against themselves, fighting against their own character. A single character is destined to not survive.
At the end of the novel, although many things have come to light (for example, what is the disagreement, who is making the war, and what purpose), the fate of the characters is relatively obvious (Trace’s parents died in order to save her), Tracee and Tobias also confessed to each other, but the matter is not over, the whole world is still in disorder. Where will the selfless and fearless schools go? Will Marcus be unfavorable to Triss and Tobias, but the author did not explain, the ending is still a big mystery.
But one thing is certain, as long as there are humans, there will be desires and various personalities. In order to survive, in order to adapt, each of us must have our own thoughts, and we must all be our own divergents!
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