Resistance is a virtue

Jaden 2022-04-19 09:01:09

The director first showed us a world view full of positive energy. The whole world is divided into five factions, honest, erudite, selfless, fearless and friendly. The leaders of the world hope to obtain permanent peace through these five best qualities of mankind. Each person will have a classification test when he grows up, the test will tell him which faction he belongs to, but he can also choose to join other factions, this choice is one-time and cannot be changed.

Update here on the 17th: Don't think that the real world does not have such a similar classification. The twelve constellations and the twelve zodiac signs are very typical examples. Compared with the world of "Divergent", this is more excessive, because this is a kind of innate The attribute that comes, cannot be changed. And the sayings of the five elements and so on also think that this controls the character and fate of people, and the fate of the constellation is even worse. Do you believe it, do you not believe it, is it scientific, is it unscientific? what you think?

Behind this seemingly freedom is actually a huge chain. The leader declares that faction is greater than blood. Although the film does not express it from beginning to end, its literal meaning is very simple and clear. The erudite leaders say we know this is not human nature, but for the sake of lasting peace, you should accept it.

The heroine of the story (forgot her name..) was found to be unclassified during the test, because she did not belong to any faction, the tester played by Maggie Q did not report the result, she told her to get out of here, don't tell Anyone who tests the results, she will help her hide this fact.

In order to make the movie more exciting and beautiful with action scenes, the heroine chose Fearless. I thought she might have a lot of opposite scenes with Maggie Q, just like Maggie Q taught ALEX in "Nikita". There is nothing similar to Nikita except "The Devil with in". Maggie Q is an indispensable role in soy sauce, and when the plot reverses at the end, she is also completely blank.

There are a few places where they don't understand what the outside world is like and why they are blocking themselves within a high wall. Which faction controls the train, and where are the terminal and starting stations.

The film is actually saying that each person is a unique individual, and the ruler hopes to divide the population into several limited groups to facilitate management. The Selfless faction, one of the five factions, thought this was a problem, so they shielded those who disagreed, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Erudite faction.

"Divergent" uses this small world as a metaphor for this big world. Those in power or reactionaries control people's freedom through the military. When multiple powers are separated, politicians use various means to unite the military to achieve their goals, overthrow the regime, obtain In their own rights, only a few people in the army profit. Why should the army obey the consciousness of the top? Because this is an order.

What to do when this order may cause dissatisfaction among soldiers In other words, politicians are dirty.

But today, brainwashing is the accumulation of thoughts that hope you agree with, so 64 words are omitted here.

People don't like people who don't agree with the public opinion. People don't like disagreement. People try to make you agree with his ideas and his views by all means, so every person who disagrees has a hard life in this world.

In the movie, resistance is the prelude to death, so why not in life?

But as the movie says, resistance is a virtue, and those who ultimately change and save the world are those who differ in the eyes of the public, and it is the existence of those who differ that brings about this diverse society.

However, for those who follow the rules and stick to the old rules, those who disagree are the unsettling factors. This is especially true in our country, where one day you will know how much you are going to pay for your different opinions, and hide it before the time comes, lest it be killed prematurely.

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Divergent quotes

  • Beatrice 'Tris' Prior: I don't want to go too fast.

  • Beatrice 'Tris' Prior: Can I ask you something?

    Four: Sure.

    Beatrice 'Tris' Prior: What's your tattoo?

    Four: You want to see it?

    Beatrice 'Tris' Prior: [nods and Four takes off his shirt] Its amazing. The factions. Why do you have all of them?

    Four: I don't want to be just one thing. I can't be. I want to be brave, and I want to be selfless, intelligent, and honest and kind. Well, I'm still working on kind.

    [smiles and kisses Tris]