I never even set out to write dystopian fiction, that’s just what I had when I was finished- at the beginning, I was just writing about a place I found interesting, and a character with a compelling story, and as I began to build the world, I realized that it was my utopia.
And there would be five factions.īut seriously: DIVERGENT was my utopian world. They would know what was expected of them, they would have a clear purpose, and they would have a strong sense of group identity and belonging. They would be allowed to choose whatever path they wanted in life. but she did!” and “John’s dad said he couldn’t go to the movies, so John asked really nicely and his dad changed his mind.” I’m bored already.īut if I were going to create a utopia, I would make a world in which people are focused on their personal, moral obligations, and strive to be the best possible version of themselves. And if there’s no conflict, there are no stories worth telling-or reading! It would be all “Jenny thought she might not be able to attain her lifelong dream of marshmallow taste tester for a little while. If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you’ve created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. If utopian fiction became the new trend, instead of dystopian fiction, I wouldn’t read it. “AND THOSE WHO BLAMED COWARDICE WERE THE DAUNTLESS.īefore Beatrice Prior’s Choosing Ceremony, before she discovers the unrest and growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, how did this society come to be? “THOSE WHO BLAMED SELFISHNESS MADE ABNEGATION. “THOSE WHO BLAMED DUPLICITY CREATED CANDOR. “THOSE WHO BLAMED IGNORANCE BECAME THE ERUDITE. “THOSE WHO BLAMED AGGRESSION FORMED AMITY.
They divided into factions that sought to eradicate those qualities they believed responsible for the world’s disarray.
Rather, they determined that it was the fault of human personality-of humankind’s inclination toward evil, in whatever form that is. “Decades ago, our ancestors realized that it is not political ideology, religious belief, race, or nationalism that is to blame for a warring world. EXPLORE THE WORLD OF BEATRICE PRIOR’S DYSTOPIAN CHICAGO AND THE PATH TO ALLEGIANT.
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