Divergent: A Message Within A Movie

As the summer holidays begin, I will write a few book and movie reviews starting out with this one. I hope you like them!

I watched a movie which got me thinking about human nature. I watched "Divergent", a futuristic movie. It takes place in the future where all of the world is destroyed by a war, except for Chicago, the lone city to survive. The community is divided into five factions, where each faction/group share similar intentions and personalities. The factions are:

Abnegation are the selfless, Amity are the peaceful, Candor are the honest, Dauntless are the brave, and Erudite are the intelligent. These factions are based on human nature. The movie's plot revolves around how people are assessed by their personalities, and assigned factions to follow for the rest of their lives.

As I watched the movie, I was intrigued by how the people chose a faction based on their test results and personal characteristics. They had to make quick, but informed decision on what faction they chose, and stick by their decision, no matter what. They had to think about their family, but also think about themselves. Some of the people had a mishmash of almost all the qualities from all the factions. They were called Divergent. Therefore, the Divergents found it most difficult to chose their faction and displayed diverse behaviors at different situations.

I reflected on the thought of being divergent. I realized all of us have a variety of traits in varying degrees, and can't belong to just one personality type. When I introspected, I found that, I, too had all the traits of the factions and would not be able to fit into just one faction for the rest of my life. I feel the whole world is made up of Divergents, and that's what makes us unique human beings.

I found out how divergent I was on The Aptitude Test. What about you? Take the test to find out!!

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