![]() Greg Abbott draws fury after claiming age to buy ARs can't be increased.Who is Hunter Brown? Meet the Houston Astros newest pitcher.Bad news for Bad Bunny fans: Minute Maid Park roof closed for show.Texas lawmakers try to clarify 'In God We Trust' sign requirements.Houston nurse charged with killing 6 in LA crash was in mental health crisis, may have lost consciousness.Ted Cruz wants to block student loan forgiveness ![]() And yet, once the movie's limits are recognized, "Divergent" can be appreciated on its own modest terms, both for its personal story and for the frenzied way it dramatizes, for a young audience, the terror of not fitting in. It feels more like something imagined for the sake of making teenagers feel better about not making the cheerleader squad or the honor role or the student council. It doesn't offer a fantasy world so much as a bogus world, lacking in internal logic. ![]() It takes about 10 minutes to figure out that "Divergent" will not present a serious or intelligent vision of the future. Public servants, warriors and brainy people have built-in activities, but how do the people in Candor pass the time? By telling each other that their jeans really do make them look fat? And how do those peaceful types in Amity pass the time, meditating? Really, Candor and Amity have absolutely no active purpose, so it's no wonder that the story of "Divergent" focuses entirely on the Abnegation, Erudite and Dauntless factions. The social layout of "Divergent" was supposedly devised so as to maintain peace, but putting people into airtight factions guarantees conflict.Īlso, let's take a second look at those five factions. But this society makes no sense except as a metaphor. Yes, a culture that undervalues its most gifted members, in which it's a crime to be well-rounded, has a certain metaphorical interest, if only for the way it reminds us of high school.
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