I was sooooo excited when this book finally came out. I am such a fan of this series and I wanted to know how the story ends.
Now we know that the faction cities are a result of gene manipulation experiments when the government wanted to implement to its citizen certain desirable conduct. The goal was to "edit humanity", so to speak, in order to reduce the possibility of unacceptable behavior from showing up in the population. However, the gene manipulation produced a negative effect instead of a positive one: "every faction loses something when it gains a virtue." Those so-called "genetically damaged individuals" were put in secure environments to settle in long term. The idea was for them to remain in these settlements for generations until they are to produce to more "genetically healed humans" which became known as the Divergents.
I guess the intentions are noble, there is nothing wrong with hoping to have a world where people only possess good traits. No one will kill another out of greed or envy. Everyone is friendly towards one another. The idea of peace is so enticing that people are willing to do great lengths to achieve it.
However, our good and bad traits are what makes us unique and different from one another. That's what separates us from each other. We cannot deny that they are bad seeds out there, people who manipulate and take advantage of other people. Ours may not be a perfect world but there is still hope in humanity. There are people out there who are putting efforts to make a difference, make a change.
Rating: 4 STARS
Now we know that the faction cities are a result of gene manipulation experiments when the government wanted to implement to its citizen certain desirable conduct. The goal was to "edit humanity", so to speak, in order to reduce the possibility of unacceptable behavior from showing up in the population. However, the gene manipulation produced a negative effect instead of a positive one: "every faction loses something when it gains a virtue." Those so-called "genetically damaged individuals" were put in secure environments to settle in long term. The idea was for them to remain in these settlements for generations until they are to produce to more "genetically healed humans" which became known as the Divergents.
I guess the intentions are noble, there is nothing wrong with hoping to have a world where people only possess good traits. No one will kill another out of greed or envy. Everyone is friendly towards one another. The idea of peace is so enticing that people are willing to do great lengths to achieve it.
However, our good and bad traits are what makes us unique and different from one another. That's what separates us from each other. We cannot deny that they are bad seeds out there, people who manipulate and take advantage of other people. Ours may not be a perfect world but there is still hope in humanity. There are people out there who are putting efforts to make a difference, make a change.
Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage. We can be mended. We mend each other - Four
Rating: 4 STARS
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