1984 Movie Comparison

This essay has to do with all the things in the book 1984 and in the movie Divergent, it's not so much comparing them it's seeing the common things and what they are. Divergent and 1984 has some of the same qualities, Divergent was more interesting to me not only because it was a movie but because of the story it had, sure it was similar to 1984 but it was a totally different story. A lot of the things the two had was controlled government that was a major theme That was in the two. In 1984 the government not only controlled the laws but almost seemed like they controlled rights and freedoms, that was the most bizarre thing just because the fact that not only the laws were too strict but the freedoms that we have today as society were limited to none in the book. In divergent the government is almost split into four and your choose your own destiny, the government is more than controlling they are more deceiving and lie to the people who are apart of there clan. In both story lines the government is nothing like the government we have today, People wouldn't even have a say like they do today. The laws that we have today aren't nearly as strict as what we see in these …show more content…
In 1984 Love wasn't real love, Winston and Julia claimed to love each other but didn't think twice on telling on one another, Divergent love is possed through Tris and Four, Two totally different people use their differences and come together and save each other's lives, That's the story with the real love because they don't ever think twice about giving up on one another. Friendship is possed a lot more through Divergent because the group you choose to be in is basically like family and so many friendships happen, whether it's just someone to talk to or someone you can trust, everyone has some type of friendship. Although it may not be a major theme it's still cool to watch the relationships in the story form to what they