Essay On Trust In Allegiant And The Program

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In both books, in “Allegiant” by Veronica Roth and “The Program” by Suzanne Young the authors shows that in order to survive through hardships in life you have to find someone to trust because their are going to be many people along the way, some will lead to betrayal and some will be there for you, you just need to find the difference. In “Allegiant” the author shows trust by showing that Tris and Tobias don’t trust the first person they see, but instead it takes them time to trust someone. On the other hand, in “The program” Sloane trusts the first person she sees every single time.

Both books “Allegiant” and “The Program” are similar because both characters are trying to survive and not lose the people that they love and in order to do this they have to find someone to trust. An example, in “Allegiant” that shows trust is when the
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On the other hand, Young suggests that we should give our trust to everyone because everyone deserves it and it is okay if people betray you, because you should learn from your mistakes. Although both stories include girls that are going through tough times while losing many family members, one in a world where everyone that is “Divergent” -- Genetically pure and can resist many serums-- are killed, and the other where if anyone between the ages of 13-17 have depression they have to go to “The Program” because they are “ill”. One girl that is “Divergent” knows that she cannot trust anyone because she could get killed. But on the other hand, the girl has to cover her depression so that she won’t be sent into “The Program” and fakely trust everyone because she has no other choice. Whether we let people earn our trust or we just give it to them, we all have trust within us and we just need to find the right people to give it

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