To begin with, Marx’s alienation can be seen throughout the movie between the factions but more so the factionless, divergents and abnegation. Alienation as Karl Marx describes in Communist Manifesto is that “workers are turned into faceless numbers where you are not special and neither is the product of your labor.” The factionless, divergent and abnegation all embody the characteristics of being alienated by the rest of the factions especially the Dauntless and Erudite. Divergents in the movie are being alienated in the fact that they are known to be “dangerous” to the society. Divergents, just like Tris and Four are alienated when spotted out, they are taken into custody and had testing done as if they were animals. In the movie the “leader”
