Government in a dystopia is never perfect. When a government becomes too controlling, and the people can't stop them, a dystopia is inescapable. In Divergent, some of the simplest things in everyday life are controlled by the faction’s rules. The government seems to have taken over fairly quickly.
Examples of an over controlling government are shown on just the first page of the book. Tris’ mother is cutting her hair, and it is explained how rare it is for Abnegation to be able to do such a simple thing, like look in the mirror. On page 1, “Our faction allows me to stand in front of (the mirror) on the second day of every third month.” Focusing on the section of this quote saying, “my faction allows me,” it is clear that the faction leaders, and rules made by their ancestors, are very strict and possibly over-the-top in control. In our world, we have the right to do simple things without asking and without schedule. We can get our haircut whenever we like, and we can look in the mirror for as long as we want. But in a dystopia, these things are taken away from the people. When comparing the dystopia to our life, it shows that freedom and being in control of your own life is what separates a dystopia from a utopia. …show more content…
I believe we can agree that the society we live in is on the “softer side” of a dystopia. The government doesn’t have complete control over the people, and probably never will. But there are some things happening that are scaring the people, so they are more likely to listen to the government if they tell them to do something, no matter how controlling it may be. This could eventually spiral into a real dystopia. Reading this book has also given me something to compare our world to, which also helped me realize that some countries are already in a full dystopia, due to civil wars or over controlling leaders, along with various other
Examples of an over controlling government are shown on just the first page of the book. Tris’ mother is cutting her hair, and it is explained how rare it is for Abnegation to be able to do such a simple thing, like look in the mirror. On page 1, “Our faction allows me to stand in front of (the mirror) on the second day of every third month.” Focusing on the section of this quote saying, “my faction allows me,” it is clear that the faction leaders, and rules made by their ancestors, are very strict and possibly over-the-top in control. In our world, we have the right to do simple things without asking and without schedule. We can get our haircut whenever we like, and we can look in the mirror for as long as we want. But in a dystopia, these things are taken away from the people. When comparing the dystopia to our life, it shows that freedom and being in control of your own life is what separates a dystopia from a utopia. …show more content…
I believe we can agree that the society we live in is on the “softer side” of a dystopia. The government doesn’t have complete control over the people, and probably never will. But there are some things happening that are scaring the people, so they are more likely to listen to the government if they tell them to do something, no matter how controlling it may be. This could eventually spiral into a real dystopia. Reading this book has also given me something to compare our world to, which also helped me realize that some countries are already in a full dystopia, due to civil wars or over controlling leaders, along with various other