Dystradictions In Mark Twain's 'Divergent'

Apparently the popular post-Gothic genre which have over the last few years poured on an infinite series of young adult novels on the bookshelves, finally exhausted its creative vein or at least replaced it with a new line ready to satisfy the taste of the young public in search of evasion in the world of fantasy and its declinations which dreams, desires and frustrations are translated into paper in novels - or rather, in sagas, since the authors are hardly limited to a single volume - of post-apocalyptic settings. The dystopian realities where the hero accomplishes his training path by fighting against the system that is almost always corrupt and violent, in parallel to the discovery of his own identity and feelings. But as often happens when a genre becomes fashion and a
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“Divergent”, the motives that drive unsuspecting citizens are more complex than the fear of losing the right to govern and once discovered also generate inevitable questioners on power, privacy, genetic research, the utopia of a perfectly pacified society. Clearly, therefore, interesting questions about the contemporary world and its contradictions may arise from reading, but what strongly limits the scope of these considerations is the construction of a plot that at times is weak and simplistic, and at times surprised by surprising implications.
Finally, the novel reflects various themes like the labile border between good and evil, the courage to rebel against an oppressive power and a violent and discriminatory society, family inheritance in determining one’s own identity, doubts about ethics and the need to belong to a group. On the whole, the ancient question as to when the purpose justifies the means, to which is difficult to give a definitive and unambiguous answers, is the core question of the novel. And then also one of the questions with which some people are more difficult to come to