The Nacirema are a North American group living in the territory between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico, and the Carib and Arawark of the Antilles. Little is known about their origin but people believe that they came from the east. These people concentrate on the human body, which is their main concern which makes the Nacirema unique in their rituals and ways of thinking. The Nacirema believe that the human body is ugly in the sense that it’s not perfect because it’s weak and prone to catch diseases. They believe that the only way to rid of these characteristics is through rituals and ceremonies.…
The importance of being Divergent is first introduced to Beatrice after she completes her Aptitude Test (which determines which faction a person should choose). Tori (the test manager) reports to her: “’My conclusion,’ she explains, ‘is that you display equal aptitude for Abnegation, Dauntless, and Erudite. People who get this result are…’ She looks over her shoulder like she expects someone to appear behind her. ‘… are called … Divergent.’ She says the last word so quietly that I almost don’t hear it, and her tense, worried look returns. She walks around the side of the chair and leans in close to me. ‘Beatrice,’ she says, ‘under no circumstances should you share that information with anyone. This is very important.’” The manner in which Tori says that Tris is a Divergent means that it is an extremely rare condition that changes the way people look at them, and this is meant that Tris would have to create her identity alone. Likewise, as Tris possessed from both the Abnegation and the Dauntless (selflessness and bravery respectively), it was easier for her to create an identity accustomed towards the Dauntless; as explained by Four. After he and Tris exit the fear simulation room, he says: “’I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren’t all that different. All your life you’ve been training to forget yourself, so when you’re in danger, it becomes your…
Which means you are homeless, you live on the street. If you’re lucky you'll be fed by Abnegation, they have the worst jobs of the city and people are scared of them. Just because you do not fit into a faction does not mean you should be kicked out and forced to live on the streets, this is another example of why a dystopia is wrong. As you join your new or continuing faction, you can be killed very easily. As Beatrice joined Dauntless they were threatened to be killed if they were at the bottom of the skills scoreboard, and if they challenged a leader. In the city divergents are seen as dangerous, because they can not be controlled. Each faction controls their citizens by a certain injected serum, and divergents are not affected by it. If you are divergent after your aptitude test, you are told never to tell anyone and to go with your parents faction. Being divergent is seen as dangerous and not fitting in as seen as a bad thing, everyone is in their own faction and when someone does not fit in they killed for it and that is…
Some elements of this world of divergent that we can see in our society are:…
The Nacirema tribe is large, yet no one knows there exact origin. They believe they are ugly and need to devote much time and resources on changing their looks. They hide thier body and never show it off. If people are fat they want to be skinny and vice-versa. It seems they will never be happy. Everyday they pray to…
She doubts that the Abnegation are actually selfless, and thinks they are actually a faction try to hoard things to themselves. She creates a serum, that allows her to control whom ever, she injects them into dauntless, and has them go to kill off all of the Abnegation. The serum does not work on divergents…
Divergent covers the important theme of power. In the novel the participants during the initiation to become apart of the Dauntless faction, are competing for the highest ranking this is good because it's “the order in which you select a job” there are “only a few good positions.” The characters are taught the better they do the better the outcome will be. Students are taught the same thing, we have to work hard and do the best and achieve “good positions” “There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage. Maybe I do belong here” This shows that Beatrice wants power, and that power can be abused, this book showed me that even the people that were trusted to be leaders could be persuaded to betray the trust all for a selfish reason.…
The war was terrible, the whole world was destroyed. The last city left divided themselves into five factions to keep the peace. The smart ones are classified Erudite. Amity farm the land, and they are always kind. Candor value honesty, Dauntless are brave, and Abnegation are selfless. The system works because everyone knows where they belong; everyone except for Tris. In the novel Divergent, by Veronica Roth, Tris demonstrates perseverance; this is shown through how she is able to step out of her comfort zone, always remains undeterred, and can overcome obstacles.…
Divergent is about a Society split into 5 factions based on a citizen's aptitudes and their values. Divergents are citizens who have equal attributes relating to more than 1 faction. Divergents are considered a threat to government as they can think independently meaning that the government can't control them.…
Lewis primarily talks about nature in his final lecture on the abolition of man. He talks about man’s power over nature and how it is used as a tool for power. Lewis states that humans are the “general who triumphs” but also the “prisoner who follows the triumphal car” (Lewis, 58). He states that even though humans have made a great deal in creating new scientific discoveries, the discoveries still lie in the borders of nature. Although the man is gaining knowledge, he is not changing nature at all. He argues that many believe that nature is something to be conquered, but will only be truly conquered when humans conquer “human nature” (Lewis, 61). Each advancement is in fact making the man lose control of his own nature and weakening him.…
We found the region inhabited by a race of people who were entirely naked, both men and women. . .They have no laws, and no religious belief, but live according to the dictates of nature alone. They know nothing of the immortality of the soul; they have no private property, but every thing in common; they have no boundaries of kingdom or province, they obey no king or lord, for it is wholly unnecessary, as they have no laws, and each one is his own master.…
In the novel Divergent by Veronica Roth a 16 year old girl called Beatrice Prior's lives in a dystopian Chicago, in a society which is divided into five factions, each is dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family or being who she really is Dauntless - she can't have both. So she makes the choice Dauntless that surprises everyone, including herself.…
Thomas Hobbes believes that humans are born equal. He means the bodies and minds of newborn people are of equal ability. One person sometimes becomes stronger in body or quicker in mind than another. When one becomes stronger in body, the person can claim he is better than another is. This causes other people around him to become threatened and jealous by the stronger person. People are more equal when it come to wisdom of the mind, because almost all people think they have more wisdom than the common people do. "They will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves (201)."…
What if I told you that everyone in the world is connected? Or if the actions of a man in Iowa could affect the life of a woman living in California? According to Martin Luther King, Jr., “ We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” In other words, a single action of one person has the power to affect hundreds, thousands, or even millions of people. Different authors such as Malcolm Gladwell and historical events such as presidential elections have striven to show us the evidence behind this truth.…
In Thomas E. Hill’s article “Humanity as an End in Itself,” he discusses Kant’s theory about humanity and explains what Kant thinks humanity is and that it is the ultimate end that a person should strive for. One of the elements of this theory is Kant’s second Categorical Imperative which goes into detail with five different aspects, what he believes makes up humanity in a person. Then he goes on to give seven different explanations about humanity as an end. Kant also believes that there are two different types of ends, personal and ends in themselves, and each has their own value; dignity for personal ends and ends in themselves has a price. Lastly, he gives a list of seven things to do and not to do to oneself in order to have humanity within yourself and others.…