The government in Equality’s world is very controlling but also fragile. When Equality brings his invention to the house of the scholars, they reel back in fear but then also anger. This is because they can demand a lot of anything but if something happens and someone discovers a secret, the government can be overthrown with a lot of support. This type of discovery is what they fear most. The government is so afraid of any variation that they choose who goes together for unmentionable purposes. This just shows that any slight difference in the system can bring the entirety of Equality’s government. The government in Divergent is not as controlling as the one Equality has come to know and to grow up with. This is because they only suggest what faction one should go into but the individual ultimately has the choice to go into whatever faction they please. This shows it's weakness of letting individuality exist when they want everyone the same or really close to the same. They let people mingle and interact with one another some of the time though not outside of the faction. This is how they are giving people freedom and personalities rather than nothing at…
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…
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.…
Deviance incorporates behaviors, norms and traits considered a violation of the societal norms or those that trigger negative reactions from the society. There is a wide array of social deviance definitions depending on aspects such as time, situation and the culture. It is also important to note that while some forms of social deviance involve large groups of the community such as piercings and tattoos while, others are only perpetrated by very minute portions of the community such as those who commit murders. Interaction also results in the formation of certain deviant behaviors while others result from conflict or genetic markers. The criminal justice system…
Sociological theories give us different ways to look at our societies. Sociological perspectives are used as a way of looking at human behaviour and how it has an effect on the society in which we live. They are used to interpret and provide sociological explanations for how individuals act and how it affects society as a whole. The “science of society” was developed by Auguste Compte in the 19th century. However, not all sociologists share the same ideas. This assignment will be considering two sociological perspectives in detail and comparing a third. The perspectives being considered are Marxism, functionalism, which took a macro view of society, and interactionism, which took a micro view on society. and the areas being considered are…
Society today is reliant on technology and you can conclude that in future years the technology will just get better and better. You would think people would be happier and life would be described as a Utopia. In Ray Bradbury's Farhenheit 451, soicety is the farthest from it. This book takes place in 2053, and it would actually be described as a dystopia. Murder, suicide, and uncompassionate people are deffinitly not signs of a Utopia. It's the complete oppisite.…
As human beings evolved into an intelligent species, organized civilizations came into existence. As these civilizations grew into more intricate societies, their inhabitants began to form separate groups. Eventually, these groups divided the population into two basic categories: the dominant and the subdominant. Often, the dominant group represented the majority of the population. These divisions of the population brought about turmoil within the society that in some cases, led to war and bloodshed. In other cases, the dominant group was so much more powerful than the subdominant group that the minorities’ voice in society was completely silenced. These divisions that emerged in human civilizations thousands of years ago still exist in our modern society, and they affect many parts of our everyday lives.…
So you want to be known as one of the cool kids? The fact is, sometimes those cool kids arent really as cool as one may think. The quote, Our desire to conform is greater than our respect for objective facts, said by Margaret Drabble, is one that explains how the majority of society is under this pressure to be accepted. With all this pressure to belong, sometimes people lose who they really are just to fit in. In todays world people engage in certain activities that could really hurt them. Many people look over the real facts of the matter and their consequences and do things in the spare of the moment to become accepted and well like amongst a certain group of people. Its human nature to sometimes imitate what one sees. I strongly agree with the quote simply because I believe that more and more people everyday strives to be like other people instead of being themselves. People are conforming to be accepted more every day, and it is a growing problem in todays world.…
One example of a similarity between the two societies is, they are both ruled by a government of some sort. In The Giver, by Lois Lowry, the community is ruled by a group of people called Elders, they are in charge of making every decision in the society. The commitee of elders decides everyone's daily schedule, jobs, and even their spouse ! We have our own idea of higher authority, which is our…
Even though an overwhelming number of people believe that law and its implementation is the decisive factor that determines the success of a society. But is this generalization justified? Tim Li explores whether this idea is reality or just another myth.…
The influence of social networks with society today is changing the way of life by creating a lack in society 's interaction skills that were once possessed, along with making themselves and their lives public knowledge. As computer crimes continue to rise, the internet continues to evolve by being accessible in the palm of a hand and everywhere you go and people are consuming more and more of their time staying in contact with others through various internet sites throughout the internet. By partaking in tasks such as uploading pictures, checking in at different establishments, status updates, and using chat applications, people all around are beginning to forget the way life once was before now and unforeseen issues are resulting from it.…
An individual's role in society can vary with the number themes the characters exhibit. When there are signs of fate, cruelties, weaknesses, and desires for justice and catharsis the role of an individual becomes more complicated. In Antigone, most of those themes are shown thus a single person's influence or role on society is very small and complicated to attain. However in The Lottery the society has most of the control and there is not many signs of those characteristics so the role of a person is simplified because they are nothing compared to the society combined. Finally, in The Penalty of Death, there are signs of many of the themes but since it is the societies influence against that of an individuals, it is simplified because they have to work together.…
In many ways our society demands that we conform to the “norm”. In the case of The Scarlet Letter that is the punishment of Hester Prynne and the Pressure put on Arthur Dimmesdale. Most of society demands that we follow their social folkways and mores, and whether we think it’s wrong or not we usually do anyway. People will spend so much of their time and money trying to conform to the majority that they might as well be the same person. The characters of The Scarlet Letter are very religious and frown upon adultery severely.…
Do you agree with the view that in the period 1900-19 the British only made concessions to India in order to strengthen their hold on the sub-continent?…
This narrative briefly describes the short, sorrowful life of Nirupama. The name signifies ‘peerless one’ and was given to her by her parents, who were gratified with a daughter after having had five sons. Being treasured, her father searched long and hard to find a groom he deemed suitable enough for her. He engaged Nirupama to the son of a “grand” Raybahadur who asked for a dowry of 10,000 rupees. Even though he had no way of paying the large sum he found such a chance hard to refuse and he procured a way to borrow the money. However once this fell through the prospective husband, despite the wishes of his parents, still insisted on marrying.…