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Originally posted by MarryTheMonster
That's true, but still it's another society and they've all been taught different in the factions they were born into, so I guess their minds aren't as free to choose as we are. And it doesn't seem like they have too many choices in the test either, the fewer choices the easier it is to place someone into a faction (before they get to show aptitude for another one as well).
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Yeah no I get it, and I'm a huge fan of the books. I was so shocked at who gets killed off in Allegiant. But I'm just saying, literally every one would test for being divergent because no one, and I mean no one, would only have one trait.
The whole "dividing society up into 5 groups" part made sense, and was really creative/cool. It was just the bit about testing people to see which one they belong in that was stupid. I mean, wouldn't all the people who live in Candor (honesty) and work as lawyers and judges also have to have a bit of intelligence (which is meant to be Erudite) to do their job? And aren't Amity (kindness) and Abnegation (selflessness) also kind of the same thing? Except one live in the inner-city helping out homeless people, and the others are hippies who live in fields.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a massive fan of the series. But when you get down to it, there's a lot of sustaining disbelief required from readers/viewers, because ideologically it doesn't really make sense. Harry Potter and The Hunger Games are way more thought out.
