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Human beings are fascinating. They constantly are adapting, to changes in their environment, to survive. Whether the environment itself becomes unlivable or the resources needed for human survival are no longer at their disposal. Humans simply adapt and move on to another place or make do with what they have. The human’s ability to adapt also applies to morality, not only survival. The brain of almost all individuals is wired to want to do good deeds and be honorable, but it’s difficult and everyone wants the easy way out. It’s so much easier to do evil and be evil although the option to be good still stands. People follow and perform what is the least work or what is not burdensome, so all it takes is one to infect the rest. Agreeing with Tris’s mother when she says, “Look where they got us. Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.”
In Divergent there are five separate factions that together make up the society. These factions all stand for different characteristics: bravery, intelligence, selflessness, honesty, and peaceful...

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