Allegiant Post #1

Mai N. 7B
Allegiant
Veronica Roth
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Blog Post #1

                    The setting of my Novel is in a City composed of 5 factions, each of them resembling a different trait of humanity. The five factions are:

Erudite - meaning knowledgeable

Amity - meaning peaceful

Candor - meaning honesty

Abnegation - meaning selflessness

Dauntless - meaning brave

                    When a child turns sixteen in the society, they have to choose a faction, according to a test that they take to help them recognize where they belong. Most citizens of this dystopian community have only one faction choice, but there are also some exceptions. The people that get multiple faction results are called 'Divergent'. This means they do not belong in only one faction, but in multiple ones. This is a problem for the society because they are trying to organize a place where everyone fits perfectly in only one place.

                    The scientific features of this society that have been  featured in the previous books in the trilogy are the serums that the people use. The society has five serums - one for each faction:

Erudite - death serum

Amity - peace serum

Candor - truth serum

Dauntless - simulation serum

Abnegation - memory serum

This is the scientific setting that I found in the novel. The novel's author describes a very science based society, and these serums can be found as an everyday tool in the future, just like they are an everyday tool in the novel.

Science in action quote: "The fluid is packed with microcomputers. They are designed to detect specific genetic markers and transmit the data to a computer." (Roth 170)