A vast expanse of barren meadows, a ruined ship, and a high wall built with countless iron fences encircle a city called Chicago. Like "Truman's World", it seems to be a huge testing ground.
Although the city is closed but bustling, with high-rise buildings, crowds of people, trains roaring by, very lively.
The people of the city divided into five factions and said that they could keep the peace. And people with independent consciousness do not belong to any one faction, called divergents. Dissidents are put to death if they are discovered.
The movie "The Divergent Alien Awakening".
The film directed by Neilberg and adapted from Ravicarros's novel of the same name. Starring Sherlyn Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet.
It tells the story of Beatrice, who lives under the factional system, from choosing a faction to discovering that she is a divergent, and then fights and struggles. The factional system seems perfect, but under the cloak of prosperity, it is still the weak and the strong, and the survival of the fittest.
01
Each performs its own duties under the factional system
People are indoctrinated that living in this city is lucky, the rest of the world has been destroyed by terrible wars, and ancestors have built high walls for the safety of future generations. Inside the high walls they are in a perfect heyday. Ancestors have created factional systems for a hundred years after the war, eliminating conflicts and maintaining peace for the future, dividing people into five factions.
The erudite, the most intelligent, knowledgeable and logical, they knew everything, usually dressed in blue, somewhat similar to the current office people, and also engaged in scientific research, from all kinds of documents to microscopes.
Friendly, responsible for farming, kind and harmonious, always full of happiness, usually wearing yellow clothes, similar to farmers.
Honestists, who focus on integrity and order, whether you like it or not, they only state the facts, usually dressed in white, usually lawyers, legal workers.
The Fearless are the protectors, soldiers and policemen, brave, fearless, unrestrained. Some people think that the fearless are crazy, but it is not unreasonable, they usually dress in black, run around the city, climb high walls, jump trains.
Selfless, commonly known as the grey robe. Life is simple, selflessly helping others, even those who do not have a faction, they will be given food, they are public servants, and the people entrust the government to them
There is also the useless and useless, such people are ragged, debauched, and go through garbage everywhere.
The whole society seems to be in order, everyone is doing their duty, and the leader tells everyone that they should cherish the current day and live and work in peace and contentment under the rules of their own faction.
02
There is no such thing as a choice
The factional system seems perfect, but in fact it has many rules.
Take the selflesss, for example.
Beatrice's parents are selfless, and the selfless cannot be vain, so they avoid looking in the mirror. The mirror in the home is locked behind the cabinet, and it must be turned off by pressing the switch, and it must be turned off after a while. Even if no one at home sees it, follow the rules.
They usually wear gray clothes to show a low profile.
Eat light food without sauce. Even if it is light and tasteless, it is difficult to swallow.
They must also be selfless at all times, do not think about themselves, and be single-minded in helping others. Even if the other party has hands and feet, they must be willing to help him twist the bag. Even if you are questioned and shoved by the integrity faction, you must whisper.
To understand self-forgetfulness, to make self-forgetfulness an art.
When each child reaches adulthood, a faction test is conducted, and the factional orientation test assigns each person a faction according to his or her personality.
Leaders instill in their hearts that choosing factions, as instructed by the test, is the best path to success in the system. Know your heart deeply, don't be on a whim, don't be obstinate.
On the second day of the test, a faction selection ceremony will be held based on the test results.
The test ceremony can choose a faction that differs from the outcome, but not what the leader wants.
It is also possible to choose a different faction from which you come from. But it means leaving parents. Therefore, 95% of people will follow their respective origins.
It seems that everyone has the freedom to choose, but once they choose, they cannot regret it, and if they are not suitable, they will become non-factional.
So Beatrice believes there is no such thing as a choice.
03
Who I am and where I belong
Beatrice asked herself if she was smart, if she was friendly, kind, honest, and selfless. It seems that they do not have it, and they all seem to have it. She felt that she was an exception, out of place with society.
Tester Torrey gave her a glass of blue potion, and Beatrice felt very bad, she looked in the mirror at herself, and then saw thousands of herself, one of whom said to herself, Choose.
There was a knife, there was meat, and I asked myself why I had to choose these, and told me.
At this time, another wolfhound rushed over, and Beatrice settled down and prayed, and opened her eyes to turn the wolfdog into a friendly puppy.
There was a girl next to her, and the puppy turned into a super wolfhound chasing the girl, and Beatrice rushed to her rescue and pounced on the wolfdog.
Torrey told her that her test results were both selfless, erudite, and fearless, and the results were uncertain and extremely rare, which was called by those in power: divergents.
This result is extremely dangerous and cannot be told to others, including parents. Only because Tori's brother had the same experience, she secretly helped Beatrice keep the secret.
The faction ceremony was held as scheduled, and there were five white basins on the stage, the glass represented the honest faction, the clay represented the friendly faction, the shimizu represented the erudite faction, the pebbles represented the selfless faction, and the charcoal represented the fearless faction.
Host Jenny said the future belongs to self-aware people. The factional system is flesh and blood, everyone is one of the elements, and its survival and development depend on each person performing his or her duties.
Marcus, who leads the selfless faction, said that you are no longer waiting to be fed, but become a well-fledged member of society, factions higher than blood.
Whether to follow your own heart to explore, or choose a life as calm as water as you already know.
Beatrice hesitated for a long time in front of the pebbles of the Altruist sect after cutting his hand, but when the blood was about to drip, it dripped on the charcoal fire of the Fearless faction.
As she followed the fearless brigade out of the door, she reluctantly looked at her lost and puzzled parents.
The noisy and energetic Fearless run through the streets, making Beatrice very happy, thinking that she has found a new life.
04
People outside the walls think that the walls are good
Beatrice grew up in the Altruist faction and was infinitely tired of the many rules that the pie had to follow and the unwavering encounters.
And the fearless faction, which has always been full of sunshine and self-confidence, always attracts everyone's attention every time it appears. Beatrice believes that they are always bright and energetic, and they will have a colorful and beautiful life when they join.
However, during the run, Beatrice gradually felt that they could not keep up with their footsteps, and they ran to the train viaduct, and people began to climb the viaduct tracks.
Beatrice began to feel frightened, but also climbed up.
While she was still gasping for breath, the Fearless men ran after the speeding train and then jumped on it.
Beatrice ran hard, encouraged Christina, a black girlfriend of honest descendants, and finally caught up with the last carriage.
The train reached a base tens of meters high, and everyone jumped out, and Beatrice's original gray robe was scratched.
Christina said, is it not only me who thinks so, they want to kill us.
However, this is just the beginning.
There is also a bottomless abyss on the base.
One of the leaders, Lauren Eric, was brutal and violent, saying that if you want to join the Fearless, this is the only way to go, jump down.
Beatrice still had a fearless nature, and offered to be the first, she took off her gray robe, overcame her fear, and jumped down, and there was a huge net covering the bottom of the dozen stories high, and she smiled freely.
Another leading handsome man, Little Fourth, appeared, both serious and mysterious.
The newcomers make a division, the natural fearless follow Lauren, and the transfer follows the primary four.
They went to the deep pit of the Fearless Training Center, and the mixed dormitories, where they spent the next ten weeks, even the toilets were open.
Beatrice changed her name to Trish, and the crowd changed into black clothes and threw their previously different colors into the fire, symbolizing that the past faded with the fireworks.
In the noisy dining hall, Beatrice also met two friends, Will, a boy from the erudite school, and Al, who was from the honest school.
Leaders come to encourage everyone that our mission is to defend the city and its inhabitants, and we are proud to respect our faith in courageous behavior and the courage to stand up for others. Everyone was cheering and clapping, and it seemed to be a bright light.
The training is divided into two phases.
The first is physical training, training the body to the limit and mastering all the fighting skills, and the second stage is mental training, which is also to practice to the limit, to face your ultimate nightmare and defeat them.
Transferees will train separately from those born fearless, but will rank together.
After the induction training, the ranking will decide the future work, whether to be a leader, or a sentry guarding the city wall, or to prevent beggars without factions from killing themselves.
Rankings will also determine who will be eliminated, and at each stage of training, the last freshmen will leave the Fearless, but will not be able to go home and become beggars without factions.
The people who transferred were accustomed to the previous faction, and they did not expect to usher in a huge change in an instant. The bravery and activity of the fearless faction was originally based on the survival of the fittest.
As fearless people, they have to ignore the possibility of failure, which is true, but they did not expect that the fearless people's never giving up and grinding away their inner cowardice would come at the cost of their lives and future.
05
Since it has come, it is safe
The first stage of physical training, there is running, fighting, shooting.
At the end of the stage, the billboard name in red means to be eliminated.
Initially, Trish's name had always been red, and the shots were repeatedly missed, and the fight was lost to a large child.
Trish worked very hard, got up late at night to go sandbag practice, and his hands were swollen. This made Little Four, who also did not sleep, notice.
Xiao Si told her that her weakness was that she was too weak and had no muscles, and she needed to use the strength of her whole body, hit quickly, preemptively, and directly hit the throat of the opponent after playing.
Friends are not happy, Will lost the fight.
Christina fights with her eldest child, but can't stop laurel for Punishment, and almost knocks her off the bridge.
Al lost the dart shot in the ring, Lauren came to harass him again, asking him to get the lost dart, Al did not dare, Lauren was even more annoyed and angry to let him be the target.
Al was frightened, and Trish stepped forward. Little Four assists from the side. Her performance was well received by everyone, especially the tall girl who had beaten her before.
Trish's ranking has risen, but it is still red, Lauren has come to be difficult, so that the tall and strong strength type boy Peter and Trish fight, the strength is very different, even if there is a point before the fourth child, Tris is still knocked unconscious.
Trish was in a coma for a day, waking up with Only Will and Chris by his side, and they changed their clothes and prepared to participate in the simulated war. Will tells her that Lauren is going to eliminate her.
Trish persevered, running to chase the train that had already departed. Xiao Si pulled her aside, and Lauren saw her persistence and acquiesced to let her participate.
The simulation game splits into two teams and wins by grabbing the flag. Little Four and Trish climbed the Ferris Wheel, and in the process Trish learned that Little Four would also be afraid of heights. They supported each other and set up a strategy, one pair was responsible for holding the flag, and the other was responsible for attacking.
Trish got the flag in a reasonable layout, and the squad won the victory.
The newcomers performed the ceremony of hitchhiking, and Trish crossed the sky in the city, both cool and afraid.
With her own efforts and persistence, Trish passed the first stage of the exam with difficulty.
06
They are afraid of divergents
Trish goes for a tattoo and runs into Tori, who says you've made a mistake by joining the Fearless, and they'll find out about you sooner or later.
Who are they? It's the people who are afraid of you, the whole society, who can't control you if you don't belong to any one faction.
Mom also sneaked up on Trish and was very happy to see her become strong and charming.
But her mother told her that she was in danger and told her to be careful, that the erudites looked everywhere for divergents, and would not stop until they found them. People are afraid of divergents, divergents and incompatibilities with their surroundings, and thinking too broadly.
Mom says the second stage is the most dangerous period, and they'll get into your brain and watch how you react to fear.
Trish performed her first test, again with a familiar recliner and monitor, and Little Four injected her with a serum that stimulated her brain to control fear and then observe her response.
Trish entered the illusion, it was the broken boat outside the wall, first a fire was lit not far away, and then a large flock of crows flew over to attack
Trys escapes into the mud and fights the crows, Trish tells himself it's not real, then sinks into the puddle next to the swamp, then swims in the sea, and Tries wakes up.
Little Four said she had gone three times faster than the others in three minutes, and no one had ever done as well as she had.
The second test, Trish saw XiaoSi and his friends when he was running, he wanted to go over but was blocked by glass, there was water flowing next to her, she was sealed in a glass cabinet, the water kept flooding up, Trish kicked vigorously with her feet at the beginning but did not move, when she was about to drown, she reminded herself that this was not true, Tris gently touched the glass and found that it would shatter if she touched the glass gently.
Trish stayed awake at all times, so she passed the test smoothly.
But this made Xiao Si find the danger, ask her what the results of the faction tendency test at that time were, and tell her that the Fearless Faction did not break the glass like that.
At the same time, Tori reminds Trish that her brother, like her, was secretly executed by the Leader of the Fearless Faction.
07
Find a way to survive
Trish is attacked by three masked men in the night and tries to push her off the bridge, she tears off the mask of one of them and finds that it is actually Al, and Little Four appears to rescue Trish.
Trish said she couldn't believe it was Al, who had fought day and night and that she had helped his friend again.
Little Four said that after you ranked ahead of him, he hated himself and hated you, he was just scared. Fear will make Al's kind of person act extremely, but you won't, fear will only motivate you, not hit you.
Al sneaked up and committed suicide.
Trish was guilty, and Little Four kept encouraging her.
In order to help her pass the test, XiaoSi and Trish enter the fear space of Xiaosi together. The reason why Little Four is called Four is that there are four kinds of fear.
The first is to come to a high-rise suspension bridge, and the little four are afraid of heights. Trish said that if this wasn't true, it would be good to jump, and Little Four said that the divergents would jump, and the fearless would go to that building.
The second is captivity fear.
The third place was in a secret room, where an innocent woman was tied up with a gun.
The fourth place is in the base of the Altruists, Marcus appears, and the little four turns out to be his son.
Little Four says that the final fear is your ultimate nightmare, hidden in the deepest recesses of your mind.
Xiao Si told her to follow the methods of the Fearless Sect so that she would not be discovered, and to find some tools to survive. Doing too well will kill her, and if you do too slowly, you will die, or you will be eliminated.
Trish understands The Thoughts of Little Four, and his feelings for Little Four are further deepened. Trish passed the second stage of the test with his help.
08
Big fish eat little fish
More and more selfless children are being transferred, and people are exploring the reasons, questioning the educational methods and values of the selfless, believing that the selfless are corrupt, lack strength, are resource predators, and abuse their children.
In fact, all this is a conspiracy secretly planned by the erudites.
The erudites, who know everything, are deeply dissatisfied with the hesitation of the altruists in dealing with the disagreers, and want to expel the selfless leaders from power.
Trish's brother joined the Erudite School, and the two had different political views.
The brother thinks that the selfless faction has no way to coordinate, and the erudite school is expected by everyone, and Trish says that the erudite school has a liar and will manipulate you. You have to recognize that.
The brother said that the erudites would not allow the selflesss to break the rules anymore, and that the erudites would soon become leaders.
The erudites have indeed taken action.
They colluded with the Fearless elite, loading supplies, computers, and transporting a batch of yellow liquid potions. This allowed little four and Trish on the roof to find out.
Xiao Si believes that yellow is a cognitive substance, injected into the body like serum, it will make it easier for people to listen to the opinions of others, and the amount of medicines shipped by the erudite school can form an army.
The new students of the Fearless Sect were all injected with potions and began to arrest all the selfless people. Trish was the disagreer and therefore remained sober. Xiao Si also avoided being injected with the potion.
Together, the two search for Jenny, the leader of the erudite school, and find a way to release the altruists. In the process, Trish's parents died to save Trish, and his brother lost his way and joined Trish.
Little Four is captured by Jenny and injected with a potion, almost killing Trish, and Tris and Little Four's experience in the fear space awakens Little Four.
The two stop Jenny and awaken the rest of the Fearless, thus saving the Altruist.
Little Four and Trish boarded the train that never stopped.
I wanted to watch it as a soap tablet, but I found the film very interesting.
There are many truths in it, that is, it is suitable for the reference of survivors in the system, and it can also be called a problem faced by people in the workplace.
When everyone is doing their duty, the battalion is serving, if you have different intentions and seem out of place, will you be uneasy?
When faced with a choice, will you, who have an independent consciousness, follow your heart, or will you remain unchanged?
Who are you and where should you belong?
When you are incompatible with the environment, do you choose to change or conform to the old ways?
Always envious of the wonderful world outside the wall, when you really abandon the inside of the wall, only to find that the distance is just a false prosperity.
The weak eat the strong, the survival of the fittest. Since I have chosen, I can only bravely move forward regardless of myself.
The film throws out a long list of questions that make people think, but like this article, due to the limited space, it is always on the point. The forced addition of love and adventure has transformed the film from a philosophical thinking genre into a standard popcorn blockbuster.