Charlie Tinkle Blog Post 3

In Moylan's "Preface", the author discusses the genre of dystopia as one that contains elements such as society "besotted by greed, destruction, and death" (xi). These themes are very prevalent in Veronica Roth's novel Divergent. Other than that, Moylan's view of dystopia doesn't exactly line up. In "Preface" Moylan states that dystopia is generated by "fears of the 20th century". In Roth's novel she doesn't reference the past. Roth, along with many other current dystopia novelists, uses her story to warn us about the future. If Moylan were to write about 21st century dystopia it would be more centered around the younger audience and the problems that they face and the things that they can control. In Divergent we follow Tris as she faces problems that other teenagers face such as her relationship with Four, her trying to fit in in a new place, and trying to live up to expectations. Another factor he should consider discussing is the future. These stories always tend to take place in the future and tent to show us how the world could be if we let some problem persist.