Hailey Rial Blog Post 3

     In Moylan's "Preface", Moylan makes a point that the "power structure crushes the resistant dissenter- ending the text on a note of resignation". Many dystopian texts end with a defeat and a continuation of the dystopia. However, in "divergent", the end of the book ends on a note of hope; Tris says, "I clutch the hard drive to my chest, lean my head on Tobias's shoulder, and try to sleep." While they are living in a world that is crumbling to pieces, there is hope for them in the future. 

     If Moylan were writing about the 21st century dystopia instead of the 20th century, he should take into consideration the advancement of technology and the fear that that springs out of society. Society no longer fears disease or exploitation with new science to end diseases and new protests that are granting citizen's more rights every week. However, society now fears the exploration of new planets and the new innovative technology what that could mean for new life forms and the destruction of modern day relationships. Modern day dystopias explore these modern issues, rather than those of the 1960s and 1970s.