Victoria Lipinski Blog Post 3

Moylan analyzes the dystopian world in the twentieth century. He takes a stand supporting the fact that dystopias are evil and that "the classical dystopia flourished in societies besotted by greed, destruction, and death" (Moylan xi). He explains that dystopias have a constant negative environment. These motives of a dystopia are all viewed as extremely uncivil in the 21st century. Although these aspects are viewed in Divergent, they are not the primary focus of the dystopia. "Working together, these five factions have lived in peace for many years, each contributing to a different sector of society" (Roth 43). Divergent displays how the citizens of the dystopia live together and contribute to the society in which they are a part of. Greed, destruction, and death are all present within their dystopia, but are not highlighted in the same manner Moylan displays them. If Moylan were to write about the 21st century, factors he should take into consideration based on Divergent the fact that the factions have extremely high standards. There are certain expectations they are required to meet. Moylan should also take into consideration the level of competitiveness that exists within the factions. Although they live as one faction, the people within it are very competitive with one another. They want to be the best of their own, while also being the best of all factions. Overall, Moylan would have to shift his views if he wrote a new preface on 21st century dystopias.