Divergent Movie Analysis

Based solely on the novel of Divergent a movie was made lasting two hours and nine minutes. This isn't a short span of time for a movie yet, could it be pure coincidence that they left out some details. Could it have been some of the effects were to gruesome for a film rated PG-13? Or were these actions of leaving the details out more purposeful? Does it give the movie somewhat of a different meaning than the original script of the book? So it brings into question, who wrote it better the writer of the novel Veronica Roth, or the director of the film Neil Burger?

Veronica Roth made a novel expression a lot of diverse and in depth characters. When you watch the movie a lot of the characters seem to have been cut short in the cinematic picture. This takes a toll on the movie overall because as the characters slowly begin to change their motives and overall meaning of the characters. For example, in the story Peter was more mean, and scarier. Beatrice remarks once, “I dreamt of that Peter tied me up and asked if I was a Divergent. I answered no, and he punched me until I said yes. I woke up with wet cheeks.” (Roth
For instance, a main conflict in the story was the faction Erudite was fighting over control with Abnegation. However, this major conflict is shown in two completely different lights from the movie and the book. In the movie, the head of Erudite Jeanine was already taking power over Abnegation. Erudite ran the Choosing Ceremony, and everywhere Beatrice turns Jeanine seems to be checking in on her. Yet, in the novel’s perspective it wasn't until toward the end of the novel when Erudite was launching their plan to take over. In the beginning everything seemed to be controlled by Abnegation. For example, Marcus the head of Abnegation was in charge of the Choosing Ceremony and he even was the one who called out Beatrice and Caleb’s