Divergent

In our society everyone has a different view on how you should act and how they should be raised. When we look at the beginning scene of the movie Divergent, it talks about how the human race is split up into five different groups. Each of the groups were created so that society could maintain…

In the film Divergent, directed by Neil Burger, people that are different are viewed negatively. In the case of the main character, Tris starts out in Abnegation but has trouble being fully selfless like the rest of her family. When it is time for Tris to take her aptitude test, something goes wrong in her…

            A convergent-divergent nozzle, also called De Laval nozzle, CD nozzle or con di nozzle, is a tube that is somewhat pinched in the middle so as to accelerate the flow of gas, which is passing through it. Since the gas flows symmetrically along the nozzle’s axis starting from the inlet to the exhaust, a…

Divergent Boundaries Speech The diverging plates below us are moving everyday; reshaping our world, slowly, but surely. These divergent boundaries are being studied around the world and they teach us about our evolved world, and its continuing evolution today. There are two types of divergent boundaries, the oceanic and the continental. These occur where their…

In Neil Burger’s work, Divergent, he flips the script in terms of what is commonly seen in the genre of science fiction and fantasy. Typically, in these types of movies, the main character is a male who is strong willed, independent, and brave. Usually the woman is shown as the “damsels in distress” waiting for…

1)Are divergent thinking and convergent thinking mutually exclusive or complementary? Why? Are there situations in which one way of thinking is clearly superior? How can two ways of thinking be combined?             There are two forms of thinking that is used by humans. The first form of thinking is the convergent type of thinking in…

The unique name and meaning is what intrigued me to read this book. But as I read more, I realized that the title wasn’t the only intriguing thing. The story was so interesting, it was as if the plot was forcing me to turn the pages. Divergent by Veronica Ross is a story set in…

Divergent evolution the accumulation of differences or traits occurs over a period of time, leading to the formation of something entirely new. Convergent evolution, similar traits in unrelated lineages evolve separately or independently from one another. I think these two games, Pachisi and Patolli are Convergent Evolution. I agree to R. Barry Lewis‘s opinion. The…