Critiqueof Scientific Optimism in Veronica Roth’s Divergent
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This thesis explores the negative impact of science and technology in human
life as depicted in Veronica Roth’s Divergent.By taking theoretical ideas on dystopia
as conceptualized by Keith Moylan, this study focuses on how technologies under
totalitarian goverenment have failed to be the bliss to man kind but turned into bane
and deteriorated human condition.Focus sing on how Tris, the protagonist, succumbs
to totalitarian government and takes journey through icy water, dark tunnels and
strange spy chambers of dystopian state,the study unveils that scientific innovations
enslave people and impoverish the life-world and if mishandled, hence humans should
for see the fatal consequences of over reliance on them.
Keywords:scientific optimism, totalitarianism, dystopia, deterioration,banality