Veronica Roth, the author of the Divergent trilogy, quickly became a popular and recognizable writer thanks to her brainchild. The work was not only enthusiastically accepted by readers and is still being sold up, but it was also filmed. It is not clear what exactly the audience likes - books or a film. The final part of the picture is Alligator. The summary of the book on which it was shot became the main theme of this article. The film is just about to be released, but the most ardent fans can already recognize the plot, which the whole world will soon see on screens.
Previous events
Perhaps it is worth telling what events took place in the first two books. After all, "Alligator" (book), a brief summary of which will be presented below, cannot be considered separately from "Divergent" and "Insurgent."
The main character, Beatrice (Tris) Prior (some translators write "Prior") lives in a world where all people are divided into factions. There are only five fractions; their names correspond to character traits that determine their members.
This is Friendliness, Fearlessness, Erudition, Sincerity and Renunciation. Children up to a certain age belong to the fraction of their parents, and then (at sixteen) they go through their own distribution. True, genes remain genes - most of them remain in the group in which they were originally, some of which are transferred.
To be different than everyone else is dangerous
Young Tris Prior was Renounced, but the distribution gave her a choice - to move to another fraction, and she chooses Fearlessness. So everything looked from the outside - not such an unusual phenomenon. But in fact, her choice turned out to be much wider - she learns that she is a divergent. This makes her the Chosen One and the target.
First book
In Divergent, part of the events is dedicated to Tris, who learns to be Fearless. Part - a dynamic battle with the system, where the girl’s divergence is revealed, and the familiar world begins to crumble.
Second book
"Insurgent" ("Rebel") brings some changes to the trilogy: events become larger, are transferred to the battlefield. The secret gradually unfolds, develops into explicit. Tris, with every skirmish and clash, manifests itself more and more features of Fearlessness - her character is rude, stale, along with selfishness appears strength. Beatrice Prior is undoubtedly a positive character, but she, of course, is a real fighter.
At the end of Insurgent, Tris and her comrades are selected outside the city. It is time to learn the secret of the structure of society!
Veronica Roth. Alligator
The summary of the book conveys a very small particle of its essence. Nevertheless, it is recommended that you read the original in order to be inspired by the idea, draw your own conclusions and understand the characters. If the goal is to find out briefly what the novel says, become interested and read later, you should not open this article to the end so that you do not inadvertently reveal all the main riddles for yourself.
The plot of the book "Alligator", the brief content of which is considered here, is quite dynamic, like the whole trilogy, so young people will be interested. In the third part, however, more attention is paid to a somewhat detective connotation: in order to keep track of the events of the book, we have to clearly understand the causal relationship.
Tris has her mother’s diary in her hands, which makes it clear that even her past is not so simple. In addition, it becomes extremely clear that people in the city (it turns out this is the territory of Chicago, USA) have absolutely no idea how things are in reality. For example, their hometown is just one of the experimental residences, and fractions are one of the possible patterns of society. “Normal” people, suitable only for one fraction, have damaged genes, while divergents, which is Tris, on the contrary, have clean genes.
Features
The summary of the book "Devotee" ("Alligator"), if it consisted only of a listing of facts, would not give an idea of the work in principle. There are some features that should be mentioned.
Thus, Alligator, a brief summary of which is considered here, departs from the division into black and white, which is customary in the first two books. He is also exceptional in that when it would seem that it became clear that the structure outside is not perfect, the structure from outside is no better: the people who conducted the experiment for the sake of good are actually more vicious than unbiased scientists with a claim to heroism should be .
The final
The finale of the book is not the embodiment of a happy end. "Alligator" is a book, the summary of which, although incomplete, but gives an idea of the plot, which ends with the death of the main character. This is as unusual for such works as natural for real life. Yes, the book lives while the protagonist is alive - after all, the story tells about it. And ultimately everyone dies. Tris accomplished the main feat only with her immortal act, although she herself did not survive.