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Divergent (2014)

★ 6.9 · 13,425 ratings on TMDB

What makes you different makes you dangerous.

Divergent poster★ 6.9

In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.

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Divergent keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing identity, class, power, control, rebellion.

zero-distanceUSidentityclasspowercontrolrebellion
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E10castesociety is organized into five rigid, legally enforced factions determined by a mandatory aptitude test (social · universal)