End of the book Prediction

I have just finished reading my book and will be getting the next book in this series soon. I'm going to make a prediction about the next book before I start reading it. Day and June have just escaped Los Angeles and are making their way to Las Vegas in hopes of finding Tess. They are taking a train across the country right at the end of the book. The next book in the series is called Prodigy. I think they will get to Las Vegas safely but will end up getting caught by police while in Vegas and have to find a way to escape the cops. I also think that they will eventually find their allies hidden in Vegas but will get in some sort of conflict with the Republic and have to fight their way to safety. I can make a connection to this because I have been to Vegas many times before and can relate to traveling there. I want to know how they plan on finding their friend Tess when they do get to Vegas because of how highly populated the city is.

Book Recommendation: Divergent

   

      I highly recommend reading Divergent by Veronica Roth. This story takes place in a futuristic version of Chicago. There are very different factions who each think they are right. Dauntless think bravery is the key to a strong society, Erudite obsesses over knowledge, Abnegation is pro-self-sacrifice, Amity believes in kindness and friendship, and Candor is into always telling the truth. The main character, Beatrice Prior, grew up in the Abnegation faction. At the age of 16, citizens get to choose a faction and will stay in that faction for the rest of their lives. After choosing a faction you must go through a faction initiation, if you fail the initiation you get kicked out and end up faction-less or homeless. If you manage to pass the initiation you will get to join the faction and spend the rest of your life in that faction. The easiest initiation to pass is Abnegation, and the toughest is Dauntless. This picture shows the 5 factions emblems and the old, warned out city of Chicago in the future.

Theme

      The theme for my book is that believing everything you're told can put you in a bad situation. This theme appears in my book because June has always believed everything she was told. She listened to orders and did what people asked her to do. She never questioned anything and just went with it. Citizens of the Republic were made to  believe that the virus was random but it was really put there by the government. People thought that if you failed your "trial test" you were sent to labor camps, but you were really just killed on the spot. June thought her parents died in a car crash, when they were really murdered after they found out the truth about the virus. She was told that her brother was killed by Day, when it was actually the governement who killed her brother for the same reason the government killed her parents. They used her by getting her angry at Day and sending her to catch him. Every step of her life she was lied to and every time she believed it and ended up in bad situations. Finally once she met day and was told the truth, she realized how terrible the Republic was. She finally decides to say no for once and help rebel against the government by escaping with Day.

Day Development

      Day doesn't change a whole lot throughout the book as far as what side he's on, his values, and his opionion on the Republic. He does however, find out a lot of things about the Republic that changes his motives later in the book. Early on he is simply trying to collect enough money to get a virus cure in order to save his sister from the virus. He later discovers that that the virus is intentionally given to the poor by the government in order to develop chemical weapons.  After being captured by the Republic, he trys to tell June his findings. She doesn't believe him at first but after finding out how her brother died, she decides to join his cause and help him escape.

June Development

      As June spends more time in the poor regions of Los Angeles, she realizes how unfair her situation is. She lives a life of luxary while people in the poor section are treated like peasants. After capturing Day and bringing him back for questioning, she finds out from him some terrible ideas. Day says that the Republic government is intentionally infecting people in the poor regions with deadly viruses in order to test the effects of chemical warfare. She doesn't believe him at first but after finding out that he wasn't lying, she decides to join his cause and help him escape.