Readicide

Readicide is a problem in schools and you see it everywhere. I mean how many times have you had to work with a student who hadn't read the last 10 chapters or any chapter of the book? How many times do you look around and see kids getting the needed information about the plot off of SparkNotes? A lot of my peers are losing that enjoyment of reading I saw in many of them in earlier years. I think most of the problem is in our own schedules. "Do this," "go here," "practice practice practice," "don't forget to eat dinner," "did you do that homework?" "Hey that television show you really love is airing RIGHT NOW," and when you think about what a lot of people are doing you don't think of their reading habits. A lot of my friends used to love reading, and many of them still do, they just don't have time anymore. But there are those who loved reading and it got to the point where they were/are only reading the books assigned in school and just hated them. I've seen it in acquaintances all the way to close friends. And the problem is not only the lack of personal reading time these people get but the books they do read are all literary fiction. Now don't get me wrong literary fiction can be amazing, I personally loved Jane Eyre more than I'm willing to admit, but when it's the only thing you read it can be hard to swallow. Integrating good genre fiction in place of certain texts that no longer convey the meaning they were intended to may not be a bad idea, especially as society makes leaps in multiple areas such as feminism. Integrating more books into the curriculum and not teaching quite as in depth as some of my previous English teachers have could be beneficial for kids both educationally and socially. It could help teenagers grow into adults who don't hold antiquated views that don't hold well in society anymore and help us know what our own society is and how we want to change it.

Book 2: Movie Adaptation for Divergent

In order to make a movie adaptation of Divergent you would have to keep a good portion of what I've currently read in order to make it work even remotely well as the book, but one of three main scenes you would absolutely have to keep are the Aptitude Tests and Beatrice's result of Divergent. Tori erased the results and reporting them manually. These results are the initial cause for concern both for Tris's life but also for what faction she would eventually choose, along with the danger Tori put herself in by doing as much. The Choosing Ceremony itself would be a very important part of the story you weould need to keep.Tris's father lost both of his children that day, and Tris chose a life she wasn't prepared for but was prepared to work for. She lost her brother to a faction that was attacking her old faction which would later become a major point in the story. You would also have to keep Tris being the first person to jump off the building. This transformation of Beatrice into Tris starts here at this moment, that moment where she took off her jacket and threw it at Peter she showed that she was not meant to be Abnegation only and that she belonged. This concept of rebirth and starting over isn't really expressed in the book but it's a good concept to possibly bring out.

There are a couple parts of the book you would have to cut in order to shorten it down just a bit. There's a scene fairly early on in the book where Four and Eric take the initiates out for capture the flag. The only bit of further plot development that that this bit brings is further tension between Eric and Four, which is already very well documented in training. You could also cut the scene of the factionless man asking Beatrice for food. This scene was short, yes, but it would provide no useful information to the movie and would lengthen it by a good 3-5 minutes.