What makes people who they are? Are they defined more by their genes or by what jeans they wear?
In Allegiant, we go from a society that dictates what kind of clothes people wear to a society where people dictate which genes are "good" and which are bad. With all these external influences, what's a young-adult gal or guy supposed to do? Well, Tris and Tobias have to do the same thing every other young-adult hero has to do: they have to figure things out on their own.
Questions About Identity
- What traits of her former faction(s) do Tris and Tobias accept as a part of their identity? Which traits do they reject?
- How is Tobias affected by the revelation that he is "genetically damaged"? How does it affect how he sees himself and the choices he makes?
- How do the "genetically damaged" see themselves? Do they behave differently from people who are in factions?
- Can the government define a person's identity?