2.07 Free Choice Blog

I have been reading a really great book lately called Insurgent. Insurgent is the sequel to a book called Divergent. This series is all about a Utopian society where everyone is split up into 5 different factions. The factions are called Dauntless (for the brave), Erudite (for the intelligent), Candor (for the honest), Abnegation (for the selfless), and Amity (for the Peaceful). When you're 16 you get to choose which faction you want top be a part of, and that decision will determine the rest of your life. In the book I am reading now ( the sequel to divergent) is about a girl that cannot be controlled by the Erudite when most other people can be. The term for people who cant be controlled is called Divergent. The main character is one of the few people who cannot be controlled. In the latest chapter that I read she surrenders to the Erudite because they were threatening to kill innocent people (even though all of her friends told her not to). Once she gets to the headquarters she is escorted to a cell where she spends several hours just waiting. Finally someone comes to her cell and escorts her to a room where there is a metal table and she meets the head of the Erudite, Jeanine Matthews  (they are bad people).  She tells her that they are going to do some research on her brain and after they are done with the testing they will execute her. Although she is brave, the thought of being executed sickens her. She shows no feeling but on the inside she is terrified. After the chat, the first examination commences. Her brain is examined with an MRI scanner and when looking at the results they find that she has an unusually large prefrontal cortex. A prefrontal cortex is the part of your brain that allows you to make decisions. After the test she is escorted back to her cell but before she gets there she sees Tobias (her boyfriend) being forced to go with some erudite soldiers with wounds on his head and he looks beat up. He is trying to save her but he has failed. Thats when the chapter ended.