Real Life Issues in the Text

In Allegiant, you can really see some of the real life issues that are reflected in the text. The main issue is just human nature in general. How humans can have the tendency to separate people and consider themselves more superior for whatever reason. This is shown in the book by the "genetically pure" group of people who consider themselves superior. They give themselves higher jobs in the government than the "genetically damaged" people. They also blame them for all crimes that occur and are basically racist towards them.


Behavior like this is shown many times throughout history. One example is during Hitler's rise to power in Germany when he blamed the Jews for all of Germany's problems and used them as a scapegoat. Another example is in America before Martin Luther King when blacks and whites were segregated. Also in the Middle Ages with Kings and Nobles thinking that peasants were worth nothing and deserved to be treated like dirt. There are plenty of examples of humans behaving like this throughout history even though we are all created equal. In Allegiant, the only difference is someone's "genetically pure" genes. These genes don't actually cause a change in the person and shouldn't cause that person to be looked down upon.