A part I read in Allegiant this week was when Zoe was talking about how she has trained for her whole life to get where she is now, working at the Bureau. As I read this, I made a text to world connection. I connected how very few people in our world today set themselves up for what they do in the future at a young age, and many other people don't find out what they will do until they are older (like the faction members in this series). 

I found another text to world connection as I read this week. The faction components are made up in the large cities in the Midwest, like Detroit and Chicago. The faction components are like large companies to us. I connected them to how we have large companies located in Detroit and Chicago, like Ford Motor Company's Headquarters.

Reading Allegiant this week was so suspenseful! There are so many questions I have about the book and I found some answers to my old questions. I like this book even more because I have made so many connections to the world today and other books. I looking forward to looking for more connections as I read. I'm also expecting to find answers to my unanswered questions this next week, and even find myself asking more questions about what will be happening.

My link this week is to an interview with Veronica Roth. Veronica tells readers how she came up with the factions.

https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/637.Veronica_Roth

As I continued to read Allegiant this week, it became very interesting. Tris, Tobias, and other members get to the other side of the fence. As they were roaming around, they met Zoe and Amar (who was Tobias' old instructor) who took them to meet the leader of the Bureau of Genetic Welfare. He was in charge of the manipulation of the people's genes. His name was David, and he began to explain to them the history that came before their time. He explained how there was a country before they made the factions. David explained how they used genetic manipulations to take away certain traits that they did have in the past (like selfishness), but didn't want anymore because it caused too much conflict. David told them that factions were made as a cause of a war they had (called the Purity War) which was between people with damaged/manipulated genes and the people with pure genes (including the government). They also reveled that Divergent's are ones with pure genes. And the most interesting thing that I read this week was that the Bureau of Genetic Welfare have been watching the people of the factions' every move with camera surveillance.

If I were to be like Caleb or Cara, someone with damaged genes, I would definitely be upset. I wouldn't want to be someone that was altered, and have some that were not, just for an experiment. I would want to be whole, and I would always be jealous of the ones who were. 

I'm predicting that some type of conflict will start between the damaged genes and the people of the Bureau of Genetic Welfare. I think it will also be interesting to see what the Bureau of Genetic Welfare will do with Tris, Tobias, and the others. Will they use them to their advantage? Will Tris, Tobias, and the others fight against the Bureau? Or will the Bureau send them back into the gates? It is very suspenseful and I am excited to read more this next week! 

The link I found this week is to an article about how the Allegiant movie was announced to be split in two parts. I know I am not finished with the book, but I think that Allegiant has so much suspense. They will be phenomenal movies no matter where they decide to split it. 

http://www.latinpost.com/articles/10532/20140414/divergent-movie-series-lionsgate-split-allegiant-book-two-movies-mimic.htm

This week, I have continued to read Allegiant. I have grown a great liking for the book. A change of events have been happening throughout the story. I don't want to give away much, but the most interesting thing that happened in the book was when Tris and Four got on a train to go beyond the fence. There was always a lot of suspense as I read this week, and I did not want to put the book down!

The part I am at in Allegiant (Tris, Four and other members getting on the train to go beyond the fence) is reminding me of a book I have read in the past, Hourglass by Myra McEntire. In Hourglass, the main characters have to go behind their work leader to risk their lives to travel back in time a save a friend. It is a fantastic book that I recommend reading. It reminded me of this part of the book in Allegiant because they also are risking their lives to travel beyond the fence. They don't know what will be out there, and don't know if what is out there will hurt them, but they are hoping for something better than the lives they have inside the fence.

Veronica Roth is the author of Allegiant. She was born in August 1988 near Chicago, IL. Veronica graduated with a creative writing degree. Her first book was Divergent, and then she went on writing Insurgent and Allegiant. Veronica also wrote a few short stories in relation to the Divergent book series. I think she has a great future ahead of her, and I'm excited to read more of her books.

I found information about Veronica Roth here:
http://bestsellers.about.com/od/authorprofilesaz/p/Veronica-Roth-Bio.htm

Below is a link to a review on Hourglass, the book I connected with Allegiant:

http://thebusybibliophile.com/review-hourglass-by-myra-mcentire/

I began reading Veronica Roth's Allegiant this week. It'll be fascinating to find out how Veronica Roth ends the Divergent book series. I have only read the first eight chapters of the book, but have enjoyed reading what I have read. I'm excited to continue reading it throughout the next few weeks.

Allegiant is the final book to the Divergent book series. Veronica Roth ended the book before this one (which was Insurgent) with a lot of suspense at the end. She brings all of that suspense back into the story at the beginning of Allegiant. Evelyn Johnson is Tobias' mother and head leader of the factionless. She has a plan to get rid of factions altogether (with help from the members of the factionless). One main event that just happened in the reading was a riot that happened to show that there should be no more factions. I don't want to spoil this part of the book, but this riot did involve someone destroying the bowls from the Choosing Ceremony to show that they are against the idea of having factions.

One thing in Allegiant that is different from Veronica Roth's first two books in this series is that she uses two character viewpoints (Tobias' perspective and Tris' perspective) throughout this book. I really like that she chose to show two different viewpoints because it can give readers different ideas/predictions of the story that they may not have thought of before. I also think that books with multiple viewpoints are more interesting and fun to read. I look forward to seeing what else happens in the story this week as I continue to read.

I attached a link to the movie trailer for the first book in this series, Divergent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sutgWjz10sM