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TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY | SABD | FNBE AUG14 SEM 2 | ENGLISH 2 
 
 
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN 
 
THE DESIGN SCHOOL 
 
FOUNDATION IN NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT 
 
 
 
 
 
NAME: LAU MAO HUA 
 
STUDENT ID: 0320249 
 
FILMS SELECTED: DIVERGENT & MAZE RUNNER 
 
WORD COUNT: 995 WORDS 
 
MODULE: ENGLISH 2(ELG30605) 
 
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1: COMPARE­CONTRAST ESSAY 
 
LECTURER: CASSANDRA WIJESURIA 
 
SUBMISSION DATE: APRIL 8​TH​
, 2015    
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     Movies are one of the daily routine for the movie lovers. They can spend lots of times on it. 
The movie genre that i had selected is science­fiction films. Science fiction films are the films 
that are usually drawn imaginatively on scientific knowledge and speculation in the whole of 
the films. Divergent, Maze Runner, Hunger Games and Captain America are some of the 
example of science fiction films. The movies that I had chosen are Divergent and Maze 
Runner. Divergent is the story about Tris discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and Four 
must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late. However, Maze Runner is 
the story about Thomas, who is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, 
they are all trapped in a maze that will require him to join with the runners to escape the maze. 
I prefer the film Divergent than Maze Runner because Divergent is more interesting based on 
the theme, plot, setting and the scoundrel. 
 
   First and foremost, Divergent movie plays a theme of love while Maze Runner plays a theme 
of bravery. Theme of love in Divergent plays between Tris and Four. When Tris is attacks by Al 
because of the ranking, Four helps Tris to fight back and saved Tris from danger. After the 
fight, Four helps Tris to clean the wound and gave Tris his cloth. Besides that, Four offers Tris, 
his bed and stay at his place to avoid others to hurt Tris. Because of love, Four helps Tris to 
pass her psychological stimulation test which is the hardest part in the training. For the movie 
Maze Runner, bravery is played by Thomas. Thomas is brave because he ran into the Maze 
when the door is about to close when nightfall while Minho and Alby are still inside the Maze. 
According to the record, no one can survive inside the Maze once the door is closed. Thomas 
killed one of the Griever by tricking it into a small gap which the doors are about to close and 
the Griever is crushed in the end. Thomas is brave as he lead some people to get out of the 
Maze and fight with the Grievers.   
   
    Secondly, the plot of the movies made every movie unique. Divergent start with the society 
with five factions which are candor, amity, dauntless, erudite and abnegation. Beatrice 
chooses Dauntless faction and she changed her name to Tris. ​Tris pass her Dauntless test 
with the help of Four. Divergents are not affected by the serum which supplied by Erudite. Tris 
uses a sample of the mind control serum on the leader to force her to cancel the program. The 
group escapes the place and boards a train out of the city. The Maze Runner movie starts with 
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the story of Thomas with no memory of his identity. No one has ever survived a night inside 
the Maze. Thomas kills a Griever by tricking it into a narrow, closing passageway which cause 
the Griever crushed. Most of the people are agreeing to free Thomas and attempt to escape 
the Maze, but Gally and a few others refuse to leave. They escaped the Maze by fighting with 
the Grievers and eventually enter a laboratory. Masked armed men rushed in and take the 
group to a helicopter which the helicopter is approaching a ruined city.  
   
     Next, scoundrels play important role in the science fiction films. The head of the scoundrels 
for Divergent and Maze Runner films is both woman, but they use different way to control their 
people. For the Divergent, all the Dauntless is injected with a serum which is used to control 
the mind of the Dauntless. The scoundrels control Dauntless by using a high technology 
computer system to kill the Abnegation. At last, Tris forced the woman to turn off the system by 
using a sample of mind controlling serum and she saved the Dauntless and Abnegation. For 
the Maze Runner, the scoundrels control the Glader by sending them to the Glade without any 
memory with them. Gladers are told to stay at the place as no one can go out from the Maze. 
Runners need to find the way out and they are almost trapped when they attacked one of the 
Grievers. At last, Minho and Thomas found the way out and bring some followers with them to 
escape the Maze. Masked armed men brought them away and they are informed that they are 
involved in phase two.  
 
     Last but not least, setting in Divergent is more realistic than Maze Runner. Most of 
Divergent scene takes place in Chicago. Chicago is the city walled with armed guards that 
seem to be keeping people in the city. This city is divided into five different factions which are 
Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless and Erudite. Each of the factions has their own roles in 
the city to keep the city peacefully. Teens who reach the age of 16 must undergo an aptitude 
test and choose one faction on the Choosing Ceremony day based on the result obtained. On 
the other hand, most of the Maze Runner’s scenes take place at the Glade and the Maze. The 
Glade is the place where all the Glader are living together and having a daily routine. All of 
them have the same goal which is to escape from that place. The Maze is the place where 
only runners can go in and it is full of Grievers. Many people trapped inside the Maze and no 
one can survive once they are stung by the Grievers such as Ben and Alby.   
 
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    In the nutshell, I prefer more Divergent than Maze Runner because of the theme, plot, 
setting and scoundrels. Divergent is more interesting to me as I prefer action films. Besides 
that, Divergent series film is the first choice for me every time. Divergent series includes 
Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant and Four. I will prefer watching Divergent compared to my 
friends and family members.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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References List: 
1. Dashner, J. (2013). ​The Maze Runner​. Frome, Somerset: The Chicken House. 
2. Roth, V. (2011). ​Divergent​. Hammersmith, London: HarperCollins. 
3. DIVERGENT. (n.d.). Retrieved April 1, 2015, from ​http://divergentthemovie.com/  
4. Divergent. (n.d.). Retrieved April 1, 2015, from ​http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1840309/ 
5. The Maze Runner. (n.d.). Retrieved April 1, 2015, from 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1790864/ 
 
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