In the lead up to Christmas when I am waiting for new books under the tree I often read over some older books that I found interesting. Somehow in this hectic time of year (Family Christmas of 19 people at our place this christmas and mum stresses at the best of time, lots of work!!! OCD Mother!) I have found time to do this while reading my school set texts (most likely these will appear on this blog at a later time) and while getting towards the end of the above book, Divergent by Veronica Roth, I found a section that reminded me of the focus of this scrapbook blog: The Imaginative Landscape.
For a synapsis of this book click the following link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13335037-divergent
The part I found was when Beatrice Prior, the protagonist of the series, is training to become a Dauntless and the final part of initiation is to get through what is called a Fear Landscape which is a simulation program via an injection in which the person experiences every one of their darkest fears and they must overcome it. This Fear Landscape reminded me of the Imaginative Landscape as it is a place created entirely in the person's mind and somehow the leaders of Dauntless who watch their progress can see what is going on. Don't ask me how, only the Erudite truly know. So this Fear Landscape can sort of be categorised as a psychological landscape but not entirely as the person is in a real room and people can see what is going on via a screen but in a way it is an Imaginative Landscape that a person wishing to become a true Dauntless member must go through and only those able to complete it in the fastest times will be allowed to call themselves Dauntless, the other become Factionless.
I remember referring to this text in my Exam response about Identity and Belonging as it is a great text you can find in any bookstore that is a great stocking filler.
A paper back version is now available on Amazon for just $10 (exludes P&H):
It only costs $7 for this book on eReaders so why not get it?
The sequel, Insurgent, is now available as well on Amazon for very reasonable prices:
Why not just purchase the whole box set for that special someone? Now only $21 (excl. P&H)
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