Allegiant

I've just started the book Allegiant by Veronica Roth and it's not as good as the first two books, especially because it constantly changes the perspective of the story, from Tris to Tobias. But we're here to talk about the setting of the book. Where I am in the book, it took place from the city of Chicago, within the fences, to the outside, beyond the fences. The inner part of chicago has become rubble. Since the attack of Erudite on Abnegation and the Factionless rising to power, the city is practicly falling upon itself. The building look as if a bomb had droped on the city, the people all look like hobo's, and the streets are on the outskurts of a world war III. The roads are cracked up like eggshells and the beautiful faction headquarters are now vicitms of a robbery. The inside of Chicago has become a large ghetto.

The outside of the city is something new, something we didn't have any knowledge about. Here's a quote from the book, "the world beyond urs is full of roads and dark buildings and collapsing power lines. There is no life in it, as far a sI can see; no movement, no sound but the wind and my own footsteps." (pg. 701 elctronic version). The Chicago as we see it today is totally different from the Chicago in the book. The walls are covered with old pictures, which are melting upon themselves. The train tracks are rusty and crocked. It's as if its a desert with abandoned buildings. The outer Chicago is much better than the inner Chicago. Some of the buildings are still in tact, like the Airport hosting the Bureau of Genetic Wellfare. Also, there are cars rolling down the streets.

Inner Chicago