On page 124 of Allegiant, there was one paragraph that really affected the chapter:
"They called for genetically damaged individuals to come forward so that the Bureau could alter their genes. The Bureau then placed them in secure environments to settle in for the long haul, equipped with basic version of the serums to help them control their society. They would wait for the passage of time- for the generations to pass, for each one to produce more genetically healed humans. Or, as you currently know them... the Divergent."
This information is really important because it is the first time the characters find out what it means to be Divergent. They find out that they're not bad, evil, or dangerous, as the Divergent were previously thought to be. In fact, they find out that they are healed from a genetic defect. This means that the Divergent are actually more harmless than most of the people around them because they don't have behavioral issues.
Secondly, after the characters find out that they were all just part of an experiment, they begin to question everything about their lives. One example of this was on page 136 when Tris said, "What if my parents' God, their whole belief system, is just something concocted by a bunch of scientists to keep us under control? And not just their beliefs about God and whatever else is out there, but about right and wrong, about selflessness?" Tris is very confused about her identity, and she doesn't know what to believe anymore.
Can you imagine if one day, you found out that everything that ever happened in your life was just part of an experiment? How would you react?
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