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Beatrice's Transformation

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he main character, Beatrice Prior, lived with her family in the abnegation faction of the society. But once she turned sixteen she had to decide if she wanted to stay with her family or change to dauntless and risk never meeting her family again. This decision should sound tough and hard, but as Beatrice never felt like she fit in with her faction it’s almost inevitable. After going through test and hard training processes that forces her to face her fears she eventually decides to change her name into something shorter, that she feels suits her better. She changes it to Tris because she feel like it will allow her to start over and become someone new entirely. Over the time period in which she uses to train she is able to find her inner …show more content…

She uses this bravery, that she has been looking for her whole life, to help her carry on and stand up even at her toughest times. During the book a lot of tragic events happen, one of the factions planned an attack on another and stimulated the dauntless in order to use them as the army. Since Tris had a significant identity, divergent, this stimulation wouldn’t work on her and she figured she and Four would be the only ones who could stop it. Throughout the book you will notice how Tris’s transformation changes from being a child to acting like an adult who is fully capable of looking out for herself. Characters; Beatric Prior (Tris)- The main character of the novel. Born and raised in the abnegation faction, but chooses to change faction to dauntless after turning sixteen. The aptitude test read inconclusive, which means that she is Divergent. According to the society this is a fate of identity that is mysterious and very dangerous that must be removed and extinct. She is able to …show more content…

Segregation: the society as we know, is divided into several social classes. This way of separation one human kind I would call for segregation. Their whole lives are influenced by which social class they chose. Amity are farmers and counsellors, dauntless are in charge of the city’s security, candor handle the law, erudite are the teachers, and abnegation run the government. Choices: in the novel, they all have to take a very important choice in order to continue their lives, and even though it’s the most important choice they’ll ever take its probably the only one they’ll ever get to take as well. Fear: Divergent is much about fears and overcoming them. The dauntless members’ characteristic is courage, so they spend a lot of their trainings confronting them to eventually overcome them. Power: the author tries to explain how damaging power can be. In the book, the person with the most power is the one who is able to control everyone else. Therefore, power can drive people crazy and make them do things they normally wouldn’t do. The leader of Uridite, who planned the attack, is a good example that power can make you

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