Characters from Divergent Series: Analysis of Tris Prior

In FOUR, the conflict is exhibited within the main character. Tobias chooses the Dauntless faction, opposite from the Agnegation faction; himself, being in pain from abuse and death there. Now as an initiate

people’s clothes demonstrates her strength and determination. Delia is a dynamic character as shown early in the story with this quote: “She seized the iron skillet from the stove and struck a defensive pose, which act surprised him greatly, coming from her.” Sykes’ dumbfounded reaction to Delia’s defensive action allows the reader to assume that this

Usually I would think people would chose the faction in which they grew up in, which was abnegation. Joining Dauntless gave Beatrice the opportunity to have a new life, as a result, she renamed herself Tris. Two quotes I found that coincide with what I have explained are “Beatrice…We should think of our family…But we must also think of ourselves.”, This quote was on page page 36 and was said by Caleb. The other quote was “ A new place, a new name. I can be remade here”. This was said by Tris on page

In addition, female clothing is stereotyped in Naxos and Copenhagen. Helga confirms her wish to exit Naxos, and speaks to the principal, Dr. Anderson. Colors of clothing are attributed to specific races as, “Bright colors are vulgar. Black, gray, brown, and navy blue are the most becoming colors for colored people. Dark-complected people shouldn’t wear yellow, or green or red” (16). Standards are developed for the colors one wishes to wear, those of darker complexions, such as African-Americans are marginalized. Specifically, women of colour are not encouraged to wear bright colours as they are seen as promiscuous. Colours such as grey, brown and navy blue represent a sense of simplicity and innocence. While vibrant colours such as green, yellow, and orange represent seductiveness, glamor and confidence. Therefore, individuality is limited and one cannot express themselves according to their personal desires. On the other hand, in Copenhagen, people of colour, such as Helga, are encouraged to wear bright clothing. Helga visits her Aunt Katrina in Copenhagen, a society in which she is a “young, foreigner and

Clothing is one symbol that plays a major role in the short story that reveals some truth in Delia's and Sykes' marriage. Throughout the story, clothing represents Delia's job and the hard work she does. Sykes demonstrates his disrespect and ungratefulness for the hard work his wife does when he steps "roughly upon the whitest pile of things, kicking

In the book Allegiant, by Veronica Roth, there is one big conflict that causes the other conflicts throughout the book. The big conflict is that the Allegiant are uprising against Evelyn and the Factionless. The Bureau is in charge of the city, but the citizens do not know that they exist. To stop everyone from killing themselves, the Bureau decides to reset everyone's memories with the memory serum. Tobias joins an uprising against the Bureau. After the uprising, he realized that they were trying to find the death serum. Tobias felt bad for taking part in the rebellion and Tris was on the verge of breaking up with him. Then, Tris forms her own group and plans to save the city from the memory serum. One problem is that in order to save the city, Caleb has to die because of the death serum. Tobias and the others were trying to settle the dispute between his mother, Evelyn, and his father, Marcus. Instead of Caleb dying, Tris

As per Tertullian's suggestions in (Apparel of the woman): The advice regarding dress and appearances to the women of Roman Christian communities was simplicity. He wanted women not to have the idea of jewelry, cosmetics, or clothing that wasn't designed to fit the normal day to day life. He believed that changing or modifying anything in your body or hair was the sign of disrespects to the gods, that their human creation. He believed if women committed actions of being too "beautiful" in a sense, would establish the sin of temptation. He states that vanity and evil are the driving forces behind the women's preferences and desires for cosmetics, jewelry and color dyed clothing. He has concluded that the fallen angels that had taken human wives in ancient biblical times started the lust for material goods and that it came from evil. Tertullian, in my opinion, didn't seem to

As Katniss changes, so does her clothing. “The costumes worn by Katniss Everdeen….are an index...of the control exerted over her by the state of Panem” (Byrne). In the beginning of the book, she wears comfortable, non-descript attire, symbolizing the lack of influence that the Capitol has on her when she is in her own District. Upon entering the Games, Katniss’ apparel immediately transforms to reflect her new position as a pawn at the mercy of the the audience’s whims. Her first outfit, a “simple black unitard... with a fluttering cape” (Collins 67) made of flames, indicates how she is adapting to her new role of Tribute from District 12, using her wardrobe to stand out and attract much needed attention. Parts of the costume are reminiscent of her old hunting gear, indicating how she stills retains a hold on her old life even as she is begins to adjust to her new role. When Katniss appears at her interview the day before the Games, she wears a dress “entirely covered in reflective precious gems, red and yellow and white with bits of blue that accent the tips of the flame design” (Collins 128). Her attire helps her to play the persona of an honest girl completely taken in by the wonders of the Capitol that

Tris has never really felt at home in Abnegation so she switches to Dauntless. Normally this would not be so harsh on her family, but her only brother also switches to another faction called Erudite leaving her parents with no family within Abnegation. This is Tris’s first betrayal and it makes her very guilty. After the choosing ceremony each faction goes through its own initiation. For Dauntless, the initiates must jump off a building in order to enter the compound. Generally the first jumper is a Dauntless born, but Tris is brave enough to go

In the future in Chicago, there's five factions. Children join in the factions. The factions are Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless, and Erudite. To figure out which faction you have an aptitude for, you took an aptitude test. Tris, Four, Caleb, Peter, and Marcus travel to Amity, where some of the surviving Abnegation were. Erudite and Dauntless, traitors, go to Amity to find Abnegation members. Tris, Four, and Caleb escape by jumping onto an oncoming train full of factionless, The group is lead to factionless leader, Four's mother. During this she threatens Tris. Tris and Four travel to Candor headquarters. Dauntless traitors led by Eric attack Candor. Tris and Uriah are captured by Eric. His orders from Jeanine are to take two Divergent back to Erudite headquarters and execute the rest. Dauntless takes control. After the attack, Candor’s leader, Jack arranges a meeting with Erudite and they demand that Candor turn over Eric and all of the Divergent. Tris

initiation ceremony and changes her name to Tris. These examples show clearly the overlap of

This quote by Tobias (Four) really shows the issues in their relationship. At this point Tris is trying to get answers without Tobias knowing. She has promised him that she will no longer make stupid decisions that could end up killing her. However, Tobias discovered her plan and refuses to let her go on alone. In assents he is putting his life on the line just like she is, to prove a point to her.

Beatrice (Tris) Prior joins Dauntless and made new friends. She volunteered to take place of Albert when Eric tells Four to throw knifes at him. She could have gotten killed and hurt by the knife, but she did so anyways. She gave up her own life to protect Al, even though she was afraid. “The last thing I want to do is stand in front of that target, but I can’t back down now. I didn’t leave myself the option.”(Page 162) This shows that she values her friends more than herself so she sacrificed her life in order to protect her friends. Tris’s mother got herself killed by brain washed soldiers in order to get Tris to safety at a basement where some of the Abnegation citizens were hiding from the soldiers. “I’m going to distract them. You have to run as fast as you can.”(Page 443) This quote supports self

She spends most of the first scene talking down to Stella, mentioning that she looks as if she 's put on weight while praising herself for remaining the same size since they last saw each other. She dresses in rhinestone crowns, "fluffy bodices" and pearl necklaces and earrings. Her wardrobe appears to be filled with clothing that 's either white or and pastels, colors that one easily associates with purity.

The Infinite Sea is the second book in Rick Yancey’s fifth wave trilogy. It follows the story of Cassie o'sullivan and her friends as they attempt to survive the total genocide of the human race by The Others. The novel introduces several strong female protagonists from the get-go as Cassie, the first novel's heroine fights to find her lost love and Ringer a rogue soldier of the fifth wave tries to make sense of this new world. Ringer was introduced in the first book as a flat unlikable character, however as the infinite sea progresses Yancey explores the layers of her character proving her strength and most importantly her utterly humane weaknesses. Ringers development into a rich three dimensional heroine