Divergent By Veronica Roth

Delirium and Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver are two amazing books part of a series. Delirium is the story of Lena Haloway who lives in a dystopian society where love is forbidden. It is the deadliest of all things in their world. In the begining Lena starts out a good girl who follows all the rules, is scared of love and believes everything that shes been told about love. All until she meets Alex. Once she meets Alex, everything changes. In Pandemonium Lena lived in the wilds and has been through so much hardship that it has roughened her soul like summer time roughenes your feet. She is now is living in New York City and returned from the wilds.

The second book I am reading is Divergent by Veronica Roth and I am on page 115. This book is about a young woman named Tris, who has to face the decision of her lifetime. This decision will be choosing her faction, which could involve leaving the faction she currently is in. In

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The dystopian futures each conveyed in Suzanne Collins’ novel The Hunger Games and Neil Burger’s film Divergent highlight the dangers of power, containment, corruption and the absolute abuse of control within the leadership ranks of their state. Suzanne Collins presents Katniss Everdeen, a young teenager from District 12, who courageously volunteers as a tribute for the annual Hunger Games in the country of Panem. The government’s demonstrates its abuse of power through its corruptive nature. Neil Burger introduces Tris Prior, a teenager living under the factional system in the city of Chicago; she starts a small secretive rebellion against the immoral actions of the governments and its dominance over each faction and its citizens. Both Katniss

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“One choice decides your friends. One choice defines your beliefs. One choice determines your loyalties-forever. One choice transforms you,” (Roth, back cover) What do you choose? Well, for Beatrice, the main character in Divergent, it is not an easy choice. Set in a futuristic Chicago, Beatrice is faced with an internal conflict; what faction should she choose? She and her brother, Caleb have a hard time deciding, but Beatrice chooses Dauntless despite what her father wants her to choose. In Dauntless she starts the initiation process that is full of physical and mental training that includes fights and simulations. Along the way she finds and loses friends and enemies. Divergent by Veronica Roth is a thrilling book due to the intense conflict/

In Veronica Roth’s, Divergent, there are five different factions. Our own society can be compared to the society in Divergent. Each faction believes in something different, Abnegation believe in selflessness, Dauntless believe in being brave, Candor believe in honesty, Amity believe in peace, and the Erudite believe in Intelligence. Each faction represents something different in their society, this is why the people are divided into factions. This can be compared in many ways to our modern society, for example everyone believes in different things.

Being able to join Abnegation, Erudite, and Dauntless Beatrice Prior is Divergent. This has to be kept a secret from everyone, for the Erudite hunts the so called Divergent because they can manipulate the systems simulations. This could end Beatrice’s life so she has to choose her faction. Dauntless or Abnegation? This is her first challenge in the book Divergent.

Published April 25th, 2011, Divergent follows its protagonist Beatrice “Tris” Prior and her life in a post-apocalyptic Chicago. In this society, people are divided up into factions: Abnegation, Dauntless, Erudite, Amity, and Candor. Each faction

Beatrice explains how she is not afraid of the dangerous activities she participates in she only does this to seek others approval and robbery accepted in a group. Growing up in the weak faction, Abnegation she would be picked on never felt she had strong support group so she seeks approval from others so she felt the need to do risky things she was not truly afraid of. While speaking with Four for a long-time Beatrice thinks about how she finally feels as she belongs somewhere when she said “I have associated his smell with safety, so as long as I focus on it, I feel safe now” (467). In this scene, Beatrice explains that she finally belongs a part of something and is not left out or picked.

Veronica Roth uses a combination of dystopian societies and teenage protagonists in her writing to mirror today's society. Her Divergent series and Carve the Mark series both follow the same idea. It is through the eyes of the young female protagonist who teams up with her friends to take down an authoritarianism government. In Divergent the dystopian world is defined by a faction system--a system in which everyone is split into separate groups based on personality. Members of one of the factions decide they are more fit to lead the city and start a revolution, which in turn gives the main character motive to fight for her freedom.

If you enjoy reading romance, suspense, and dangerously AMAZING books, than “Divergent”, by Veronica Roth, is definitely the book for you. “Divergent” is full of surprises, suspense, and some romantic scenes. Chiles will run through your spine when you read this book. Will what happened to Tris, happen to you?

Divergent is a science fiction action film, directed by Neil Burger. The film narratives follow the protagonist Beatrice Prior as she was born after the war when there was only one alive city on the earth, which is Chicago. The leaders of the city have divided the people into five factions, Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless, and Erudite. However, the remaining population is the Factionless, who has no status in the society. Beatrice was trying to find out which group does she belong to. Basically, she was trying to find her actual identity, despite the fact that she came from an abnegation family.

Divergent by Veronica Roth is a book about choosing who you are. It deals with many different themes and messages throughout it that author is trying to convey the readers. The novel tells the story from the perspective of a sixteen-year-old girl protagonist Beatrice Prior (Tris). When the city residents turn sixteen, an elaborate ritual takes place where each resident must choose or select one of the five different factions to which they will devote the rest of their lives and which will define their