Divergent, By Veronica Roth

In The Shallows by Nicholas Carr, he asserts that the evolution of information and communication technology (ICTs) is having a detrimental impact on our brains despite the many benefits and advances we have made with it. His main focus is on the internet which he commonly refers to as the “universal medium” (92). Carr presents a very detailed but biased argument in which he views the internet and other technologies as the adversary of critical thinking and progress. To Carr, we are sacrificing our ability to think logically because we are choosing a simpler way to gain knowledge.

Veronica Roth is mostly known for her books from The Divergent Series. All her books so far have been a success but the most controversial one so far is Allegiant. The issue with this book is that the plot has similar references to other topics and can be a very cliché story. Veronica Roth’s Allegiant details on how the protagonist ends up dying like other typical stories and how suspense is added to the story just to be disappointed.

Piggy manages to dodge the boulder but ends up falling off the cliff and cracking his head. Roger also tried to get rid of Ralph with Jack’s help by hunting and chasing him through the jungle.. However, Ralph made it to safely to the captain that was there to rescue the boys. In comparison, Divergent showed this similarity of characters being pushed too far too. Jeanine is the main antagonist in Divergent and is the leader of the Erudites because of her remarkable IQ score. Jeanine wants more power and starts rumors about the Abnegation to make people question their actions. However, this was not enough authority for her to rule everybody. She then creates a serum that allows her to control people into killing off every Abnegation member. In result, Tris ends up stopping her

Nicholas Carr covers an unprecedented amount of material in his novel, “The Shallows.” He delves into subjects ranging from the history of the book to the business of Google to the psychological concept of neuroplasticity. All of these topics support his main argument: the idea that the internet is destroying our brains. He takes the deterministic approach that we are the tools we use, meaning they shape our brains. According to Carr, the internet negates our memories, deems print books useless, and distracts us from reality. His counterargument comes from the instrumentalist approach; this viewpoint maintains that people stay the same no matter the tools they use. His arguments are both sound and flimsy, current and outdated, and he rants

In the divergent series written by Veronica Roth it tells a story of a young girl named Tris in this series Tris goes through a lot of events uncovering some of the mysteries a little at a time. The first book in the series is called divergent. In divergent Tris starts out as being an abnegation member. Abnegation is all about being selfless. Tris didn 't exactly like being abnegation but she didn’t mind it. In this book when you turn 18 you take certain test that go through mind control. In these tests they found out that Tris was divergent. Divergent in this book is an exactly excepted among the people.

Divergent by Veronica Roth is a story about Beatrice (Tris) Prior who lives in a world where she faces the challenge of being an outsider in a society that is

The novel, Divergent, by Veronica Roth, is the first-rate book of this century. This is an exciting book and allows you to have a closer of the society we live in the present. It is full of self-sacrifices for the main character, Tris’s, family and friends. However, it show us that society is a place where people betrayal one another in order to achieve happiness. Divergent also show what is truly an act of courage and not just a heroic action to attraction to him or herself. Sometimes, you have to make wise choices about whether you should act in the society or be loyal to your family. Ray Bradbury's book, Fahrenheit 451, the events in the book links to these themes, self-sacrifice, betrayal, courage, and choice in Divergent. These two

One book that is very similar to this book is Divergent by Veronica Roth. This book is a ‘sequel’ to the whole Divergent series technically. One part of the book that is similar is the fight scenes. In the beginning of the book, Four is training at Dauntless and he starts to train and learn how to fight. Which also happens in the book Divergent. Both characters, Tris and Four, aren't the best at fighting and have to learn. Four has to fight Eric. Four wins the fight against Eric and Eric is obviously mad and we learn in that in Divergent, Eric is still mad about the whole thing and switches up the rules for Tris and Peter’s fight. But Tris ends up losing and Four walks away from the fight because he can’t watch Tris get hurt.

First, let’s review the characters in the main story, of which there are few in the literary story

The most interesting character in this story is Tris Prior. Tris is the most interesting because of what she is, which is a divergent. Beatrice Prior changed her name to Tris in the book divergent when she transferred from her original faction, abnegation to her new one, dauntless. Tris first found out that she was a

In the book, Divergent, by Veronica Roth, the main character, Tris, a sixteen year old girl, lives in the faction called Abnegation. Tris had always felt that she wasn’t fit for her faction because of her personality. The people of Abnegation are selfless, but she’s more than selfless, she’s divergent. Tris does not only acquire one trait, but multiple traits in her personality and the government sees that as a threat to their system. Throughout the book, Tris slowly discovered more and more about this faction system and soon realizes that by her choosing Dauntless, the government will soon figure out what she is. With the help of Four, her mentor from the beginning, they both figure out what they have to do to try and convince the Dauntless and others that Tris is a standard initiate, which is where her journey began. In Divergent, Veronica Roth uses the character’s inner thinking to expand on the suspenseful journey the character experiences throughout the story.

Primarily, the characters in the book are foils for each other. One example is Lucie Manette and Madame Defarge. Lucie is a very gentle and loving woman. Everything that she does shows her kindness and virtue. Her tenderness and adoration for everyone empowers her to unite the family. For instance, when Lucie 's father was in a horrible state of depression, the only cure for his sadness was the sight of Lucie 's face and the touch of her skin. On the other

Addicting; exhilarating; thrilling; heartbreaking. These are just a few of the words used to describe the young-adult dystopian novel “Divergent” that hit the shelves in 2011, and the sliver screen on March 18th, 2014. For anyone who has seen the film, and read the book, the similarities, and differences, between the book and movie are apparent.

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

The final simulation shows a factionless person bleeding on the side of the road. The initiates must decide how they react. If they chose to stop the bleeding and get assistance, they will have passed the final stage of initiation, becoming official benevolent members.