Divergent Chapter Summaries

5. In HANESS, the men age 18 and over had an average height of 69 inches and an SD of 3 inches. The histograms is show below, with a normal curve. The percentage of men with heights between 66 inches and 72 inches is exactly equal to the area between (a) and (b) under (c). This percentage is approximately equal to the area between (d) and (e) under the (f). Fill in the blanks.

In Matt Taibbi’s book The Divide, the criminal justice system is revealed to have become a form of social control over the poor. Taibbi refers to this divide between rich and poor as “two systems in a vacuum,” where there are two separate systems depending on whether you’re rich or poor that people seem to accept. When looking at both systems in comparison, however, the system makes no sense. An example Taibbi uses throughout his book is the legal process of petty crimes, such as drug dealing or just sleeping on a park bench overnight, where, due to minimum sentencing laws, people have had to serve a minimum 20-year prison sentences. These are people that are poor and desperate enough to sleep on a cold park bench, but instead of giving them

From the waves of the Gulf of Mexico to the plains of Indiana, from a barn in the Ozarks to the White House, this is a sweeping depiction of the effect of a major catastrophic change on the USA.

“I Take Your Point” is a great way to remember what this chapter is saying. Students give different interpretations of ideas during a classroom discussion. In this chapter, the main point is to teach us how to respect others after they make their points and how to properly respond in a discussion to make a cohesive discussion. You don’t want to be completely off topic or respond incorrectly to someone in the discussion. It is also important to understand how to properly change the topic in a discussion.

Mr. Gawande starts his literature on washing hands. He introduces two friends a microbiologist and an infectious disease specialist. Both work hard and diligently against the spread of diseases just like Semmelweis who is mentioned in the chapter. Something I learned, that not many realize, is that each year two million people acquire an infection while they are in the hospital. Mainly because the clinicians only wash their hands one-third to one-half as many times as they should. Semmelweis, mentioned earlier, concluded in 1847 that doctors themselves were to blame for childbed fever, which was the leading cause of

In the first few pages of Chapter Three, Kingsolver talks about heirloom vegetables and says “these titles stand for real stories.” What is meant by the title is heirloom plants give off seeds that end up being saved and used for many generations (112). Those seeds have history behind them; family stories that span over several years. For example, on page 144 Kingsolver talked about this heirloom seed exchange in Iowa where one of the founders’ grandfather left a pink tomato plant that his parents brought from Bavaria in the 1870s. The seeds are comparable to a family heirloom. Both get handed down from generation to generation and have a story of what the meaning of the object is and how it all got started.

The book “Unbroken” was a seemingly impossible tale of triumph and survival of an Olympic runner and WWII veteran named Louis Zamperini. He constantly had to overcome adversity in his early years, for he was an immigrant from Italy and a trouble maker before his brother Pete steered him into running track. This immediately turned him around as he did well enough to in running to break all sorts if local records, which were accomplished while his competitors were trying to sabotage his runs. This qualified him for the 1936 Olympic in Berlin, where he met Hitler. He still had running aspirations but felt he had no choice other than fighting in the world due to the fact that the 1940 Olympics were

In chapter eight of Unbroken, the narrator follows the description of Super Man’s bombing of Wake by describing the dangers of war, specifically in the American Air Corps. After describing multiple instances of Louie’s friends who have died in combat and the very real risks that are associated with flying in combat, the narrator follows with this quote, emphasizing how unlikely rescue at sea was. Although “the military was dedicated to finding crash and ditching survivors” (90), “the improbability of rescue, coupled with the soaring rate of accidental crashes, created a terrible equation” (91). This quote, and much of this chapter, is a foreshadowing of the events that occur with Phil, Louie, and the rest of the crew of the Green Hornet. By

Chapter one starts with Robert E. Lee walking out of his tent in the morning, not feeling so well. He strolls around the camp, noticing that Stuart had not returned during the night. Despite this, he is confident that he will be back by sunset. Lee continues in his daily duties, talking to his aids, discussing various issues, and speaking with the townspeople. Lee then meets with Longstreet, telling him that he does not want him on the front lines of battle. Longstreet then declares that he believes that the Union army is iin Gettysburg, and suggests that Lee move the confederates in between Washington D.C. and Gettysburg, preventing the Union from being able to contact the capital. Lee is sick of hearing Longstreet’s defensive tactics, and

This nonfiction novel takes place in Albany New York in 1969. You'll find as you go deeper and deeper into this book, that you’re going to experience the amazing wonders of what Charlie and Andy hold. First, Andy and Vicky are subjects of a top secret government experiment designed to produce extraordinary psychic powers. They got married and had a girl named Charlie and they soon figured out that she had pyrokinesis powers. At first, Charlie couldn’t control her powers. She hated them, and knew that they were very dangerous. As time goes on, Andy begins to use his psychic powers more and more as the government continues the attempt to kidnap Charlie. Andy and Charlie increasingly find themselves on the run and try to stay one step ahead of

During WWll THe efforts to make both Japanese-American internees and American POWs in Japan invisible is that they tried to take away the only thing they had left, dignity. They suffered many losses, such as loss of family and homes. The people that suffered the most were Japanese Americans and POW’s because they were stripped of their dignity. Dignity is self worth and self respect, without dignity you become invisible. Two things that leads to invisibility are dehumanization and isolation.

The main character in the book Divergent is a girl named Beatrice. Beatrice is developed throughout the book by having to do things that push her out of her comfort zone. Beatrice was born in the faction of Abnegation, where everything is simple and alike. Abnegation values selflessness, but Beatrice doesn’t feel like she is selfless. She decides to change to the faction of Dauntless, who values courage. Beatrice has to do things like jump off trains, and fight people to show she is courageous. She decides to start going byTris, because Beatrice won’t fit in with the dauntless. When Beatrice makes the decision to be a dauntless she says “My fathers eyes burn into mine with a look of accusation’. This is because it was selfish of

The author said in an interview, “She’s someone I admire in certain ways because of her willingness to take bold action when it feels like the right decision“ (Andriakos). Her quote proves that she wrote Beatrice as somebody who doesn’t need to think in order to do something right. Because of her anxiety, Roth always felt pressured to do things perfectly. In Divergent, Beatrice doesn’t have a perfect life. She is “damaged”, as people in the story would call her, since she didn’t fit into just one faction.

The 2011 book, 'Divergent' by Veronica Roth is a book about the power of bravery and selflessness in a world similar to ours, but not quite. The protagonist16 year old Beatrice or Tris Prior lives in a time where everyone is divided into five factions, or if they don’t fit in they become factionless, similar to homeless misfits in our current world. The factions were created after the last civil war, and in an attempt to stop more fighting, the factions were created. Those who blamed lying for violence created Candor, those who thought it was unpeacefulness made Amity, those who believed it was selfishness created Abnegation, those who were convinced it was unintelligence created Erudite and those who blamed cowardice made Dauntless. Tris is

In the novel, Divergent, Beatrice follows her faction almost mindlessly cause that’s all she knows. She notices and eventually understands she’s different. When she realizes this she knows everyone's else follows the set patterns of their own factions as mindless as she had.