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
Abnegation, Dauntless, Erudite, Candor, and Amity. The story of “Divergent” is told by first person since the narrator, Beatrice is explaining the story from her own perspective. Identity is the main theme throughout the book. In addition, a person doesn’t have to be labeled as one thing, they can have multiple traits. Finding out your relationship with people and figuring out where you fit in plays a big part to the theme of the story. Two of the major characters in the book are Beatrice Prior (Tris)
Beatrice Prior lives in a world where everyone has a specific role in society. At a certain age each person is given an aptitude test to see which fraction they belong to. Each fraction has specific set of traits that separates themselves from one another. The five fractions are Abnegation, the selfless; Candor, the honest; Amity, the peaceful; Erudite, the intelligent and Dauntless, the brave. Each person’s mindset and way of thinking determines which fraction they belong to. Beatrice’s tests results
affect the society. The movie, Divergent, revolves around a society with five different factions: Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless, and the Erudite. Members of ultramodern dystopian Chicago join any of the five groups based on their fondness but are, at first, given a proposition by an aptitude test. The group that controls the government, Abnegation, has brought up Beatrice Prior, the main character. Andrew, Prior’s father, is one of the ruling council heading
Candors are the honest, Abnegation is the selfless, Dauntless are the brave, Amity are the peaceful and Erudite are the intelligent. On a selected day all sixteen year olds must select the faction that they will be for the rest of their lives. The main character Beatrice has to choose whether she will stay with her family who are Abnegation or be herself. The choice that she makes is surprising to everyone and herself. As the story begins, Beatrice got her hair cut. Today was a very special day. She
The people of Amity are peace-seekers who will do anything to maintain tranquility throughout the city. The Dauntless members are brave and believe in conquering their fears. Beatrice Prior is born to an Abnegation family and she is always instructed to put other people’s needs before her own. She is only allowed to look in a mirror every few months when her mother cuts her hair and she wears the same dull, gray clothes as the rest of her faction. Beatrice admires how the Abnegation society works
place two hours after Beatrice Prior killed her best friend, stopped the simulation that was created by Erudite to manipulate Dauntless to attack abnegation, and started a whole series of action filled events that will change the city of Chicago forever. The setting begins to shift as our main characters look for refuge in each faction. Beatrice Prior, Tobias Eaton and friends find their selves in the Amity compound (a fairly peaceful faction) until Erudite and the dauntless traitors show up looking
Divergent is one out of a series of three books. It shines a light on Beatrice Prior’s life, and the decisions she makes throughout the story. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and ended up reading it twice. Divergent would be a great choice for someone who enjoys adventurous stories with many plot twists. The main characters are an important part of the story, as the book revolves around the decisions they make. Beatrice Prior, better known as Tris, is the main character of the story. Stuck
(a) a quester, (b) a place to go, (c) a stated reason to go there, (d) challenges and trials en route, and (d) a real reason to go there. In Veronica Roth’s Divergent, Beatrice “Tris” Prior’s post-apocalyptic homeland of Chicago, the society is broken up into five factions: Abnegation (the selfless), Erudite (the intelligent), Dauntless (the brave), Candor (the honest), and Amity (the peaceful). Every year on an arranged date, all sixteen year olds must choose the faction they will serve in for the
Two literary works that have similar archetypal meanings are Veronica Roth’s fictional story Divergent and George Lucas’s written film Star Wars. The plot of Divergent is based on a post-apocalyptic society and focuses on Tris (formally known as Beatrice) who explores her identity within a society that defines its citizens by their social and personality. Star Wars is an epic space opera. The Galactic Empire is nearing his achievement to ending the Death Star, a space station with the power to destroy