Stereotypes In 'Divergent' By Veronica Roth

In the book Divergent by Veronica Roth the plot is set in the future of Chicago and the main character Beatrice is the main character and narrator of the Divergent series. Beatrice is a very strong selfless young girl who doesn’t want to come off as weak. There are 5 factions. When you reach the age of sixteen you must take an Aptitude test to choose what faction you're in for life. All throughout the book you discover different stereotypes, social classes, and facing your biggest fears. To start off, stereotypes are a part of our everyday life. We hear stereotypes every day and everywhere we go. Sometimes we can find ourselves in a situation where people make stereotypes for a large group of people. Every person no matter what is labelled

The choices that we make have a big effect on our outcomes in life. It doesn't matter if the decision is big or small will forever affect our future, even if we make the wrong choice we learn a lesson and know not to make the same mistake again. A good quotes for this topic is “We walk together to the kitchen. On these mornings when my brother makes breakfast, and my father’s hand skims my hair as he reads the newspaper, and my mother hums as she clears the table— it is on these mornings that I feel guiltiest for wanting to leave them” (Collins 136). Which explains that after Tris takes her aptitude test she has to determine what factions she is going to pick for life no matter what faction she was born into. Throughout the book Tris was constantly making choices to help her get where she wanted to be and to do what made her the happiest even if she didn't think that it was the right thing at the time.She did what she wanted to do and not based around what other people wanted her to do. Sometimes I feel people may forget that they have to make choice based on what they want and not what others want and decide what kind of life they wish they should live. The media and people let society tell us what they should and shouldn't do, but that isn't how it should be. Every single person has wishes and hopes that we all want to achieve. I feel many people based their choices around what

Fear is a feeling of danger, threat, or scary situations.Fear of heights, claustrophobia and water all occur mainly from traumatic events in our lives and we are scared of them for the rest of our lives. Fear is a chain reaction with the brain that prepares us to react to danger. If our brain senses a danger, our body then releases certain hormones and they mainly slow down or even shut off functions that we don’t need in order to survive. When we sense danger our heart race increases rapidly, and blood flows to our muscles so we can get away from the danger by running. The cells in our brain are constantly transferring information and responses, but there are five different section of the brain that play roles in developing fear. The first part is the thalamus, it decided where the sensory data is going to be sent to. The second is the sensory cortex, interprets the sensory data. The third part is the hippocampus, which stores and receives conscious memories. The fourth is the amygdala, where our emotions are stored, so when we are in fear it determines threat and stores fear memories. Lastly is the hypothalamus, determines fight or flight which is a response to perceive a harmful event. One way to overcome a fear is to be exposed over and over again, then eventually the fear will dwindle away. Which is exactly how the Dauntless face their fears. In order to get over them, they had to be