A Breath of Fresh Air
If it is true that we are humans and we learn by making mistakes, then aren’t we all considered a little Divergent? Everyone wants more out of life than what was given to them at birth, similar to Beatrice “Tris” Prior in the novel Divergent by Veronica Roth. Tris, a protagonist and the narrator shows that she is human by making many mistakes but learning from each of these mistakes. Tris survives the extremities of Dauntless initiation and foils the Erudite scheme to destroy the Abnegation faction. She succeeds with Four coaching her, but her true strength and power lies within herself- a Divergent. We seem to be able to associate ourselves with Tris because she changes and grows while transforming into an independent person. Beatrice Prior’s journey throughout Divergent is one that every person can relate to as she
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Like any typical teenager, she makes a lot of “I” statements that makes her seem self-centered such as, “I still look like a little girl [Roth 2].” She is overshadowed by her brother’s, Caleb Prior, selflessness that often led to her thinking of only what she wanted. However, later we are able relate to Tris because we feel a kinship with her, especially when she decides to get her first tattoo: three ravens positioned from her collarbone to her heart, each one representing a member of her family she left behind. The raven tattoo also symbolizes her original fear of choosing a new faction and becoming her own person. Later, she decides to get the Abnegation seal tattooed on her right shoulder which shows her final acceptance of the Abnegation faction being a vital part of her life and who she is. At this point in the novel you can also see that Tris is not about herself. She accepts the role her family plays in her past, but instead of dwelling on that past; she embraces it and moves towards what her future
I predict that Tris will discover that Four is also a Divergent, and they will start a rebellion together at the end of this book and beginning of the next one. I think that Four is a Divergent because of how he knew quite quickly that Tris was a Divergent. He didn’t have to scrutinize her he discovered it with ease. If he is not Divergent, then he must have known someone who was. “ ‘What?’ I demand. ‘You’re Divergent,’ he replies. I stare at him, fear pulsing through me like
Are humans natural born sinners? Are we content with our self-indulging human nature? Flannery O’Connor shows us through her stories that the worst quality in a human is selfishness. Through grotesque characters, O’Connor demonstrates the common theme of selfish human nature to display the ability it has to ruin/drive people crazy and that people only look to religion when they are desperate.
Tris changes from being unsure and weak to a strong, brave, and determined in the book, Divergent. In the beginning of the story, Tris thinks she is not selfless enough to be in Abnegation. She is even more confused as her aptitude test determines she is divergent, a person who has more than one personality type who is suited for more than one faction. As she transfers to Dauntless, Tris realizes that she is at a disadvantage in Stage One, which involved physical activity. She is short and scrawny, and she doesn’t excel in an of the exercises alongside losing the fights. This threatens her chance of passing initiation. As a result of this sudden change, Tris misses her caring family. However, Tris doesn’t mourn and drown in self-pity. Instead,
She always wanted to be the center of attention, she was prejudiced and believed things should stay the same, and she was very selfish. While she thinks she’s above everyone else, she feels that the world revolves around her.
First of all, in order to have an interesting story you will have to have a tone of voice that contributes equally to the meaning of the story. According to Divergent, “I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.” This quotes supports the idea that Tris can in fact fit into all factions and therefore is divergent. Tris, faces with this conflict of being divergent since it is looked down upon. But, even though she faces this serious situation, she has a strong and powerful mindset throughout the journey.
On a final note, all of these ideas circle back to the title “Everything that Rises Must Converge.” No matter where we go in life or what we do, we will always have that moment of grace that brings us to realize who we are and that we all serve a purpose in life for a greater good.
Eric is the epitome of bravery, the very home which it lives. Though cold heartedly evil he displays more bravery than any other character in the book Divergent by Veronica Roth. Eric displays his courage in many different ways. Eric puts his life in danger every day by lying to the faction he leads, communicating with his leader, and through the acts he commits every day. Throughout the book you see Eric’s cunning and bravery displayed over and over again. He talks very tactfully and hides his true intentions well. You can see that Eric is through and through, Erudite. Even though he belongs to a different faction, he is a leader of Dauntless. It can be assumed that Four’s and Eric’s trainers were just as hard as Eric and Four themselves. The trainers must have been clever, clever enough to see that Eric was not what he said he was. Eric was a spy, the first pawn played in Jeanine’s elaborate scheme to take over all five factions. He never faltered once and continued on, knowing that if he was caught, his punishment would be far worse than death. Every day Eric lied to the faces of the Dauntless leaders even though he knew the consequences. He did it to save his true faction, Erudite.
To survive in society, one must fit in. There are many reasons that people always try to be like everyone else. Some are unsure and others are afraid of being different. Many people change themselves just to fit in. Although tattoos used to be a sign of rebellion, they are now common. In Tattoos were once a sign of rebellion – no...
Like in many dystopian novels, Divergent has divided different types of people into created class structures to try and perfect humanity and prevent war. These structures are called factions, and people born or switched into them are forced to live their lives and think as the faction demands it. These factions are separated by their character between selflessness, peacefulness, honesty, intelligence, and bravery. Human beings cannot be limited to a single characteristic and one way of thinking. The leaders make it out so the people feel as if they have a choice in what they do with their lives, but the truth is that they are only given the choice to choose between a few pre-determined lifestyles. If they fail initiation going into a new faction, they are forced to live outside of the society; factionless. This system is not a beneficial way to structure a society. The point of these factions is to lead to a better society and a better world, but war and rebellion are inevitable. Having people forced to live in different factions based on how they act and think, and limiting them only to that nature is not better, but ludicrous.
Everyone knows about the geeks, the freaks, the jocks, the preps, and every other Hollywood idolized clique. Each person in the group donates their own similar attributes, which in turn come together to make the group what it is. In “Divergent”, different classes of people are split into ‘factions’, or, in other words, extreme cliques. These like-minded people have their opinions on how the world was corrupted. The group names and their faction missions are as follows: the Erudite (intelligence), the Dauntless (bravery), the Abnegation (selflessness), Amity (peacekeepers), and the Candor (the honest), all of which uphold their beliefs by exerting the upmost radicality of their manifestos. Each faction then contributes their own ideological products to help all of society. These groupings work “toward a better society and a better world” (pg.44), however, in the end, they are brutally, and massively abraised with the strong will of one lunatic faction member. Others may say that splitting us into groups of peers that we agree with is a good idea, yet it will not take long until the enemy lies and infiltrates our systems, becoming too powerful for our faction to overcome. This is why we all have to mingle, using our talents together for the betterment of society.
...d to be and when I hesitated she laughed. I heard her say,’ ‘You frightened’... I called ‘Tia!’ and I jumped and woke’. (Pt3 Pg124) She again was easily ordered by Tia, parallel to earlier in the novel when she tried to do the somersault in the water to impress her. This suggests that all through her life, her desire to become like Tia was a driving force and she saw her in herself because that’s what she wanted to become.
...es that we are all unique in our own way and at some point will realize our potential and try to achieve more not that our genes made us act the way we do.
After finishing the book Insurgent, the reader is left with many significant morals to take away from the story. Some of the lessons shown are that you should always do what is right, people are stronger together, and you should overcome your fears. Firstly, when Tris is conflicted between following her boyfriend and completing the task her parents strived to accomplish, she knows she needs to follow her instincts. Although it is a difficult decision to make, she acknowledges, “He thinks I will be here, but I will be working against him, working with the father he despises. This lie – this lie is the worst I have ever told. I will never be able to take it back” (425). This quotation shows an example of how even though she feels terrible
I live in a society where you are asked to choose one behavior. Where I live there are 5 different factions that you have to choose from. There is the dauntless, amity, erudite, candor, and abnegation. I was raised an abnegation. My parents and older brother Caleb were meant to be abnegation, but not so much for me. Our life was so boring. We did not have entertainment or anything in that nature. We were expected to be selfless. I couldn’t handle it. It just wasn’t me. Thank goodness we didn’t have to stay in the faction we were born into. Our only way out was at the choosing ceremony. We would take an aptitude test to give us a recommendation on which faction would best suit us but ultimately, the choice was ours in the end.
I learned a lot of new information during this project. I learned that there are many protagonists that compare to the ones in the books we read. I chose to present on Antigone and Tris. Tris is the main character in a book series called Divergent. There are three books in this novel set. Antigone and Tris can be compared in many ways. Both of their societies are afraid of disobeying. This is shown throughout both novels that I presented on. Antigone’s society was afraid of Creon. They wanted to follow the God’s laws but Creon was threatening to kill them if they disobeyed. Tris’s society was afraid of divergent people, which was what Tris was. There are many other comparisons between the two characters. Another is that both of their families