Divergent by Veronica Roth

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The main character that was in my novel was a girl named Tris. When Tris picks her faction at the age of 16, she picks Dauntless. On page 47 it says, “I am selfish.” “I am brave.” Those words mean that she is very self-confident in herself. Tris grows in the Dauntless community with one of her new good old friends, Christina. On page 66, Christina shows a little of her spunky attitude by saying this, “Who’s that?” hisses Christina. I think that shows a lot of her spunk. The main conflict of this story is just to stay high in the rankings so you can at least survive. I mean, if this stories time was real, I would probably not be alive right now. That’s how tough it is to stay alive during this time. On page 253, it talks about how Tris is stuck in a tank filled with water! She tries to get out but then she ends up breaking the glass so she is free. That would scare me so bad just being in a glass tube I would be dead before the water started to rise. Page 257 “Demeanor changes-”Denotative ”- The way in which a person behaves; deportment. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/demeanor) connotative meaning- evil, wanting to always win Page 259 “Simulation- Denotative- To have or take on the appearance, form, or sound of; imitate (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/simulating) connotative meaning- making someone be something they aren’t. Page 252 “ Initiates” Denotative meaning- To introduce to a new field, interest, skill, or activity. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/initiates) connotative meaning- being an apprentice for someone else. Page 252 “Orb” Denotative meaning- A sphere or spherical object. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/orb) connotative meaning- some sort of light Page 127 “an... ... middle of paper ... ...so much detail into her stories that you get sucked into the story. Which doesn’t happen very often for me. Reading for the past 4 years has been a dread for me. I get so bored. But when books like this come out with the things happening in the perfect order that makes me want to start reading a lot again! The reason Veronica Roth made this story was because she wanted to persuade more people to read her books. For-instance, I have had so many people recommend Divergent to me and since I’ve read it now, I would actually recommend it to people. She wants all of the people that have read her books to persuade others to read them. Also, this book can be entertaining. Excitement all over the place at all times. There’s always something happening. That’s what I love about books like these. I believe she wrote these books to persuade and to entertain.

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