Red Faction Essays

  • Analysis Of Pokemon Go

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    These Teams help you categorize yourself in terms of what you are looking forward to in the game. Team Instinct is also known as the yellow faction is all about trusting your gut and your Pokemon 's innate talent. Team Mystic also refers as the blue faction which is known for their intimidating focuses on Pokemon evolution. Team Valor a.k.a the red faction wants to be the very best and believes in bonding with Pokemon to tap into their inner strengths. The teams are set up for motivational factors

  • Why Is It Possible To Survived In Divergent?

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    Divergent transpires in a futuristic Chicago where the society is divided into factions and isolated from the rest of the world. Beatrice Prior, who will later be known as Tris, is an intelligent sixteen-year-old who was ambivalent when she found out she was divergent and did not belong to one of the factions, rather she belonged to all five of them. Throughout the movie she displays strength, bravery, gratitude, love, and many more emotions. In this essay I argue that in the movie Divergent,

  • The Student Movement and German Terrorism

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    Introduction The post-Second World War period was a tumultuous time for Germany, as it entailed the division of the nation into two distinct governmental entities – West Germany and East Germany. As West Germany emerged as a bulwark against the Communist-led East Germany – backed by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), it effectively allowed itself to be modeled by the United States (US) as the promoter of democracy in Western Europe. The Marshall Plan, which enabled West Germany to resurrect

  • A critical analysis of the Counterculture Movement through film

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    In this essay I will be looking at the topic of the countercultural movement of the 1960’s through counterculture film. The 1960’s were an extremely interesting time in history not only in the United States but all over the western world, as we saw the rise of the counterculture generation. The counter was a group of movements focused on achieving personal and cultural liberation and was embraced in many different ways by the decade’s young people. I have chosen this topic as the 60’s stand out for

  • Critique of Divergent: A Movie by Neil Burger

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    categorized in to factions. The factions were amity, abnegation, dauntless, erudite, and candor. The main character was Beatrice, “Tris”; her family belonged to the faction of Amity. This group of people was very kind and peaceful. Beatrice and her brother Caleb were at the age that they had to choose their own faction after knowing who they were and to live in that society or stay were. Tris along with Caleb and all other children that were sixteen had to take a test to find out what faction that they

  • Black Power Influence in West Germany

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    Power movement also motivated Left Wing terrorists, such as Bommi Baum... ... middle of paper ... ...y too followed Frantz Fanon’s ideals on decolonization, and in doing so sought liberation themselves. Bibliography Klimke, Martin. “Black and Red Panthers.” In The Other Alliance: Student Protest in West Germany and the United States in the global sixties. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2010. Baumann, Michael, Helene Ellenbogen, and Wayne Parker. How it all began: the personal account

  • The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum

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    The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum Knowing about the writer of a literary text can shape significantly the way that it is read. Consider the effect of the writer’s context on your understanding of The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum. “As a writer of fiction Böll was interpreting history, creating patterns of meaning, ordering his material to enable his reader to make sense of it.” The experiences of Böll and his values that arose from these events have been influential on the content and themes of

  • An Extract from Divergent: Tris

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    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

  • Complexity And Conflict In The Divergent Series By Veronica Roth

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    Divergent series by Veronica Roth centralizes on a society with faction, separating every person by their personality. There are 5 factions, Erudite which is based on intelligence, Abnegation which values the need of others above the needs of oneself, Candor which value honesty, Factionless which are the people who don’t fit in anywhere, and there’s Dauntless, who are considered the strongest soldiers of all the factions. These factions represent the city of Chicago, since Chicago is the only state

  • Divergent

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    In a futuristic Chicago, society is divided into 5 factions. Abnegation the selfless, Dauntless the brave, Erudite the intelligent, Candor the honest, and Amity the peaceful. When all teenagers reach the age of 16, they must choose to either stay in their faction of birth, or transfer into another faction. Beatrice Prior must make the decision to stay with her family in a faction she feels she isn't right for, or to transfer into another faction, and leave her family behind. What follows is a highly

  • Divergent by Veronica Roth

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    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

  • Divergent is Cool

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    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

  • Divergent

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    If I were to be born into a specific faction, I believe I would most likely relate with the Dauntless group. This faction believes in its members being brave and showing random acts of bravery with everything they do. This includes standing up for other people and also standing up for what you believe in and what you know is right. The Dauntless manifesto states, “We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another… We believe in shouting for those

  • Divergent a Story That Takes Place in The Future

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    The story Divergent takes place in a future version of Chicago. In this futuristic city there are five distinct factions. Each faction has a different characteristic by which they follow. They all have a different opinion on which is best, but, the Dauntless believe bravery is the best, the Erudite think knowledge is the key to success, Abnegation is a bit out there and believes being pro-self-sacrifice is the way to go, the Amity loves friendship, and the Candor are the realists of this crazy place

  • Dystopian Book 'Divergent' By Veronica Roth

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    in Chicago. In Divergent there are 5 factions. Each human has to go through an aptitude test to see which faction they are most like. The main character Tris has many difficult choices to make in this book. One lesson the author teaches is choices can change your whole life. In the beginning of the book Tris has to make a very tough choice of which faction to go to. She has a very hard choice because her aptitude test results did not tell her just one faction she is most like. This choice can affect

  • Books versus Movies

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    left there factions due to a serious injury, that was not shown in the movie. There is no way for the character to prosper in the movies as it did in the books after Divergent. Throughout the book he plays as a part of the faction less, as implied, do not belong to a faction. This is because that they either as one of the main characters have, been sent out on an injury, or that they do not fit a faction. The character plays a huge part in the second book, as one of the leaders of the faction less, but

  • Divergent Theme Essay

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    course of the book that emphasize the book’s main theme of rite of passage. Tris, upon turning sixteen, is forced to choose whether she wants to remain in her faction (Abnegation) with her family, or choose to change to another faction where she will most likely never see her family again. Tris bravely decides to change to the Dauntless faction (which coincidentally, is known for their bravery), where she goes through an initiation process in order to become a full-fledged member of Dauntless. Over

  • Divergent

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    A book that provides entertainment as well as life lessons is hard to come by in this day in age. The kind of books that should be on the summer reading list must have a large population appeal and deep character development that makes you feel like you are in the story. Veronica Roth’s book Divergent, which provides you with all the factors that make up good literature, should stay on the summer reading list. This book offers all these and more throughout its twists and turns. Divergent should stay

  • Summary and Themes in Divergent by Veronica Roth

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    "Divergent". Everyone was separated into five independent factions: Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On a special day when one must choose a faction they want to stay in, Beatrice decided to leave her faction and live the life of a Dauntless even though she was a Abnegation (46-47). She was noticed by everyone as soon as she joined the dauntless faction, due to her being the first one to jump into a pit which

  • Essay On The Book Divergent

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    by from five factions which are Dauntless (brevity), Erudite (intelligence), Abnegation (selflessness), Amity (peacefulness) and Candor (honesty). In addition, there is a Divergent group and there are those who are factionless. After the test results are out, these teens must choose whether to remain in their previous family faction or join a new one. The serum also helps to recommend the faction they most fit in. Beatrice was born in a family that belongs to the Abnegation faction. When she becomes