Divergent by Veronica Roth is an amazingly written book, that no words can explain the goodness of this book/series. Divergent traps you inside and doesn't let go until you finish the whole series in less than a week. I did however, experienced some emotional feeling but that's what made the book sooo good. I don't think I've read something soo good like this, not even the Hunger Games(in my opinion.)
Tris,is a sixteen year old girl.In her future world, society is divided into 5 factions to keep the peace. At age of 16, aptitude test is required to determine which faction you fit in.
The factions are:
Abnegation- the selfless, they give and care. Also help the factionless (the ones who don't fit in a faction) their in charge of the city.
Candor- the honest, they like orders
Erudite- the smart, without them, their world would not exist, their scientist, doctors,etc...
Amity- the peaceful, their happy all the time
Dauntless- the brave, or the crazy ones, they protect the city
In Tris aptitude test, she gets 3 instead of 1. These results are rare but they call it Divergent. She gets abnegation, erudite, and dauntless. Its dangerous and she can die any time, people are scared of divergent because they cannot be controlled. At Tris choosing ceremony she picks dauntless. She admires them,"they are free", and that's what she wants to be,free. At dauntless headquarters, she meets four/Tobias. They get in love and she learns that picking dauntless could have been a mistake. They can find out about her, it's difficult to hide, specially in their fear landscape( facing their fears.)
Tris is mentally brave and physically. She's small, but she's brave. In the book,Roth wants the reader to understand that being small doesn't matter. She wants the reader to learn that everyone is brave, facing your fears makes you brave, not just physical but mentally. Bravery isn't winning a fight, but facing it. For example, when Peter and Tris had to fight each other in training. Peter knocked her off but, she didn't care.Then Eric cut her off and she was factionless, but she didn't accept it, she was going to be dauntless not matter what, and Eric seemed surprised. Another example, was when Al couldn't trow knifes, so Eric told him to stand in front of the target and, four will throw knifes at him. However, Tris said it was stupid and anybody could stand in front of the target and that wouldn't prove anything. Therefore, Tris was the one who stood in front of the target. This showed bravery and selflessness too.
This book is amazing and it's difficult to explain, because it has so many important parts and that's what makes the book so good, the way it's written. I feel as if Divergent series are the best books EVER. I enjoyed this book so much and after reading it I couldn't stop thinking of it.
The factions are:
Abnegation- the selfless, they give and care. Also help the factionless (the ones who don't fit in a faction) their in charge of the city.
Candor- the honest, they like orders
Erudite- the smart, without them, their world would not exist, their scientist, doctors,etc...
Amity- the peaceful, their happy all the time
Dauntless- the brave, or the crazy ones, they protect the city
In Tris aptitude test, she gets 3 instead of 1. These results are rare but they call it Divergent. She gets abnegation, erudite, and dauntless. Its dangerous and she can die any time, people are scared of divergent because they cannot be controlled. At Tris choosing ceremony she picks dauntless. She admires them,"they are free", and that's what she wants to be,free. At dauntless headquarters, she meets four/Tobias. They get in love and she learns that picking dauntless could have been a mistake. They can find out about her, it's difficult to hide, specially in their fear landscape( facing their fears.)
Tris is mentally brave and physically. She's small, but she's brave. In the book,Roth wants the reader to understand that being small doesn't matter. She wants the reader to learn that everyone is brave, facing your fears makes you brave, not just physical but mentally. Bravery isn't winning a fight, but facing it. For example, when Peter and Tris had to fight each other in training. Peter knocked her off but, she didn't care.Then Eric cut her off and she was factionless, but she didn't accept it, she was going to be dauntless not matter what, and Eric seemed surprised. Another example, was when Al couldn't trow knifes, so Eric told him to stand in front of the target and, four will throw knifes at him. However, Tris said it was stupid and anybody could stand in front of the target and that wouldn't prove anything. Therefore, Tris was the one who stood in front of the target. This showed bravery and selflessness too.
This book is amazing and it's difficult to explain, because it has so many important parts and that's what makes the book so good, the way it's written. I feel as if Divergent series are the best books EVER. I enjoyed this book so much and after reading it I couldn't stop thinking of it.
Hey Keren,
ReplyDeleteI love how passionate you are about this book! It really shows that other people should read it too. The way you summarized the book was incredible knowing that with many conflicts throughout the story line that would be hard to do. I also agree with you that Tris is a brave person and her actions show readers that even being small it doesn't restrict your capabilities. The one question I have is why do you think Tris left Abnergation? I know she wanted to be free, but what was she restricted from in her old faction?
Thanks Tafura, Tris left abnegation because she wasn't selfless enough. If you remember Tobias and Tris first kissing part, she said that she didn't feel that she wasn't selfless and she also wanted to be free.
DeleteKeren, one of the main reasons why I enjoyed reading the blog post was because of how much you enjoyed the book. I think that when reading someones blog post, when they like the book so much more, it is way more interesting. It also encouraged me to read this book because i havent yet!
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