Divergent: Character Comparison

I am upset to say that I haven't really gotten to read my book as much as I would like to with all of the make up work and extra work that we are getting from snow days. As of right now, the Dauntless initiates just had there last fight before the ranks came up. Tris was over whelmed with joy when she beat Molly (one of her biggest enemies). She made it in the top ten, at number 6! She had made a huge improvement and just as they were getting comfortable, they heard of more people getting cut. They hurried down to see the list, and they were glad to find that they had moved up in rank. Now Tris is number 5!

I believe that Tris is very similar to Katniss (from The Hunger Games). They are not only similar in personality but in their situations too! They both have to make decisions that will effect the rest of their lives. For example, Katniss made the decision to trade her safety and potentially her life so that her sister didn't have to. Tris is having to hide her true personality, and choose a faction where she thinks that she will best fit in. If she doesn't succeed then it could possibly be the end of her life. Both women have strong parts in their film and book. They both show amazing courage in tough situations, such as when Katniss had to go to the games for the first time. When Tris first jumped off the train and even when she climbed all the way up the Ferris Wheel to help her team win capture the flag, and then proceeded to beat Molly in a fight!

As for a comparison to a real life person, the first person who came to mind is my grandma. She is one of the strongest women that I know! She is truly a role model. She is paraplegic (she is paralyzed from the waist down) and that doesn't stop her from doing anything. She is just like Katniss and Tris in that they all give a lot to others and don't ask for much in return! My grandma is amazing. She has been through so many things and has had to make a lot of hard decisions just like the two I mentioned above! Even though I do not get to spend that much time with her, she has always been there for me.

How my character has changed: Divergent

Right now, in my book, it is visitation day. Visitation day is a time where family can go visit the loved one(s) who had recently chosen a faction to live in. Once Tris had chosen to go to Dauntless and away from her family, I thought that none of her family was going to come visit. As Roth went on to explain Tris's parents emotions, it sounded as if her mother might come and visit. In fact, she did! She was the only person in Tris's family to come and see her. Tris and her mother had a lot of talking to do now that Tris was in Dauntless. Many unexpected things were said! My mind was blown! To find out what was talked about you will have to read the book! Shortly after her mom left, she went to go find Al who hadn't talked to his parents yet. Al told her that he was very embarrassed about his performance so far and didn't want his parents to know. Tris gave him a lot of support and comfort but Al started to take it the wrong way and almost kissed her! Now Tris isn't sure how she feels about him!

Tris is a dynamic character! It seems like some part is changing in her in every chapter. At the very beginning she was a very quiet and shy girl who didn't seem to fit into Abnegation like the rest of her family. Then the most frightening day came, the day of her test. When she finished her test, she was very anxious to see what faction she would be in. Test Results: Inconclusive. Divergent. As those words went through her mind, she became even more scared than before she took the test. Being Divergent was considered dangerous to a lot of the factions. So people who were divergent were considered factionless. Tris had a very important decision to make, which faction would she choose? She had to be fully committed to that faction because if anyone found out that she was divergent or had any suspicions, she would be in trouble. Tris ended up choosing Dauntless. Now she is a loud and very strong woman. She is more aggressive than before she stepped foot into Dauntless initiation. I mean she was the first initiate to jump off a high building! She completely lost her first fight and now she is taking people down in less than 3 minutes. She has become almost a completely different person from the first part of the book.

Divergent Thematic Prompts

I believe that the author wrote this novel because something like this could easily happen to us. When you look at a school, you can already see all of the different groups or factions. There are the populars, nerds, jocks, skaters, etc. Most people would just stay inside there "groups" but then there are the ones that don't really care about groups and like to hang out with everyone. Those people would be considered Divergent. In both our world and in the book people tend to call those people weird and/or sometimes feel threatened by them because they are "different". I think the author is telling us about reality in a way that people would find interesting, while realizing how similar our world is to this book. Another reason that the author wrote this novel could be that he wants us to realize how choices can effect us, sometimes good and sometimes bad. That also connects to real life because we make decisions all the time, even if we don't notice it.