Divergent by Veronica Roth

  Divergent by Veronica Roth is a fiction book published on April 25, 2011.

And takes place in innovative Chicago, where society has been divided into five groups or factions. Dauntless: the fearless and undaunted, Erudite: the intelligent, Abnegation: the selfless, Amity: the friendly and peaceful, and Candor:  the impartial and honest. In this new society, you belong in the same faction as your parents until you turn sixteen, when you will take an aptitude test and then decide which faction you would belong in based on the results of your test and  when the main character takes her test she learns that she is different and not like the others, because she is divergent, and she fits in to all five factions, therefore her choice becomes even harder especially when she is told that she cannot tell anyone, not even her parents. Throughout the book Tris goes through many things to find her identity and learns that feelings change and every choice makes a difference.

            The story is intended for a young-adult audience and is told from a first person point of view from the eyes of Beatrice Prior who will eventually be known as “tris” and born into Abnegation along with her brother Caleb. When Tris takes her test she learns that she is different and not like the others, because she is divergent, and she fits in to all five factions, therefore her choice becomes even harder especially when she is told that she cannot tell anyone, not even her parents. Early into the book we learn that Tris decides to be a Dauntless and learns that she and the other initiates have to train and compete to get to the top of their class, this is where Tris makes friends and enemies and also meets “four” who becomes a major character in the book. Later on in the book, Tris figures out that the Erudite faction wants to overthrow the Abnegation government by brainwashing the dauntless and creating their own army but Tris is immune to the mind-control because she is dauntless and so she learns that there are many people like her and realizes that it’s up to her and everyone else who hasn’t been brainwashed to take over the Erudite.      

            This book made me realize how important our freedom is and how segregation has started to show up a lot more these days. I thought of this because the factions always had their thoughts about each other and didn’t really get along and if we didn’t have freedom we would probably be living in a highly controlled world much like the one from divergent and that wouldn’t be very good. This book reminds me of “Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins because it is about a society that is being highly controlled by the government and society has been split up into different factions.

            I REALLY LIKE THIS BOOK. Not only because the style of writing is amazing but because it has a little bit of everything, sci-fi, romance, action… and I really like how the author captured the thoughts and actions and emotions and views of Tris. I recommend this book for anyone who likes futuristic, sci-fi/action books.

           

Destiny Schneider
11/8/13
Rating: **** 4.5/5