Divergent is the first book of the Divergent trilogy, a series of young-adult novels set in the Divergent Universe. This is a dystopian novel. A dystopia is a world or society (usually set in the future) where the government or some other select group has taken control and regulates how and where people will live. Freedom is eliminated as the government decides what is best for the people. In a post-apocalyptic Chicago, survivors were divided into five factions based on their dispositions: Abnegation, for the selfless; Amity, for the peaceful; Candor, for the honest; Dauntless, for the brave; and Erudite, for the intellectual. Each year, all sixteen-year-olds take an aptitude test that describes the faction for which they are best suited. After receiving the results, they can decide whether to remain with their family 's faction or transfer to a new faction. Those who do not complete initiation into their new faction become "Factionless" and are forced to live in poverty on the streets of the city. This story is from the point of view of sixteen year-old Beatrice …show more content…
5. In Veronica Roth’s Divergent, your faction (Amity - the kind, Abnegation - the selfless, Candor -the honest, Dauntless - the brave, and Erudite - the smart) essentially replaces your family, even though most people choose to stay in the faction in which they were born. For all, the mantra “Faction before blood” defines life, blurring the lines between family, community, and vocation. For initiates like Tris and Christina – those who choose a faction different from the one into which they were born – “faction before blood” has a clear meaning that helps them move through the initiation process: forget your old family and faction and dedicate your life to your new faction, which replaces your family and also provides you with a purpose in life. For initiates like Uriah and Marlene – those who remain in the faction in which they were born –what kind of meaning do you think they