Beatrice's Internal Conflict In Divergent By Veronica Roth

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In the book Divergent by Veronica Roth the character Beatrice Prior has a internal conflict with herself because she does not know whether to stay with her home faction Abnegation or go to Dauntless. Thier society is broken up to factions ( Abnegation, Candor, Erudite, Amity and Dauntless)You were placed into a faction based on your personality.Beatrice was raised in Abnegation and she was taught to think of others before their self , they did everything in a gratuitously manner. Abnegation people never had a crass moment . Dauntless were the faction who valued braveness, fearlessness and toughness. At the age of 16 you get to choose your desired faction , the majority of people stay at their original faction. If you pick a new faction you will become estranged from your home faction, and you will not be able to go back to your original faction. …show more content…

She wants to stay with abnegation because she does not want to leave her family. “But choosing a different faction means I forsake my family.” ( pg.24 Roth) Switching to a different faction would really hurt her parents. “It will require a great act of selflessness to choose Abnegation,or a great act of courage to choose Dauntless, and maybe just choosing one over the other will prove that i belong. Tomorrow , those two qualities will struggle within me and only one can win.” Deciding to stay with abnegation or to go to dauntless was really ambiguous to