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Divergent By Veronica Roth Analysis

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“When I discover who I am I’ll be set free”-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man. This quote conveys that one has to accept who they truly are they will be set free. The book Divergent, by Veronica Roth helps convey the theme through the story of Tris a sixteen year old girl trying to find what part of society she fits into. Tris’s society is split into five reigning factions Erudite the intelligent, Candor the honest, Amity the kind, Abnegation the selfless, and Dauntless the brave. Everyone living in this dystopian version of Chicago only belong in one faction however, there are a rare few that may show traits from more than one faction. These people are called Divergent. The Divergent are not accepted in society so, instead of accepting who she is Tris must push down her identity to …show more content…

On the day Tris will finally become a full Dauntless member the initiates are allowed to eat whatever they wish. “I just grabbed whatever looked good to me at the time, and now that I take a closer look, I realize that I choose a plain chicken breast, a scoop of peas, and a piece of brown bread. Abnegation food.”(Roth, 379) Tris food choice shows that while she is Dauntless and is still Abnegation as well and she does not have to give up one to be the other. Another way the author shows the theme that finding a place in society without accepting oneself first may be difficult, using the symbolism of the character's names. In the beginning of the book Tris is pushed down in the hallways of her school, “Out of my way, Stiff,’he snaps.”(Roth, 6) The Abnegation are nick-named Stiffs by other factions because they do not go out of their way to have fun or ‘let loose’. Tris must live with the nickname throughout the book as both a label and an insult. “A new place, a new name. I can be remade here.”(Roth, 60). When Beatrice first arrives in the Dauntless compound she was offered the chance to change her

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