Divergent Emotional Manipulation Quotes

Emotional Manipulation in Divergent Emotional manipulation is a tool that everyone uses whether they acknowledge it or not. It can be a well timed sigh, a seemingly innocent comment, or a slightly exaggerated reaction. Emotional manipulation is any act done for the reason of indirectly making someone want to help them or otherwise provide attention. Examples of this manipulation is seen in Divergent, the novel by Veronica Roth. Tris experiences the fourth sign of emotional manipulation from one of her first friends, Christina. The fourth sign of emotional manipulation is when “They have the ability to make you feel guilty” (Lenda) for anything. An emotionally manipulative person would be able to make you feel bad for a variety of things,

Paul Lenda described the first sign of emotional manipulation as “You make a statement that is turned around to be used against you in a negative way”(Lenda). An emotionally manipulative person will be able to use you against yourself. An example of this would be if you buy a lot of food and they immediately say that they thought you were on a diet and offer to eat some of your food, or they straight up take your food. Within the plot of Divergent, the faction of Erudite releases numerous articles about the Abnegation faction, most of which were not true. Erudite used Abnegation’s values to validate their accusations against them. During one specific instance, an Erudite visitor accuses Abnegation of “hoarding goods to distribute to [their] own faction while [Erudite] doesn’t get fresh food for a month” (184). This instance shows how Erudite’s reputation as the smartest faction is giving them influence over the population’s views. However, it wasn’t just their influence that swayed the public so easily, they also provided ample evidence by reasoning that Abnegation’s values were completely too ambitious and impossible to accomplish. This distribution of fake information is not only seen in the Divergent world, this type of propaganda can be observed today. An extreme case of fake propaganda could be seen in the country of North Korea. The North Korean people live in a world