Stereotypes In Divergent By Veronica Roth

As a Chinese girl, I grew up in a traditional environment. My teachers in China, my family, and my neighbors always stereotype me in many ways. When I was six, I did an interesting thing. I wrote “I like you” on a boy’s textbook during the break. My teacher talked to me about half an hour for this interesting thing. She told me “You are a girl, you should not tell a boy that you like him. Girls always should be shy, and demure.” And she thought I am too little to like a boy. People always think girls should be quiet, and doing girl’s things. For example, cooking, drawing, playing piano, playing with dolls, wearing dresses, and speak softly. Even though so many people stereotype me, I still believe that girls should not be told what we can do

“I walk straight to the tattoo place where I last saw Tori.” (p256) The first thing Tris thinks when she has problem is asking for help. In our society, women always ask for help when we have troubles, and women like to express their good feelings, or bad feelings to their friends or family. But boys are different. When boys have trouble they always solve them by themselves. They seldom ask for help. Because men think they are “men” and they should be the strongest and the smartest. This is the reflection of stereotypical gender roles. The rejections of stereotypical gender roles is “ I don’t go back to the dorms that night. Sleeping in the same room as the people who attacked me just to look brave would be stupid.” (p288) Tris did not care about what other people think about her. She can do whatever she wants to protect herself and her

Because of my parent. I care about them, so I do not want them worry me. They think girls are the disadvantaged groups in our society. I quit my late night part time job, and I go home before 10 every day. I do not feel pressure about this because I understand my parent. But I also reject stereotypical gender roles. Chinese people think in a relationship, boys should always pay everything for girls. My boyfriend thinks the same. We had a trip last year, and he bought all the tickets, booked all the hotels for our trip without discussing with me. He paid two of us for the trip. I think in a relationship boys and girls are equal. And girls should always pay for themselves. Love cannot be valued be money. Boys think I love a girl I should show people that I love her and I would like to spend money on her. Some Chinese girls also think boys should prove that he loves me by spending money on me. I think this is so wrong. When we came back from the trip, I told him I left my cost for the trip in his room until I