Summary Of Veronica Ross's Book 'Divergent'

Veronica Ross’s book “Divergent” is based on five different factions Abnegation, Candor,

Dauntless, Erudite, and Amity. Then there’s Divergent someone who’s all five. Divergent is

something a lot of people would want to be because you’ll be able to tell when you’re in a

simulation. The word Divergent means that you’re all smart, brave, kind, selfless, and honest. It

just means that it’s someone that can be all at once. They don’t just fit into one faction they fit

into all of them. Most Divergent are born in Abnegation.

It might be fearful to be divergent, because you don’t know what you really are. There

isn’t a lot of divergent so you might feel alone. Being Divergent means that a lot of people will

want to kill you because

“So

Tori was right. Divergent is a dangerous thing to be. I just don’t know why, or even what it really

means, still” (Roth 187) A lot of people that are Divergent don’t even know what it means.

“’Someone who can then manipulate the simulation or even shut it down. And also …” She leans

forward and looks into my eyes. “’Someone who, because you are also dauntless…tends to die.”’

(Roth 257)

Beatrice ends up accepting that she’s Divergent. In the beginning of the book Beatrice

didn’t want to be Divergent because she thought that being Divergent was a bad thing because no

one ever talked about Divergent people. She was worried that being Divergent wasn’t going to

get her anywhere in life. Throughout the book she was kind of accepting what she was, she was

understanding that it wasn’t as bad as she thought to be Divergent. Beatrice used to think that she

always belong to be Dauntless. “I pause by a window in the E Wing and wait for the Dauntless to

arrive. I do this every morning. At exactly 7:25, the Dauntless prove their bravery by

When

Beatrice talked to her mom about being Dauntless she got scared because her mom was telling

her to not tell anyone what she is not even her friends because it was dangerous. “’….Stay in the

middle of the pack, no matter what you do. Don’t draw attention to yourself. Do you

understand?”’(Roth 187)

Beatrice starts to notice that Four is Divergent too. Knowing that Four was

Divergent made it easier for Beatrice to accept what she was. Four also helped Beatrice

understand that it was okay to be different, and that it was okay to be Divergent. When Beatrice

was fighting after her mother died she realized that she could be both Brave and Kind. Beatrice

accepts that she is dauntless because she knows when the simulations are happening. Unlike the

Dauntless Beatrice was able to break the glass because she is Dauntless. “Simulation. This is a

simulation. My heart hammering in my chest, I press my palm to the glass behind me and slide it

to the left.” (Roth 391) Beatrice found it harder to hide that she was Divergent than Four did

because Four actually knew how to control it. At the end of the movie when Beatrice didn’t