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The Fear Of Beatrice In Divergent By Veronica Roth

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The word fear is a major part of our lives. It doesn't matter if the person is fearless, there is always something to be afraid of. Divergent is a book by the author Veronica Roth. This book is set in the future, In a gloomy version of Chicago that has been divided into five factions: Abnegation, Candor, Amity, Dauntless, and Erudite. Erudite, for the clever, Amity, for the peaceful, Candor, for the honest, Abnegation, for the selfless and dauntless, for the brave. Beatrice (Tris) however was divergent, which meant she had all five factions. She was the definition of rare. (Ch1-3). This book focuses on the story of Beatrice (Tris) and her journey of attempting to prevent the outbreak of war. During this, she meets Jeanine Matthew and Four. Jeanine is a Dauntless who claims she has no fear, while four is an Abnegation who is selfless but has the fewest number of fears seen in recent years. A ruthless woman who is obsessed with finding all the …show more content…

when she got tested she was called a Divergent where she is Kind, selfless, brave and more. Her fears included being devoured by crows, drowning in a tank, being kidnapped in her Abnegation bedroom, killing her family, the ocean, rocks, and being burned at the stake. With those fears, her number one fear is people finding out she is divergent. She was scared she wouldn’t be considered normal. Beatrice/Tris on the faction day chose dauntless, she was welcomed by four of the commanding leader of dauntless. Over time Beatrice/Tris got over her fears because It is during Tris' Dauntless training that she is injected with hallucinogenic serums that made her experience her worst fears, but over time, Tris learns how to cope with her fears. Despite her fears of drowning, losing her family, etc. She accepts that they will always be there. And all she can do is try to free herself from

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