The Outsiders Compare And Contrast

Divergent vs. The Outsiders

Compare and Contrast Essay

This compare and contrast essay is about two different books: The Outsiders and Divergent. The first one is Divergent, a dystopian book about a girl named Beatrice who lives in a world where all people are separated into five factions based on their personalities. The Outsiders is a realistic fiction book about a gang in Tulsa, Oklahoma whose members consist of Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Dally, Two-Bit, Steve, and Jonny. The two books Divergent and The Outsiders share similarities and differences.

For instance, these are a couple of details about Divergent. The protagonist is a girl named Beatrice from Abnegation who is 16 and also is Divergent. This world is split into five factions. Some factions are Amity, who believes in kindness, Dauntless, who believes in bravery, Erudite, who believes in knowledge, Abnegation, who believe in selflessness, and Candor, who believe in honesty. In this world Divergent is considered dangerous. The leaders of the factions try to kill all Divergents. In Divergent It is

Another difference is that the authors have different Protagonists and antagonist groups in Divergent the main antagonist and protagonist are a single person, who are Tris and Jeanine, and in The Outsiders, the main protagonists and antagonists are groups of people which are the greasers and the Socs. Another difference is that Tris is a girl and Ponyboy is a boy. Also, Tris is sixteen years old and is leaving the teen stages of her life while Ponyboy is only starting his teen years at 13 years old. Finally, In The Outsiders, they show the antagonist's side of the story more than Divergent does. An example of this would be that in The Outsiders they say that “everybody is going through something even the Socs.” in Divergent, they only show Jeanine as a bad