Divergent

Cecilie Johansen 

Divergent

Divergent is the first of three novels by the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Veronica Roth. Divergent is a young adult book and is categorized with the genre science fiction/dystopia. As described by Publishers Weekly, “A memorable, unpredictable journey from which it is nearly impossible to turn away.”

The young adult novel Divergent, takes place in a future/dystopian Chicago. Here their society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue. Candor, who worship honesty. Abnegation, who value selflessness. Dauntless, who worship bravery. Amity, who believe in peacefulness. And last, but not least, Erudite, who value intelligence.

In this divided world, lives Beatrice Prior, at sixteen-year-old teenager who was born and raised in her faction, Abnegation. Though Beatrice knows that she is different from her parents and her perfect, selfless brother, Caleb, she knows that Abnegation is not the faction she belongs in.

When you turn sixteen, there comes a time where you get to decide for yourself, which faction you want to join. The only catch is, that you don’t get to make mistakes. Once the choice is made, you cannot change factions again. So, at this point in time, Beatrice has to choose between her family or following her heart. She, to everyone’s surprise, chooses Dauntless.

Here she must undergo a dangerous and highly competitive initiation. During this she renames herself Tris. In Dauntless, Tris must determine who are friends and who are enemies. She must also be aware of a potentially dangerous love interest, and how all this will affect her new lifestyle.

Although, during all this, Beatrice has been hiding a dangerous and potentially life threatening secret. That she is divergent. Being divergent means that you fit into more than one faction. Whilst keeping this secret, an intelligent dictator from Erudite, plans to brainwash many, and then take over Chicago. A dangerous enemy, that Tris and her friends are determined to stop