Why is divergent a good book

Usually a person has an aptitude for one faction, but a few special Divergents have aptitudes for multiple factions. With the help of a few unlikely allies, she reveals hidden Erudite footage about the origin and mission of the city: to produce a primarily divergent population which can help the outside world. The final book, Allegiant , reveals Tris, Four, and others leaving Chicago and entering the outside world.

The series concludes with Tris sacrificing her life to wipe the memory of the scientists at the Bureau so that the genetically damaged will be regarded as equal human beings thenceforth.

Its popularity is easily understood. But beneath the swift-moving story line there are a host of issues which parents may find concerning. Hunger Games took a lot of bad press for violence, but honestly I found Divergent much more consistently violent.

There is an inordinate amount of hazing in the first book, both instructor on student and student to student. There are massacres, and there are executions which involve shooting the wrongdoer in the head. There is a scene where a group of students attempt to sexually molest and then murder Tris. Even more alarming to me is the amount of violence Tris herself commits willingly. At least in Hunger Games Katniss mostly committed violence under duress. She scorns her classmate who refuses to beat others senseless to improve his rankings.

Tris also repeatedly has to shoot her family in the head to escape her fear landscape, a visual I had a hard time shaking. Divergent is simply awful when it comes to setting an example of a chaste relationship to teens. The protagonists, Tris and Four, are forever ending up making out in bed together, sometimes scantily clothed.

There are no explicit sex scenes, but a lot of talk about wanting to have sex, descriptions of taking off clothes, hands under clothes, and sleeping together. There is also a disturbing theme about using each other and kissing or sex to forget problems temporarily and avoid addressing relationship issues.

Having tattoos is apparently an integral part of the Dauntless identity, which is obviously lauded since Tris and Four choose it. Parents should realize that in Divergent, tattoos are normalized as a legitimate way of immortalizing a memory. Tris gets several to mark important events and persons in her life. There is also an interesting motif about enjoying the pain involved in getting a tattoo. I relished every second of it. The drugs in Divergent are a series of serums which achieve different results: memory erasing serums, peace serums, death serums, fear-inducing serums, and so on.

The way these drugs are used is mostly by injection, and some characters use them in ways alarmingly similar to real life drug use. The Amity inject a peace inducing serum to send troublemakers into hippy happiness again. No civil war.

No raising tides. Then why is Lake Michigan an effing marsh? Not only that, but do you know how many cities there are on the edges of Lake Michigan? How are they not fighting Chicago over water if it's scarce? I mean, I've seen more world building in short stories, and the short story format isn't even set up for world building. Despite the little bit of information on the factions, the reader knows almost nothing about this society Roth has set up. None of it makes a lick of sense. If I sat down and mapped out how the different functions interacted and what held them together, there would be squat.

It's more entirely dysfunctional than a dystopia. And what makes a dystopia exactly? I believe this paragraph from John Joseph Adam's Introduction from his anthology of dystopian short stories, Brave New Worlds , sums it up the best: The roots of the word dystopia, dys- and -topia, are from the Ancient Greek for "bad" and "place," and so we use the term to describe and unfavorable society in which we live.

In a dystopian feature, society itself is typically the antagonist; it is society that is actively working against the protagonist's aims and desires. This oppression frequently is enacted by a totalitarian of authoritarian government, resulting in the loss of civil liberties and untenable living conditions, caused by any number of circumstances, such as world overpopulation, law's controlling a person's sexual or reproductive freedom, and living under constant surveillance.

Now, I would love to put almost the entirety of Adam's tiny essay here, but there isn't enough room for it with this stinking word count limit. My point is, Divergence isn't a dystopia. How is that not a dystopia? It's bad! You see, because the Abnegation run the government, technically they can control the other factions, but they don't. They're inept. They actually have no way to enforce the rules that everyone follows.

They have no security force of their own, or punishments. This society could not exist because it could not function. And the brainwashing! Also, the Abnegation's viewpoint on the world doesn't give them the back bone to push against at least three factions of obnoxious individuals. They should have toppled from power generations ago, but since Roth never gives us an idea about how long her Chicago has been around, the reader doesn't know.

This society is not plausible. Get five friends together and each have them represent a faction. Then have Selfless tell Intelligence, Honesty, and Muscle what to do. Think about it. She is the daughter of an Abnegation government official. She is small for her size and built like a boy. She wishes she was more selfless like her family, but instead lies and wishes vengeance on just about everyone that hurts her. She is a giant hypocrite.

Take her fight with Molly after she's "pantsed" in the dorm. Tris keep's kicking her while she's down out of vengeance. That is just petty and mean. If she keeps wishing she's selfless, that would be a moment where she could demonstrate it. And Al after he apologizes for trying to hurt her, she doesn't forgive him. Tris is a horrible, horrible person. She isn't Divergent. She's Dauntless through and through. She is not selfless, honest, smart, or friendly. She's suspicious, spiteful, and dense.

If she was the least bit pretty, I'd get why Four was into her. But she isn't, so I don't. And that brings me straight to our hunky hero who is oh, so dreamy. He's a virgin, hot, wounded, and mysterious. He only has four fears. That is why he has a nickname reserved for science experiments. Isn't he the best! Four has about as much life as a Ken doll. Probably the genitals of one too. His real importance is that he's also a Divergent. Now I will talk about Divergents and the nuances of Dauntless now that I've brought up Tris and bitched about how this is not a dystopia.

I've already said that Dauntless were crazy people that do stupid stuff to seem brave. Roth tries to make the initiates go through a difficult training regimen, but they only beat on each other. There is no learning of throws, holds, or grabs. No learning of efficient ways to take down enemies without killing them or brutally beating them. Roth doesn't even know that most fights are won in the grapple.

It's like she did no research about how to train security based forces what so ever. It's even more apparent when she brings in guns. Yes, guns. To Roth, they are never rifles or pistols. They are never semi-auto or bolt action. She doesn't even know what a magazine is. Need an example? Seeing how many bullets she has left. Then takes a few out of her pocket and reloads.

And if I'm running around with a semi-auto pistol, I would try to carry loaded magazines with me instead of individual bullets if possible. Seriously, just the technical knowledge alone was torture to get through. I don't need to know how to field strip a P, but at least the basics is needed when you are writing about a militant faction. And the Divergent thing. Basically, they can't be brainwashed. Roth tries to justify it wish an explanation given by Tris' mom: "But our minds move in a dozen different directions.

We can't be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can't be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them. Do you? First off, they are Abnegation. Second, I don't think Roth has ever read , Brave New World , or Fahrenheit where a bulk of the population's way of thinking was quite successfully controlled through fear or bliss.

Sure, there were a few outliers, but in two of the three, they were dealt with through discreet means. And the sad thing, all three of those futures have come true in some sense or another.

We will never come anywhere close to the world depicted in Divergence. So, to sum it all up because I don't have enough words to keep going into the massive problems this book has, don't bother.

Or you could pick up the anthology I mentioned earlier since it has awesome dystopia shorts written by women like Shirley Jackson, Usula K. Le Guin, and Carrie Vaughn. Or read anything else really. And if anyone wants me to do Insurgent , I would have to get likes on this review. Even if I do, I can't guarantee this wouldn't happen after I read it. So it's been fun. I'm going to go bleach my brain now. The Dauntless are always trying to have these kids get rid of fears.

There is this saying that I think people should keep in mind, "Those without fear are missing a good friend. Fear is what stimulates the "fight or flight" response that sends adrenaline coursing through our veins. Bravery is controlling your fear, utilizing it, not getting rid of it.

It really bothered me that this book interpreted bravery as the absence of fear. Bravery, courage, is taking a step forward and facing the thing that makes you want to piss yourself and dive for cover. But fear should also be listened to.

If someone says you have to jump off a building to prove yourself, and you know you could die, true bravery would be to look them in the eye and tell them it's stupid and pointless. It's to stand up for yourself. Take the fact that Four turns down the position that Shower Curtain Eric takes over. That was cowardly. It would have been braver for him to take the position so he could protect the students from the corruption.

He could also try to dismantle the corrupt from the inside out. Yeah, it's more dangerous, but if this book is supposed to be about utilizing your fear for change, then that would have been a perfect little parallel sub-plot. It's a shame Roth isn't a more talented writer. Sure, there are critical reviews to consider, but these days consumers are more aware than ever of the dollars at stake behind book and film negotiations. Which means that there's a lot of pressure riding on any book to live up to its promise, particularly one that comes from a year-old author who has already landed a 3-book deal and signed away the movie rights.

After so many big dollar and wearisome 3. After so many big dollar and wearisome projects such as Halo or Matched , it's a pleasure to find that every once in awhile, there's a good reason behind the fanfare.

Divergent is the fast-paced, action-packed story of year-old Tris, who comes from one of the five factions in a dystopian Chicago. She must choose one of the factions--Candor honesty , Abnegation selflessness , Dauntless bravery , Amity peacefulness , or Erudite intelligence --to live in and serve for the remainder of her life.

Tris makes the decision to leave her old faction, Abenegation, in favor of Dauntless, and the majority of the book focuses on the dangerous trials that the new initiates must endure in order to find out whether they qualify to stay. Failure means living a factionless life--or death. The very concept of the novel, however, asks that readers accept a fairly rigid framework for the story. This idea that human beings would sublimate their natural instincts to live in a society where a single virtue is promoted is pretty farfetched; it reminds me of various Star Trek alien races known for a single prevailing characteristic, but at least they are also usually presented along with certain instincts and behaviors that made sense.

The division between the factions here doesn't really serve much of a purpose, and is simply explained away as people who chose a lifestyle based on differences in philosophy. Even within the factions, the doctrines don't really hold up under scrutiny--members of Dauntless, for example, are forever indulging in reckless, pointless exercises that are more about posturing than about testing their mettle. But the thing is, the book is really fun to read.

Most of the trials are pretty well thought-out, with scene after scene of nerve-wracking physical and mental tests. I liked the interplay between Tris' fellow initiates, who cautiously bond with each other but also have to look on each other as rivals, and I liked the mysterious and attractive Four, as well as the way her family members' characters eventually revealed themselves.

Tris herself I had a harder time connecting to, as she's physically very capable but mentally and emotionally it's more difficult to say whether she belongs on my "butt-kicking heroines" shelf. Some of her actions also ended up being more self-centered than I expected, mostly because I think the author was trying to show the change in Tris' morphing from Abegnation to Dauntless. But she and Four also make a huge tactical error at a crucial scene late in the book, which negates both Dauntless' philosophy and their training.

I'm also not sure that several of the deaths later in the book had the appropriate emotional impact, though there were several other scenes that made me yelp.

Let's just say that I gave my knife some pretty fishy looks at the dinner table last night. The eye! Many of my fellow readers have major issues with the world-building and the plot holes, and I can't say that I disagree with most of the criticisms I've seen. It's certainly not in the same category as The Hunger Games ; it's closer to light entertainers such as Blood Red Road or Legend , but I think we often do ourselves a disservice when we endlessly make those kinds of comparisons.

It's always important to read with a critical eye--and it's true that with more attention to detail, this book might have been even better--but I don't feel that getting hung up on criticism or comparisons should get in the way of enjoying a book when so many of the other elements do work well. For me, the positives of this adventure outweigh the negatives and in the end, Divergent is still loads of fun to read. I'm looking forward to seeing where the story goes next! This review also appears in The Midnight Garden.

Shelves: young-adult , ya-dystopic , arc , dystopic , read I am, without a doubt, hooked. I want more… NOW! Thank you Alexa! I have to say, I had an absolute blast reading this wild ride of an adventure, and I enjoyed every minute of it. The story takes place in an undermined future where the world is divided into factions, including Candor honest , Abnegation selflessness , Dauntless daring , Erudite knowledgeable , and Amity peaceful.

Tris, our main character, has reached the age of sixteen where she is tested and placed in a faction that complements her intuition and character. What comes next is a continuous reveal of hidden agendas and power plays. I loved to see how Tris evolved in the story. In the beginning, we get hints of her courage and intuition, and as she goes through her initiations her badassness explodes! She was awesome. Now I have to say, number Four took a while to grow on me, but eventually it happened.

I like his tactile nature… one moment while I wipe the steam off of my glasses… :P I will have to say the reveal surrounding his name was a little underwhelming view spoiler [as we learn his real name is Tobias and the reason they call him Four is because there are only four fear factors in his character hide spoiler ] but there was so much to this character that just took off after the second half and I found myself anticipating his scenes.

Loved Four! The final quarter of the book goes into high gear and the adrenaline rush is loaded with high octane power. This is one series that will find itself on my top shelf. View all 62 comments. Shelves: oh-yeah-baby , reads , action-packed , favs , surprised-me , young-adult , dystopian , original-and-creative , i-need-to-buy-this-book , i-really-enjoyed-it.

Breathe, Stephanie. It seems like every dystopian book that comes out now is being compared to The Hunger Games. Well, if there was ever a book that might come close to that comparison it would be Enclave and now Divergent.

Veronica Roth's debut novel Divergent is getting some major hype and you know what? I think it deserves it. It's no secret that I have a dystopian society book addiction right now, but Divergent is just what I love in a book. It had loads of Whoa. It had loads of action, strong heorine, slow building romance, extremely flawed society, ect.

I mean I could go on and on here. Now, I know what you are thinking, "B-b-b-but what about your status updates complaining about the world building?! When I first started reading Divergent I thought the world builing left much to be desired. And even still, the faction Dauntless just doesn't sit right with me which is why this is a 4 star review and not a 5 star review.

Don't worry, I'll address that later. But, even with these world flaws, I still really loved this book! Divergent thrusts you into a world where society is divided into five factions each representing a particular virtue. You have Candor the honest , Dauntless the brave , Amity the peaceful , Erudite the intelligent and Abnegation the selfless , which our heroine year-old Beatrice is from. In her world when you reach the age of 16 you must choose which faction you want to join.

Will you remain with your family in your current faction or risk it for the biscuit learning a whole new way of life? Thankfully, the government graciously provides an aptitude test to help determine which faction you would most likely belong in. But, you always have a choice or so they say to pick whichever pre-determined life you want you want regardless of the results. High fives all around for free will!

So, what does Beatrice choose? Well Dauntless, of course! This would be a rather boring book if it had been any other faction.

If I had to describe Dauntless I would say they are a cross between xtreme sports thrill seekers and a blood thirsty gang. Everytime I turned around the Dauntless were trying to hurl themselves off another building, moving object, or beat the crap out of each other for the sake of being called brave. None of that is brave. It is stupidity at it's best. This was a constant pet peeve of mine.

And the worst part is: beatrice just. Not only that, but she joined in the craziness! And that brings us to the big old negative of the book. There were a few big holes in the world building. Such as, how did the world get to where it is? What is beyond the walls of Beatrice's society? What's the point of having the factionless?

I need to know! It's bothering me! Now if you know anything about me, you will know I can not stand when an author builds a world and tells me, "This is how it is.

Just accpet it. Just no. Seriously, it makes my eye twitch. But, once you get past the sketchy world building the book is good. I think the second half was definately noticably better than the first half. The first half was a bit slow, but once the book got going it hooked me and never let me go. I stayed up until 2 am to finish it and that it epic for me. Like Power Rangers meeting the Ninja Turtles epic. The plot and characters and pretty solid to me. I did like Beatrice and her character development.

I also felt like the love intrest between her and view spoiler [Four hide spoiler ] was slow developing and not rushed.

It provided a nice build up. For a YA book to do that nowadays, you get bonus points. And I really loved the ending. It left me frazzeld and wanting more. And best of all there was no cliffhanger!

I'm growing to hate clifhangers in YA novels. You don't need to leave me hanging to keep me reading your series. So I really appreciated things being tied up nicely in this book even though I can tell things are not over. So, if you are digging dystopians right now, do yourself a favor and check out Divergent. It's definately one of the best out right now. More reviews and more at Cuddlebuggery Book Blog.

View all 54 comments. Aug 27, NReads rated it really liked it. One of my first reads. Enjoyed every second reading this. View all 4 comments. Jul 23, Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it Shelves: adventure , 21th-century , romance , apocalyptic , fiction , action , young-adult , dystopia , science , love. Divergent Divergent 1 , , Veronica Roth The novel is the first of the Divergent trilogy, a series of young adult dystopian novels set in the Divergent Universe. The novel Divergent features a post-apocalyptic version of Chicago and follows Beatrice "Tris" Prior as she explores her identity within a society that defines its citizens by their social and personality-related affiliation with five factions, which removes the threat of anyone exercising independent will and re-threatening the pop Divergent Divergent 1 , , Veronica Roth The novel is the first of the Divergent trilogy, a series of young adult dystopian novels set in the Divergent Universe.

The novel Divergent features a post-apocalyptic version of Chicago and follows Beatrice "Tris" Prior as she explores her identity within a society that defines its citizens by their social and personality-related affiliation with five factions, which removes the threat of anyone exercising independent will and re-threatening the population's safety.

Underlying the action and dystopian focused main plot is a romantic subplot between Tris and one of her instructors in the Dauntless faction, nicknamed Four. The novel has been compared to other young adult books such as The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner because of its similar themes and target audience.

View all 5 comments. Everything that rises must Diverge. Or that seems to be the philosophy of this book. Divergent poses that as a society progresses, it becomes more segregated, as opposed to more integrated. Does it smell like Hunger Games in here to you?

Imagine a culture where everyone is separated into groups based on their one key defining character trait. One of these f Everything that rises must Diverge. One of these five traits: Honesty. We all know that honesty is the best policy and that money is the root We want to know about those dystopian shenanigans! Haha, whoops, just got, um, confused there for a second. Because, yeah, who does that? Beatrice Prior is a member of Abnegation, the selfless, but she dreams of another life.

One where she can look at her own reflection without being scolded or dress in something other than a gray potato sack Fine, they don't actually wear potato sacks, but it sounds like they might as well have. So she chooses to join Dauntless, the fearless and brave, and her life, as well as her disappointed family's, is forever altered. Now known as Tris, she gets thrown into a world of speeding trains, speeding bullets, and unusual looking lead male characters.

You want to know about our Dauntless hottie? Here are a few snippets of description: The corners of his mouth turn down naturally. He has very long thin fingers, a scar on his chin, and eye sockets that are so deep they sound like a deformity when described by Tris, with eyes so dark blue they're almost black So basically, he looks like My Beatrisssssssssssss. Regardless of the less than stellar description of our love interest, named Four, I still managed to imagine him as a hottie toward the end.

Click to see how I really imagined him. However, I just wasn't all that interested in him, which seems to be a common occurrence for me lately. Color me blinded by Barrons , I guess. Nearly every love interest I have read since, just doesn't live up to my expectations.

Now, a love interest who would have been intriguing and a major shock: Peter. This douchebag was the Dauntless nemesis of both Four and Tris: however, he was way more interesting to me than Four. If he had turned out to be the other Divergent and had been just acting like a jerk the entire time, it could have been different for me. There was an instant where I thought, "Maybe? He was still just being a douche. I have to say that, although the world itself doesn't make much sense, since when does any oppressive society make SENSE?

At least to those of us who have common sense. Horrible and ridiculous things happen all the time and there have been many ages of oppression throughout history.

None of them make a hell of a lot of sense. The holocaust? Nope, I don't get it. But that doesn't mean it can't and won't happen. If you are one for analyzing the politics and economics of the world you are reading about, then this one may fall short for you.

If you are someone who can easily suspend your disbelief in favor of action and new experiences, then you just might love this. Well, I fall somewhere in between, but more toward loving it. For nay-sayers who claim that dystopian fiction is unrealistic because those kinds of societies would never work: I think that is the point these books are trying to make, isn't it? It doesn't work. That's why those types of government either self-destruct or are deconstructed by others, and those who initiate those governments either fall apart or are taken apart.

That's one reason that I think books like this are so important; they exist to remind us what humans are capable of: the good and the bad. Humans can kill and be killed , give life and have it taken from them, love or hate, help others or help destroy them.

Even though this book concentrates on just 5 important characteristics, there are so many more traits that are important. So, what character trait is your strongest? Are you brave? A good listener? What trait can you use to help transform others? Or the world? That's a question that can be found in between the lines of this book, and it's an important one. One that we should all ask ourselves. Divergent was one of those books that just consumed every corner of my mind while I was reading it.

As much as I love The Hunger Games, the subsequent deterioration of my interest in the sequels still weighs heavy on my mind. Here's to hoping that this is a series that only gets better with age. You can find this review along with bonus material on my blog: Strangemore. View all 52 comments. I am happy if the author wants to make the dystopian vision the narrative centerpiece and explore the subtle nuances of day to day life throughout the story e.

For me these dark, distorted mirrors of our present do not need to stand up to nit-picking dissection or rigorous extrapolative analysis. It just has to be sufficient to allow my sense of disbelief to see it, smell it and give it a once over before kicking its feet up and suspending itself for the rest of the story.

Houston…we have a problem…. It rolled its eyes, squinched its nose, got up and packed a suitcase and then went fishing…leaving me in the precarious position of trying to read the novel while banging my head against the wall trying to help the world-building maneuver in past my logic circuits. Twas a painful failure as this was not a believable dystopia. Here, the central world-building concept is….. It felt desperately silly and poorly thought-through. In essence, the author simply replaced one set of arbitrary and ridiculous divisions with another.

Therefore, by their very existence, these group are inherently laden with friction and must, by definition, clash with one another which guaranteeing the fomenting of further discord and the creation of an even shittier world. The logic escaped me and this was a major, major failure..

So, for a dystopia-lover like me, this was a steep hill to climb. Now, on the average to good side, the writing was fine. I would call it invisible which is just fine for a story like this and I felt the same way while reading stories like The Hunger Games. She was smart, confident, courageous and an ass-kicker extraordinaire. My kind of heroine. As Beatrice during the first half of the book, I was mostly under whelmed, but I fell hard for Tris once she entered the picture and she made me forget, by and large, my earlier misgivings.

Insecure scared and questioning yet decisive, brave and loyal. Plus a volcanic temper that was just terrific. She was well-drawn, well shaded and felt very, very real. The story itself ramped up and really gained momentum in the second half when the various pieces started to fall into place. As it is, I think the second half of the book was excellent and sets itself up very well for the next installment. Add to that a truly engaging, endearing character in Tris that the reader can fully connect with and I think this series has the potential to be very strong going forward.

View all 49 comments. May 04, Jessica Edwards rated it really liked it Shelves: fantasy , young-adult. I read this book before actually watching the film, and I'm going to be honest and say that I prefer the book. I've said before that I don't like to read a lot of Dystopian books, but I made an exception on this book because it was coming up a lot on my Goodreads Homepage, and I was surprised with how much I enjoyed it.

Sixteen year old Tris Prior lives in a futuristic world in which society is divided into factions. When each person enters adulthood, he or she must choose a faction and stay in I read this book before actually watching the film, and I'm going to be honest and say that I prefer the book.

When each person enters adulthood, he or she must choose a faction and stay in it for life. There is; Abnegation, which values selflessness. Amity, which value peace. Erudite which values knowledge. Candor which values honestly. Dauntless which values bravery. Beatrice Prior Tris is a member of Abnegation with her brother Caleb. Every boy and girl must take an aptitude test to decide which faction they are most suitable for.

The test starts with a confrontation with a vicious dog. Tris shows Abnegation, Erudite and Dauntless and because of this, it means she is something called Divergent. Tris is warned to never tell anyone about her results, because being a Divergent is incredibly dangerous. Tris is strng willed, brave and she's reluctant to show any kind of weakness which I freaking loved! The Dauntless instructor known as Four, becomes Tris' primary love interest.

He is known as Four because during his own Dauntless initation, it was revealed that he only has four years. Four was also born Abnegation, but he chose to Dauntless to escape the abuse of his father. At first, Four has an elusive, mysterious personality and he's quite mean to Tris, but he eventually allows himself to become close to Tris. Now I'm going back to reading Dark and Twisted books xD Shelves: I did not like this book. I started reading it at about 3pm in the afternoon and finished at about When I finished I sat there, stunned.

Some of the most thrilling sequences, however, happen within Tris's fear landscape, in which she is faced with her worst fears in a simulation, an example of how in the series, the satisfaction of the action scenes comes not from the victory alone but from conquering her fears. No love triangle I realize that for some, drama in the love department is one of the appeals of teen fiction.

However, I have to say that I was relieved that Tris was not indecisive in her romantic life. While there is romance in the novel, it gives the plot dimension instead of being a distraction from it, and the relationship that develops feels realistic.

It also doesn't hurt that Theo James portrays the character Four in the film. It seems that every popular young adult fiction series has some kind of way to categorize its fans, whether it be by houses or districts, and the Divergent trilogy is no exception. The citizens of the Divergent world are separated into five factions founded on certain values they even have fancy names : Abnegation selflessness , Amity kindness , Candor honesty , Erudite intelligence and Dauntless bravery. Needless to say there are plenty of online quizzes available to find out which faction you belong to.

However, before you think about getting a tattoo of your faction's symbol as is routine in the Dauntless faction , it's worth considering how well the faction system actually works. While assigning people specific roles in society may be beneficial in some ways, it can also be restrictive and divisive.

When presented with the faction system, Divergent 's readers are forced to ask themselves what value to they see most in themselves, or more pressingly, what they deem to be the most important.