She is put through a series of tests to dissolve her cowardice and make her fearless. When Tris chooses Dauntless, her adventure begins–just because she chooses Dauntless doesn’t mean they choose her. In Veronica Roth’s debute YA dystopian trilogy, Divergent, opens in a future post-apocalyptic/dystopian Chicago. The government has split society into five factions dividing citizens by personality traits. The traits are taken to the extreme in each faction and there is rivalry and tension between each of the different factions. Faced with this new information, Tris must choose her destiny….and she chooses bravery. She is a threat to the delicate balance of the five factions. Hoping the test will shed some light on her conundrum, the worst happens-her aptitude test is inconclusive.īeing Divergent is dangerous….if anyone find out, her life will be in imminent danger. On Choosing Day Beatrice (Tris) Prior must decide but first she undergoes an aptitude test to see which faction she will most likely gravitate toward….then she must choose to define her identity for the rest of her life based on that information.īorn into the Abnegation faction, she is supposed to be selfless and think only of others….but she feels like a square peg in Abnegation. Abnegation. Amity. Candor. Dauntless. Erudite.
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