Divergent
Summary:
In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society has
been divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a
particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless
(the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an
appointed day of every year; all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to
which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is
between staying with her family to help out or finding out what her purpose is
in this world —as she can’t have both. As she next in line she has made a
choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly
competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice (Tris) renames herself but scared
since it was the first time she has been away from home. Tris struggles
alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together
they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological
simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them
all, Tris must determine who her friends really are and where, exactly also if
sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. Tris also has a
secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it being
her death closer to her. As she discovers the truth of what the Divergent’s
want it to do to their society. She now has to find a way to unravel her
seemingly perfect society, but along the process she learns that her secret
might; help her save those she loves; or it might destroy her.
Author: Veronica Roth
Publish: New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books/an imprint of
HarperCollins Publishers, [2011] ©2011
Edition/ Format:
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Fiction : Secondary (senior high) school : English : First editionView
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Database: WorldCat
My impression of the book: I love this book is the most
trills story and it will keep you wanting to read more I couldn’t get enough so
I when to go buy the second part. This book is well structure and has a way to
make you feel like you’re part of the action it also gives you parts of the
story that you didn’t expect, I really enjoy this book and is like the Hunger
Games it keeps you on the edge of the story and is just well writing and the
detail it hold is just amazing mind blowing if you ask me.
Reviews:
By Odessa
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VOICE on April 3, 2011
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Divergent was definitely a new riveting tale that had me
rapidly flipping the pages in a reading frenzy! It starts off with the reader
getting to know the lifestyle of Beatrice, a sixteen year old girl, in a
dystopian or controlled world, where there are five factions of people:
Abnegation who put others before their own needs and where Beatrice is
currently from, the Dauntless who are brave and fearless, the Erudite who are
studious, the Amity who are peaceful, and the Candor who are honest. Before
Choosing Day, where each sixteen year old will decide which faction they wish
to devote their life to, is a simulated aptitude test that will tell Beatrice
which faction she would fit in most with...but for her life will never be
simple. Instead of having just one of these traits as is normal, Beatrice
possesses at least three, which makes her a dangerous person for reasons she
doesn't understand, and answers are not forthcoming as she has to keep this
information to herself or risk being killed.
From there Beatrice has to make her own mark in the world, and ultimately makes a decision that will change the rest of her life. No more does she portray the meek, silent girl with no spirit, but instead forces herself to rise up to the challenges she faces in both the initiation and in her life. For if she lets her guard down, she faces becoming factionless, without friends or family, but what she doesn't expect to find along her new path is what she yearned for all along. To understand who she really is.
Divergent is one novel that had me jumping out of my seat, biting my nails to the quick as I was drawn into Beatrice's world, cheering her on one minute, and wanting to cry with her the next. Read more ›
From there Beatrice has to make her own mark in the world, and ultimately makes a decision that will change the rest of her life. No more does she portray the meek, silent girl with no spirit, but instead forces herself to rise up to the challenges she faces in both the initiation and in her life. For if she lets her guard down, she faces becoming factionless, without friends or family, but what she doesn't expect to find along her new path is what she yearned for all along. To understand who she really is.
Divergent is one novel that had me jumping out of my seat, biting my nails to the quick as I was drawn into Beatrice's world, cheering her on one minute, and wanting to cry with her the next. Read more ›
By Alex
Falcone on October 9, 2013
If you liked Hunger Games but thought it needed more rules,
you're going to love Divergent!
The debut novel from Veronica Roth, Divergent imagines a future after a great war. The only way to restore peace is to divide humanity up into 5 Death Frats named after SAT words. People join them by having only one personality trait: brave people join Dauntless where they jump off trains and punch each other. Smart people join Erudite where they wear glasses. Amish people join Abnegation where they don't eat hamburgers. And the other two are both Hufflepuff.
In the EXTREMELY RARE situation where somebody has two personality traits ("I have glasses AND don't eat hamburgers!" -or- "I play baseball AND football") they are "divergent" (a Latin word meaning "too cool for school").
"But wait," you say. "How do they figure out which frat to join?" I'm glad you asked. Pledge week in Dystopian Chicago consists of a hallucination where you have to choose between a knife and cheese with no other instructions. Then a dog attacks you. If you choose the knife, you are Dauntless. If you choose the cheese, you're not. Isn't that cool? That's all it takes. You either want a knife or you want cheese, and that decision confines you to a single Death Frat for the rest of your life. That's their NEARLY FOOLPROOF system. Knife or cheese. Maybe I'm not Divergent, I'm just lactose intolerant!
Eventually the smart people use the brave people to kill the Amish people and only a teenage girl with two different interests can save them all. With her boyfriend. And something about a hard drive that controls humanity (presumably connecting via USB 27.0).
Anyway, it doesn't make much sense but expect a million more books about dystopian futures where kids kill each other, because Hunger Games sold faster than a grey tunic in an Abnegation camp.
The debut novel from Veronica Roth, Divergent imagines a future after a great war. The only way to restore peace is to divide humanity up into 5 Death Frats named after SAT words. People join them by having only one personality trait: brave people join Dauntless where they jump off trains and punch each other. Smart people join Erudite where they wear glasses. Amish people join Abnegation where they don't eat hamburgers. And the other two are both Hufflepuff.
In the EXTREMELY RARE situation where somebody has two personality traits ("I have glasses AND don't eat hamburgers!" -or- "I play baseball AND football") they are "divergent" (a Latin word meaning "too cool for school").
"But wait," you say. "How do they figure out which frat to join?" I'm glad you asked. Pledge week in Dystopian Chicago consists of a hallucination where you have to choose between a knife and cheese with no other instructions. Then a dog attacks you. If you choose the knife, you are Dauntless. If you choose the cheese, you're not. Isn't that cool? That's all it takes. You either want a knife or you want cheese, and that decision confines you to a single Death Frat for the rest of your life. That's their NEARLY FOOLPROOF system. Knife or cheese. Maybe I'm not Divergent, I'm just lactose intolerant!
Eventually the smart people use the brave people to kill the Amish people and only a teenage girl with two different interests can save them all. With her boyfriend. And something about a hard drive that controls humanity (presumably connecting via USB 27.0).
Anyway, it doesn't make much sense but expect a million more books about dystopian futures where kids kill each other, because Hunger Games sold faster than a grey tunic in an Abnegation camp.
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