Divergent by Veronica Roth

The most important line from chapter four is, "It has been this way since the beginning of the great peace, when the factions were formed. I think the system persists because we're afraid of what might happen if it didn't: war." (Roth 33) I think this is the most important line from this chapter because it really sums up the reason behind the faction system. The factions were formed in the beginning of a peaceful period, which I think must have happened after a long war. The sentence also demonstrates how important and rooted the faction system is to this society. I think that it is ironic that she used the word 'afraid' because she is considering Dauntless which is the faction that values bravery the most, which is the opposite of fear.

The best thing about my book is that it is not predictable. I really don't know which faction she is going to choose, which makes me want to keep reading. I don't like to read books that are too predictable because they get boring easily and I don't want to keep reading them. At this point I am curious which faction she is going to choose and how this choice is going to affect her and the plot in general. However I suspect that whatever her choice may be, I suspect that it will be the beginning of a chain reaction that unravels her society.

Divergent by Veronica Roth Setting

I have just started reading Divergent and from what I can gather it takes place in Chicago in the future. A line from the book that supports this is, "The gaps between the buildings narrow and the roads are smoother as we near the heart of the city. The building that was once called the Sears Tower-we call it the Hub-emerges from the fog, a black pillar in the skyline." (Roth 3-4) In this quote it talks about the Sears Tower which is in Chicago, thats how I knew the setting was in Chicago. I know that the story takes place in the future because they have some technology that is more advanced than what we have today.

Within this future world all the people have been divided into five factions, Dauntless, Erudite, Candor, Amity and Abnegation.  Each of these factions embody an attribute as suggested by the name of the faction.  When each person turns sixteen, he or she has to take an aptitude test to determine which faction he or she belongs in.  However, the main character, Beatrice Prior, is a divergent because she can fit into more than one faction which is not the norm.  Being divergent is not desirable, in fact it is dangerous, as the test administrator explained to Beatrice in this quote, "'This is different.  I don't mean you should not share them now; I mean you should never share them with anyone, ever, no matter what happens.  Divergence is extremely dangerous.  Do you understand?'"(Roth 22-23)

But which faction will she choose, Abnegation, Dauntless or Erudite?