Divergent

Sandrine 2022-04-19 09:01:09

Introduce the plot:
After a war, the surviving human beings are divided into five factions for permanent peace: the selfless, the honest, the fearless, the friendly and the erudite. Each faction uses its own advantages and responsibilities to coordinate with each other to promote the peace and progress of the society. And a person who is about to come of age will only have one chance to choose which faction to become, and then the interests of the faction take precedence over blood ties. And very few people will be detected because their thinking is too broad and not suitable for any faction, and they are a certain threat to the current system. These people will be called divergent and will be obliterated.


Our heroine is detected to be a Divergent, she hides the truth and enters the Fearless. The heroine's parents are selfless, the ruling faction, and tend to maintain society with a spirit of selfless devotion. The Polymaths, on the other hand, wish to suppress human nature in order to maintain the prosperity of the society, so they vigorously eliminate the dissenters and launch attacks to suppress the growing population of the Selfless. Then the heroine and her hero went to save it all...

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Divergent quotes

  • [first lines]

    Beatrice 'Tris' Prior: We're lucky to be in the city. They say the war was terrible, that the rest of the world was destroyed. Our founders built the wall to keep us safe, and they divided us into five groups, factions, to keep the peace. The smart ones, the ones who value knowledge and logic, are in Erudite. They know everything. Amity farm the land. They're all about kindness and harmony, always happy. Candor value honesty and order. They tell the truth, even when you wish they wouldn't. And then there's Dauntless. They're our protectors, our soldiers, our police. I always thought they were amazing. Brave, fearless and free. Some people think Dauntless are crazy, when they kind of are.

    Beatrice 'Tris' Prior: My faction is Abnegation. The others all call us "stiffs." We lead a simple life, selfless, dedicated to helping others. We even feed the Factionless, the ones who don't fit in anywhere. Because we're public servants, we're trusted to run the government. My father works alongside our leader, Marcus. It all works. Everyone knows where they belong. Except for me.

  • Christina: Is it just me, or are they trying to kill us?