The Protagonist In 'Divergent' By Veronica Roth

The words of a wise man states,“Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed,” Bob Riley. In a similar fashion Veronica Roth’s book, Divergent, demonstrates the impact of hardships on the undermined Beatrice Prior. Throughout the course of this book Beatrice is transformed, from a shy abnegation lady. Who would camouflage within the forest of everyday life.

be true in her conflict for bringing justice to Polyneices, she becomes increasingly cold, distant and rude to

Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, is a dystopian novel about a society living under the concept that no one should be sad, and this goal is achieved by mandating all the firemen to burn books. Firemen being ordered to burn books seem strange, but books have the ability to make people sad, with the ideas that are in them, however, this is a misconception that the characters of Fahrenheit 451 have. The government wants everyone to be happy, and by banning books, the government thinks they are doing the right thing. The author, Ray Bradbury, is explaining that the government banning something as an attempt to solve a problem actually makes the society suffer more.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, is about a dystopian society that burns literature and everything and anything to keep the civilians distracted from the obstacles of life. Guy Montag is a citizen whose job is to burn down houses that contain literature, for books are illegal because the government says it causes controversy. His wife, Mildred, sits in front of the “parlor walls” with “seashells” in her ears and goes along mindlessly with society. Throughout the story Montag is influenced by people with minds of their own, whom help him think for himself.

Discovering our own identity does not come from being in isolation, but when we experience new things and meet new people. Our identity is bound up with our surroundings. Bethia, in Caleb’s Crossing, longed to discover her identity and make sense of the life she lived. She engages in new experiences and is brought out of her comfort zone by a local Indian boy, Caleb. She steps out of the isolation of her small village and ventures into what she hopes will help her to understand herself. Saidiya Hartman, in Lose Your Mother, though similar to Bethia in the way that she is trying to figure out who she is, but different in the way that she wants to discover that through slavery and her ties to slavery. Hartman travels great distances trying to

Currently while reading, it is safe to say the main protagonist of the novel is trying to escape his past life by leaving behind everything he’s known for a new adventure featuring new people. Already he has tried to fit in by being something he is not. It is evident through his speech versus his thoughts. Short term events could consist of him changing who he is to fit into the current way of life he has walked into. Long term events could consist of the adventure he has with the new people he has met. He begins to fall for a taken girl amongst it all, but never voices his feelings for her. In the future the most important events could involve the girl and the lessons he learns along the way based on what is right compared to what is wrong.

Even her old friends are not even cordial with her because of an incident that happened at a party.“Her eyes meet mine for a second.”I hate you,” she mouths silently. She turns her back and laughs with her friends” (5). Despite all the negativity that is going on with her old friends, Melinda finally finds a friend that makes her feel like she belongs again but once again, another friendship dies right along with Melinda’s hope of feeling normal again. “You don’t like anything. You are the most depressed person I ever met, and excuse me for saying this, but you are no fun to be around and you need professional help. (105). After the only friends that she has breaks her heart, the thought that Melinda is alone in this world finally hits her and she just wants to curl up in a ball. Melinda’s depression takes over her social skills and she just shuts down.

Sarah Goldfarb suffered from an addiction to amphetamines which were prescribed to her as diet pills and also suffered from stimulant psychosis. Addiction is defined as a compulsive substance use despite the harmful consequences of said substance to ones health and life. Stimulant psychosis is a psychosis symptom which includes auditory and visual hallucinations, paranoia, and/or delusions which are caused by an overdose or high use of psychostimulants.

The use of rhetorical questions, expresses the narrators anger and confusion at the experience she has had to endure.

The main character in the book Divergent is a girl named Beatrice. Beatrice is developed throughout the book by having to do things that push her out of her comfort zone. Beatrice was born in the faction of Abnegation, where everything is simple and alike. Abnegation values selflessness, but Beatrice doesn’t feel like she is selfless. She decides to change to the faction of Dauntless, who values courage. Beatrice has to do things like jump off trains, and fight people to show she is courageous. She decides to start going byTris, because Beatrice won’t fit in with the dauntless. When Beatrice makes the decision to be a dauntless she says “My fathers eyes burn into mine with a look of accusation’. This is because it was selfish of

She is disgusted at her mercenary and calculating sisters, who deceive their father. She prefers to “love and be silent.”

this point, she had concluded on it as she saw her mother's “disappointed face”(2). In the mirror,

child’s fear. She uses words that sound like the words of a child staring out at us

Helen feel anger, pain, fear, or hurt but never show it, she internalize her pain and kept it inside. The therapist asks her to respond to her mother Sara, the anger she feels for her mom. Helen respond to her mother by saying to her mother that she can’t stop being there for her Helen feels disconnected from her mother. When she goes back to her seat she tells her mother she wanted her to feel please about

Divergent by Veronica Roth is a book about choosing who you are. It deals with many different themes and messages throughout it that author is trying to convey the readers. The novel tells the story from the perspective of a sixteen-year-old girl protagonist Beatrice Prior (Tris). When the city residents turn sixteen, an elaborate ritual takes place where each resident must choose or select one of the five different factions to which they will devote the rest of their lives and which will define their