Sacrifice In Veronica Roth's Insurgent, Tris

In the novel, Memory Keeper’s daughter by Kim Edwards sacrifice is a huge component to the story. Caroline Gill had to change all her motives due to sacrifices. David Henry stated, “There’s a place, I would like you to take her there.”(Edwards 18). David had to send away his child to a foster care because she was not “normal.” Phoebe was born with an extra chromosome, which was not very known in this time period. Therefore, Mr. Henry did not want to keep the new born. Caroline Gill was a nurse at the clinic in Morgantown. David went to her and asked her to take his daughter to a foster home. This was unbelievable and awful especially to the mother, Norah.

In the future in Chicago, there's five factions. Children join in the factions. The factions are Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless, and Erudite. To figure out which faction you have an aptitude for, you took an aptitude test. Tris, Four, Caleb, Peter, and Marcus travel to Amity, where some of the surviving Abnegation were. Erudite and Dauntless, traitors, go to Amity to find Abnegation members. Tris, Four, and Caleb escape by jumping onto an oncoming train full of factionless, The group is lead to factionless leader, Four's mother. During this she threatens Tris. Tris and Four travel to Candor headquarters. Dauntless traitors led by Eric attack Candor. Tris and Uriah are captured by Eric. His orders from Jeanine are to take two Divergent back to Erudite headquarters and execute the rest. Dauntless takes control. After the attack, Candor’s leader, Jack arranges a meeting with Erudite and they demand that Candor turn over Eric and all of the Divergent. Tris

Sacrifice is a key part to one's success. In a book by Scott Westerfeld called Uglies the main character, Tally, had people sacrifice for her own success. In the book Tally had a choice which would change her fate forever. She could either ruin her best friends idea of a perfect world and get her lifelong dream, or never get her lifelong dream. Tally had made no sacrifices in the book. She had made no sacrifices in the book because people had made them for her, and she forced people to make them.

Tris is the main character and narrator of the story. She is a strong-willed sixteen year old who despises being seen as an incapable person. She is born into the Abnegation faction, but she eventually transfers into the Dauntless faction. During initiation, Tris learns she is not selfish and that there are people she would die for. She has to be cautious about what she does and hide the fact that she is divergent.

I have read Allegiant by Veronica Roth. This book is about a group called the Allegiant leaving the city so they can see what it is like on the outside. They end up at the Bureau and learn the city they live in is just an experiment. The Allegiant find out the Bureau wants the erase everyone’s minds in the city, so they made a plan and succeeded at taking down the Bureau. The main character Tris died at the last phase of the attack making everyone who knows her feel depressed.

Beatrice (Tris) Prior joins Dauntless and made new friends. She volunteered to take place of Albert when Eric tells Four to throw knifes at him. She could have gotten killed and hurt by the knife, but she did so anyways. She gave up her own life to protect Al, even though she was afraid. “The last thing I want to do is stand in front of that target, but I can’t back down now. I didn’t leave myself the option.”(Page 162) This shows that she values her friends more than herself so she sacrificed her life in order to protect her friends. Tris’s mother got herself killed by brain washed soldiers in order to get Tris to safety at a basement where some of the Abnegation citizens were hiding from the soldiers. “I’m going to distract them. You have to run as fast as you can.”(Page 443) This quote supports self

. Well... I'm still working on kind.” Four shows Tris the corrupt nature of the government, and they begin to work together to rebel against the government. Tris sees Four as a role model as she aspires to be as strong willed and courageous as Four is while fighting for the cause against the government.

She stood up for what she beleived in and set the standard and gave them a piece of her mind. She stated, “I don’t need ya’ll to approve my choices, but I do ask that you respect them. You have no idea what this boy has been through.” She sticks up for him and what she believes is best for her and Michael.

Abnegation has very strict rules that ban anything that makes one selfish. Tris has a rare condition called Divergent; which means she can belong in more than one faction. The government think that it is dangerous, so they try to kill anyone who has it. Tris has to hide it, so even though being curious is selfish; she secretly asks different sources for help, some of which question her curiosity, “Never net a curious Abnegation before” (Roth 12). By doing this, she feels that she has improved her understanding of it, and can conceal it. Dauntless are known for being tough, so in initiation they are taught to fight. Tris is not strong, so she gets knocked out very fast during her fight. While in the hospital she is told that she is not aloud continue training, and that she will have to leave. She felt discouraged because she did not risk everything just to quit now. Tris was not going to take no for an answer, so even though she was in extreme pain, she continued initiation. The last occasion that Tris remains undeterred is when she goes zip lining. To take their minds off of initiation, everyone decides to go zip lining. No one wants Tris to go because they think that she does not fit in, but she stands up for herself and reluctantly, they let her go. She was petrified, because if she backed down, she would be made fun of; but she went down the zip line and proved herself as an equal. It is tough to always remain undeterred, especially when you have to go through it alone; but because Tris persevered she is able to stay

Sacrifice is “an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else.” -Anonymous. The Outsiders, by H.E Hinton is a book where Ponyboy and friends live life in a gang. You can see sacrifices being made in order for them to better the lives of each other. One theme evident in the novel is people make sacrifices for the things they care about.

The faction you choose defines you more than anything else does. Tris was confronted with two choices: stay with her family in Abnegation, where she grew up or move to another faction and start anew. Despite the fact that her aptitude test was inconclusive, she picks Dauntless in light of the fact that she feels it will allow herself to find her identity. Upon choosing Dauntless her bravery naturally begins to develop, but she encounters some other changes as well. Tris forges friendships and relationships central to her identity, with people who bring out the best in her. This gives her a sense of belonging and instead of being perceived as an outcast because of her divergence, she gains many friendships. By the end of the novel, she is fully aware of herself as Divergent - someone who does not fit in or belong, but who cannot be controlled. The events toward the end of the novel underline who Tris has been - considerate - and who she wants to become - dauntless. Divergent places huge importance on coming to terms with your identity and belonging, furthermore, at last, Tris acknowledges that she will never fit perfectly anywhere; and she must form her own pathway through her own

Tris does this because if the leader found out about her being Divergent, they would kill her so she does not “bend” the rules. Tris is disappointed in herself at the beginning of the film because she believes that she is not worthy of finding a faction and does not know where she belongs in society. “Everyone knows where they belong, except for me” (Burger 2014) This is significant to the story because it lets the viewers have an insight into Tris not being “normal” and gives us a heads up that she is different from the rest. The movie lacks foreshadowing, as we are not evident at first of Tris challenging all of societies beliefs. As the movie unfolds, you can start to put two and two together, connecting the dots to see that Tris is Divergent, she will not ever fit into any group. She does not follow the rules, she does not believe what others tell her and she does what she thinks is right and not what is expected of her.

While breaking into Erudite on their mission, Tris had to go through a simulation and when she walked into the room, the room announced who she was, “Beatrice Prior, second generation. Faction of origin: Abnegation. Selected faction: Dauntless. Confirmed Divergent.” (Roth 488). This quote shows that when Tris walked into the room and the room knew her identity, she knew that it was true, Tris knew that she was divergent and also will be. She also knew that she chose Dauntless and that is her faction at heart, but she will always remember that she was born and raised in Abnegation. A second way Tris wants to find out about identity is at the end of the book, when another character named Edith Prior shows up in the story. Tris wants to find out who she is and if she is related to her. The last way Tris finds out more about her identity is when she realizes that she has lied, kept secrets from and and gone behind Tobias back. Tris probably didn’t realize before that she is living a bunch of lies and had kept secrets from Tobias. Tris was seen as a threat and a traitor. This proves that she now knows that she should be more open about things and tell the truth. Ultimately, Tris knows she is divergent and that is what makes her special. She also want to figure out who Edith Prior is, she may be related to her. Lastly, Tris learns that she should tell truth so she won’t be seen as a threat, and so that

Tris has never really felt at home in Abnegation so she switches to Dauntless. Normally this would not be so harsh on her family, but her only brother also switches to another faction called Erudite leaving her parents with no family within Abnegation. This is Tris’s first betrayal and it makes her very guilty. After the choosing ceremony each faction goes through its own initiation. For Dauntless, the initiates must jump off a building in order to enter the compound. Generally the first jumper is a Dauntless born, but Tris is brave enough to go

The ending of the Divergent series was very controversial. The readers were split into two sides: those who believed Tris's death was realistic, and those who thought it was out of character. The former side accepted Tris's decision to go into the death serum in her brother's place as believable. They thought it was a natural action for Tris, even though Caleb betrayed her. The latter side saw Tris's decision as unbelievable. They didn't believe it was in Tris's nature to walk towards death for someone who stabbed her in the back. Allegiant is a prime example of how a person's decision can bring multiple reactions, good and bad. Roth didn't go the normal route of saving the main character. She made a decision that she knew would never please everyone, so she went with what she believed was