Divergent, a sci-fi book written by Veronica Roth that can truly summarize the unseen stereotypes and cliques of this world. In an environment of five factions, there is abnegation portraying selflessness, amity portraying peace, candor portraying honesty, dauntless portraying bravery, and erudite portraying cognitivity.
The protagonist of the story is Beatrice, a young woman, entering sixteen years of age. Beatrice is raised in the abnegation section, which I believe does not rightfully connect with her personality, which is obstinate and intelligent. On the day every adolescent turns sixteen, they are expected to take a test to show which faction they would best fit into, yet they are still given a chance to decide. As Beatrice finishes her test the results come out abnormal, meaning that she doesn’t fit into any category, she is divergent.
Furthermore, The circumstances at the beginning of the story had already caught my attention and provoked me to read more. I felt that it was very interesting to read about young love evolving, Beatrice finding her true self in her faction, and seeing her world and many others fall apart because of one decision she made. A fault that crossed my mind was that the introduction was very overloading compared to the rest of the story. I would have liked to see more background to the characters before all of the suspense. Suzanne Collins, author of the Hunger Games best implemented that into her book. Roth made the chapters very short, making it easy to remember the last chapters. As Beatrice chose the division dauntless, I knew that she would not be there forever, Tris is divergent, not dauntless. Getting to read Beatrice mature into her true character was very fulfilling. This book left me with a liking for sci-fi, something I didn’t have before. It taught me that people should not make decisions to please everyone else, but should put themselves first. Many times I try to please others with my decisions when really I should be making them to please myself.
Altogether, The story Divergent was rewarding to read and captured the futuristic essence of sci-fi. The book made me feel all sorts of emotions. Roth did not disappoint, and instead, left me wanting to read the series of books.
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