Divergent Book Analysis
Title: Divergent
Author: Veronica Roth
Biographical information about the author:
1. She married Nelson Fitch in 2011.
2. She was born August 19, 1988.
3. She grew up in Barrington, IL.
4. She attended Carleton College in Minnesota for one year, and then transferred to Northwestern University in Chicago.
5. She graduated in 2010 with a degree in creative writing.
Date of Publication: April 25, 2011
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/ Science Fiction
Characteristics of the genre:
Based on scientific principles
May make predictions about life in the future
May deal with other worlds
Deals with contemporary issues
Told from the viewpoint of a young person
Fast paced
Historical information about setting time period: There is no specific time period mentioned in the novel but it believed to be in a Utopian like time period due to everyone being assigned a certain job or area of work.
Plot summary: Sixteen year old Beatrice Prior is in a predicament when she is forced to choose which faction she wants to enter. She is born into an Abnegation family but she cannot see herself living that way forever because she does not feel as though she is selfless. After taking the aptitude test her results show that she is divergent, which means she is skilled in all factions and there is no specific one that really defines her. On a quest to find her true talent she follows her heart and joins Dauntless, which are the soldiers or police officers of the town. Beatrice starts finding herself and begins to be called by “Tris” and learns that only the top ten on the board will be able to make it and stay in Dauntless. The initiation into Dauntless included 3 long, difficult stages and Tris became surprised at how strong and brave she actually was. On parent visiting day Tris learns that her mother was actually in Dauntless and also that there are suspicions of her parents abusing her, due to the fact that both her and her brother joined other factions. The final initiation for Dauntless
Author: Veronica Roth
Biographical information about the author:
1. She married Nelson Fitch in 2011.
2. She was born August 19, 1988.
3. She grew up in Barrington, IL.
4. She attended Carleton College in Minnesota for one year, and then transferred to Northwestern University in Chicago.
5. She graduated in 2010 with a degree in creative writing.
Date of Publication: April 25, 2011
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/ Science Fiction
Characteristics of the genre:
Based on scientific principles
May make predictions about life in the future
May deal with other worlds
Deals with contemporary issues
Told from the viewpoint of a young person
Fast paced
Historical information about setting time period: There is no specific time period mentioned in the novel but it believed to be in a Utopian like time period due to everyone being assigned a certain job or area of work.
Plot summary: Sixteen year old Beatrice Prior is in a predicament when she is forced to choose which faction she wants to enter. She is born into an Abnegation family but she cannot see herself living that way forever because she does not feel as though she is selfless. After taking the aptitude test her results show that she is divergent, which means she is skilled in all factions and there is no specific one that really defines her. On a quest to find her true talent she follows her heart and joins Dauntless, which are the soldiers or police officers of the town. Beatrice starts finding herself and begins to be called by “Tris” and learns that only the top ten on the board will be able to make it and stay in Dauntless. The initiation into Dauntless included 3 long, difficult stages and Tris became surprised at how strong and brave she actually was. On parent visiting day Tris learns that her mother was actually in Dauntless and also that there are suspicions of her parents abusing her, due to the fact that both her and her brother joined other factions. The final initiation for Dauntless