Divergent Character Analysis

The Class Structure in the book Divergent is divided into 5 categories called factions.

These are: Abnegation, Erudite, Amity, Candor and Dauntless. Each faction seeks or

practice their own beliefs; Abnegation is selfless, Erudite is always seeking knowledge,

Candor is always honest, Amity is peaceful, and finally, dauntless practice bravery. The

main character, or the protagonist from the book, is an Abnegation 16 year old teenager

called Beatrice Prior. In the day of the Choosing Ceremony she chooses to change

faction from Abnegation to join Dauntless; while her brother Caleb changes from

Abnegation to Erudite.

The power or the leadership of the society is in the hands of the Abnegation faction. As

a present day conflict
At the end of the book the dauntless soldiers

are mentally controlled to take control of the city, but as a result of Fours and Tris’s

divergence, they are able to defeat Jeanine Matthews. In conclusion the Class structure

is divided into five categories which have conflict among themselves for determining

who will possess the power or the leadership of the society.

1. What critique is Divergent doing to our current society?

Class Structure:

Divergent is a critic to our society in the case in which teenagers go out of their

houses and experiment the world by themselves. In the book Divergent, Beatrice

lives in a house with her parents and her brother Caleb. In their house there are

certain rules, prohibitions, and beliefs. Once Tris leaves Abnegation, and enters

Dauntless she discovers a whole new world with different customs, beliefs, rituals

dressing rules, etc. An important example on this would be the tattoos and the

clothing as characteristics of her new faction.

Power/ Leadership:

Divergent is a critic towards the government throughout the whole book. In
The fight

for power, money, and status is a common problem in today’s society. In my

opinion it shouldn’t be like that, we should seek to help others and to avoid

fighting by establishing peace like Amity.

2. What elements of this divergent world can we see in our society?

Some elements of this world of divergent that we can see in our society are:

corruption, social classes ranking, and conflict among people. Talking about

corruption, we see that our governments are corrupted and that they manipulate

things and laws to benefit themselves and not the society. In the social classes

ranking, we can compare all the 5 factions as the working class in our society,

but we can also classify the factionless people as people how are poor and have

nowhere to live. Finally talking about conflict among people, we go back to the

fight for power/leadership. This is represented as the conflict for

power/leadership between the Erudite faction and the Abnegation faction. In my

opinion, I think that these elements are not beneficial for the society as a whole

and that we should change them to make a better