Hunger Games Comparison
The basic similarities are a strong female lead and both take place in a dystopian society. Tris in Divergent and Katniss in The Hunger Games are two brave, rebellious sixteen-year olds, who endure an oppressive government and fight for the freedom of themselves and their society. The Districts (The Hunger Games) are set up from a failed civil war whereas Factions (Divergent) was set up more as a Utopian society. Districts are divided by resources while Factions are divided by personalities. Both books are very interesting and have grabbed the attention of young, teen readers (like myself).
The Hunger Games trilogy. What was once North America, the Capitol of Panem maintains its hold on its 12 districts by forcing them each to select a boy …show more content…
The society of the trilogy defines its citizens by their social and personality-related affiliation with five different factions. The factions are Abnegation for the selfless, Amity for the peaceful, Candor for the honest, Dauntless for the brave, and Erudite for the intelligent. Those who are tested with equal aptitude for more than one faction are deemed "Divergent". Due to their capability for independent thought beyond the restrictive nature of the factions, Divergents are considered threats to the society, hunted and killed by the ruthless leader of Erudite in order to eliminate the "threat" of independent thinking. Those who fail the initiation of their particular faction are deemed factionless, a drain on society. Beatrice Prior, who later changes her name to Tris, was born Abnegation and transferred to Dauntless, must figure out her life as a Divergent, while concealing her true nature, and living with the danger of being killed if it is discovered by the Erudite and Dauntless leaders. In the next book, Insurgent, the background to the story, revealed in the first novel of the trilogy, explains how Chicago in the post-apocalyptic far future is now a society that defines its citizens by strict conformity to their social and personality-related affiliation with those five different factions. In the third and final book of the trilogy, Allegiant, the small team of what is left of the Divergents take down the Erudite leaders to free the rest of the
The Hunger Games trilogy. What was once North America, the Capitol of Panem maintains its hold on its 12 districts by forcing them each to select a boy …show more content…
The society of the trilogy defines its citizens by their social and personality-related affiliation with five different factions. The factions are Abnegation for the selfless, Amity for the peaceful, Candor for the honest, Dauntless for the brave, and Erudite for the intelligent. Those who are tested with equal aptitude for more than one faction are deemed "Divergent". Due to their capability for independent thought beyond the restrictive nature of the factions, Divergents are considered threats to the society, hunted and killed by the ruthless leader of Erudite in order to eliminate the "threat" of independent thinking. Those who fail the initiation of their particular faction are deemed factionless, a drain on society. Beatrice Prior, who later changes her name to Tris, was born Abnegation and transferred to Dauntless, must figure out her life as a Divergent, while concealing her true nature, and living with the danger of being killed if it is discovered by the Erudite and Dauntless leaders. In the next book, Insurgent, the background to the story, revealed in the first novel of the trilogy, explains how Chicago in the post-apocalyptic far future is now a society that defines its citizens by strict conformity to their social and personality-related affiliation with those five different factions. In the third and final book of the trilogy, Allegiant, the small team of what is left of the Divergents take down the Erudite leaders to free the rest of the