Insurgent Book Report
1. Title: Insurgent
2. Author: Veronica Roth
3. Characters: List and briefly describe the main characters. Beatrice Prior - (Tris): Beatrice was born as Abnegation (a faction focused on selflessness and forgetting oneself for the sake of others.) When she was 16 she took an Aptitude Test, which determines what faction fits your personality best. When Beatrice took the test she ended up getting 3 out of the 5 factions which means that she is a Divergent. Being a Divergent is very rare and dangerous. During the Choosing Ceremony Beatrice picks Dauntless (a faction focused on courage, bravery, and fearlessness.) as her new faction and when she changed factions she changed her name to a more Dauntless name so she picked Tris. Tobias Eaton- (Four): Tobias who is 18 was born into the faction Abnegation but changed to Dauntless. When he changed to Dauntless he changed his name to Four. While in the faction Dauntless his job was to oversee the dauntless initiates. He is also Tris’ boyfriend. Jeanine Matthews: Leader of Erudite (a faction focused on knowledge, intelligence, curiosity, and wisdom.) She tries to kill and do tests on all of the Divergents she can find. Tris and she are very similar in the way they think.
4. Plot: Give a brief plot summary of the story. Abnegation was attacked by the Erudite army (who were under a simulation) which was led by Jeanine Matthews. During the attack many people were killed, including both of Tris’ parents and Will, who was a close friend of Tris. Will died while he was under simulation, Tris had to shoot him because he was trying to kill her and now the guilt of that is eating her alive. Tobias and Tris are trying to lay-low at the moment and they are trying to figure out what Jeanine is up to. They are staying in Amity (a faction focused on peacefulness, kindness, forgiveness, trust, self-sufficiency, and neutrality.) so they can stay safe from Jeanine and her Army. While she
2. Author: Veronica Roth
3. Characters: List and briefly describe the main characters. Beatrice Prior - (Tris): Beatrice was born as Abnegation (a faction focused on selflessness and forgetting oneself for the sake of others.) When she was 16 she took an Aptitude Test, which determines what faction fits your personality best. When Beatrice took the test she ended up getting 3 out of the 5 factions which means that she is a Divergent. Being a Divergent is very rare and dangerous. During the Choosing Ceremony Beatrice picks Dauntless (a faction focused on courage, bravery, and fearlessness.) as her new faction and when she changed factions she changed her name to a more Dauntless name so she picked Tris. Tobias Eaton- (Four): Tobias who is 18 was born into the faction Abnegation but changed to Dauntless. When he changed to Dauntless he changed his name to Four. While in the faction Dauntless his job was to oversee the dauntless initiates. He is also Tris’ boyfriend. Jeanine Matthews: Leader of Erudite (a faction focused on knowledge, intelligence, curiosity, and wisdom.) She tries to kill and do tests on all of the Divergents she can find. Tris and she are very similar in the way they think.
4. Plot: Give a brief plot summary of the story. Abnegation was attacked by the Erudite army (who were under a simulation) which was led by Jeanine Matthews. During the attack many people were killed, including both of Tris’ parents and Will, who was a close friend of Tris. Will died while he was under simulation, Tris had to shoot him because he was trying to kill her and now the guilt of that is eating her alive. Tobias and Tris are trying to lay-low at the moment and they are trying to figure out what Jeanine is up to. They are staying in Amity (a faction focused on peacefulness, kindness, forgiveness, trust, self-sufficiency, and neutrality.) so they can stay safe from Jeanine and her Army. While she