Dystopian Changes In The Movie Divergent

The film Divergent directed by Neil Burger is set in a dystopian future, in a country which is divided into five factions, Abnegation (the selfless), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful) and Erudite (the intelligent). Each managed in an attempt to form a utopian society. At the age of sixteen children of the factions must choose a faction to which they will now be apart of for the rest of their life. A character that changes throughout the film is strong willed sixteen year old Beatrice Prior (Tris) when on choosing day she rejects her familys group and chooses a whole new faction called The Dauntless. After she discovers unrest and growing conflict in their seemingly ‘perfect society’ she becomes a protagonist and is forced to fight for the country. The changes that Tris makes throughout the film help me understand that to survive in the real
We can see that Tris is now capable of surviving as she is able to now do things that she disagrees on stick up for herself and her friends without minding what the Dauntless leaders think of her. A key scene that shows this when Tris comes into the corridor of the Dauntless headquarters and shoots Peter. A member of her new formed team (Marcus Eaten) tells Tris that he doesn't agree with her shooting another this particular Dauntless soldier. We see this in a mid shot of the complete disbelief on Tris’s face as she is horrified to what Marcus is saying. We then hear Tris’s voice as dialogue “Every minute we waste another Abnegation dies and another Dauntless becomes a murderer”. The way that Tris dealt with this situation helps the audience understand that Tris is now using the advantage that she is divergent to take a stand against the Dauntless leaders. This action also helps the audience understand that Tris is able to stand up as a protagonist and think precisely about the different consequences behind her actions before she