Elie Wiesel's Divergent Themes

Divergent covers the important theme of power. In the novel the participants during the initiation to become apart of the Dauntless faction, are competing for the highest ranking this is good because it's “the order in which you select a job” there are “only a few good positions.” The characters are taught the better they do the better the outcome will be. Students are taught the same thing, we have to work hard and do the best and achieve “good positions” “There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage. Maybe I do belong here” This shows that Beatrice wants power, and that power can be abused, this book showed me that even the people that were trusted to be leaders could be persuaded to betray the trust all for a selfish reason. This relates to Hitler and how he abused his power and this led the genocide of the Jewish people. Everybody wants some power in their life it's just how they go upon getting it, you have to earn power not take it.
Sometimes I doubt myself with my school work, and just end up not doing it because I think what's the point if i'm going to fail? Beatrice taught me that failure is essential to succeed. Failure allows us to learn from our mistakes and discover ourselves in the process. Many people would be overwhelmed with fear when faced with a task of jumping down from a rooftop especially when you don't know where you would fall or how deep the fall is. However, we can overcome our many fears as proven to us by Beatrice, when she took that step to jump into the unknown. "But becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. it's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it, that's the point." What I learnt from this quote is that I need to start taking that step and trying new things and challenging myself (or overcome my fear) because it's the only way I'm going to be successful. Beatrice is a good example of taking that one step to overcome our