DIVERGENT By: Veronica Roth Characters: * Beatrice ‘Tris’ Prior (protagonist) – our stunning‚ sixteen year old. Tris comes from Abnegation‚ a faction devoted entirely to selflessness. But Tris desires a better‚ more exciting life for herself and‚ during Choosing Day‚ makes a difficult decision. Turning from her family and the only lifestyle she’s ever known‚ Tris makes a startling choice when she chooses Dauntless‚ the brave. * Tobias ‘Four’ Eaton - mysterious and dark‚ eighteen year
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Divergent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth CHAPTER ONE THERE IS ONE mirror in my house. It is behind a sliding panel in the hallway upstairs. Our faction allows me to stand in front of it on the second day of every third month‚ the day my mother cuts my hair. I sit on the stool and my mother stands behind me with the scissors‚ trimming. The strands fall on the floor in a dull‚ blond ring. When she finishes‚ she pulls my hair away from my face and twists it into a knot. I note how calm she looks
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Tazrian Maliha Muhiba Tahir English 201 17 June 2010 Miscommunication in Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants.” The story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway is described through the conversations of a couple which proves the miscommunication and lack of understanding between the couple. In my paper I am going to show how the relationship between the American and the girl failed to be a good relationship due to this lack of communication and understanding.
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Examining the Characteristics of Katniss Everdeen in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games In typical examples of literature‚ women are generally presented as dependent and weak‚ requiring the assistance of men to save them. However‚ in The Hunger Games‚ Suzanne Collins presents a female protagonist who breaks the stereotype of these women; Katniss Everdeen is an independent‚ logical‚ yet doubtful character. To begin with‚ Katniss is independent. Ever since her father died and her mother went through
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The Divergent series by Veronica Roth centralizes on a society with faction‚ separating every person by their personality. There are five factions: Erudite which is where the intelligent people are‚ Abnegation which values the need of others over the need of themselves‚ Candor which values honesty‚ Amity are the kind ones they value peace‚ Dauntless they are the soldiers of all factions they protect the city of Chicago‚ there is also the factionless they are the ones that don’t fit in anywhere basically
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To our loyal citizens‚ Living in Divergent‚ there once came a terrible snowstorm. Usually around this time period the weather began to over-freeze. This weather actually did a lot of horrible damage. Due to the people‚ some survived‚ but everyone didn’t. Regardless of this‚ many lives were believed to be forever damage. However after 20 years have passed by The city Divergent has come along way. Houses‚ Churches‚ bakery’s‚ malls‚ etc are now better than before. The population has increased‚ even
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Divergent Boundaries Speech The diverging plates below us are moving everyday; reshaping our world‚ slowly‚ but surely. These divergent boundaries are being studied around the world and they teach us about our evolved world‚ and its continuing evolution today. There are two types of divergent boundaries‚ the oceanic and the continental. These occur where their names have defined‚ within the oceanic crust and the continental crust. Both begin at the movement of the convection currents‚ which push
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to you today is called Divergent by Veronica Roth. The genre of the book is science fiction‚ dystopian society‚ action and adventure. You guys are probably wondering what does divergent mean? Or what does it mean being a divergent? Firstly‚ divergent means tending to be different or develop in different directions. Secondly‚ being a divergent is very different. It is different because the world they live in is based on having each person fit into a faction and since Divergents don’t‚ they are more
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Divergent character or Divergent personality Thesis Statement on Personality vs Character: Even though society may have an impact to change our character‚ our decision is the ultimate factor that changes as we accommodate in the environment we live in. While parents have a major influence in our life at young age‚ what they instill is what has been created by their parents and their surrounding. We grow up with certain types of personalities from our parents but our characters are challenged or
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Divergent Evolution Once upon a time there was a nuclear war that killed over 5billion people on earth. However because of the war the human race went through Divergent evolution ‚ which is when two or more species live in different habitats but come from the same ancestral group. Therefore the human race was split into to very different species. The first species was selected for a mutation that allowed them to grow an immunity to the nuclear radiation and are to be referred to as mutants
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