Brian Bembas
Mrs. Charley
English literature
17 august 2014
Fear And Bravery
Fear can create bravery. In the book Divergent, by Veronica Roth, a girl named Beatrice Brior, lives with her mom, dad, and Brother Caleb in a selfless Abnegation faction family. They live in Dystopian Chicago, there are five factions that everyone lives by, and they all differ from one another. While she grew up in an Abnegation family. She has a choosing ceremony where she then picks a faction that she wants to be a part of. Abnegation, holds selflessness in high regard. Dauntless values bravery. Erudite thinks highly of knowledge. Cinder values honesty. And Amenity cherishes kindness. When her amnesty tests come back there is one conflict. She is all of the factions, …show more content…
The leaders use fear right in the beginning when dauntless leaders want the faction to jump and no one knows what’s at the landing. “I am proud, it will get me into trouble someday, but today it makes me brave. I said I would jump.”(Roth 66) This shows that Tris is stepping up to the task. Dauntless leaders used fear to gain bravery out of their factions right when they first met at headquarters.
For the greater good is used throughout the story which is also dystopian literature. When Tris realizes that bravery is not about tattoes and piercings. It’s about standing up for what you and who you trust. This what she learns from the dauntless faction “It’s just ordinary acts of bravery.” This shows that you might be scared of something but you still have to face your fears. this is what determines tris throughout the whole book, bravery.
Finally, when the Dauntless faction is put under a mind controlling serum. Which is physiological control. Beatrice and four, the only ones that have immunity to it because of their divergence. Have to rebel against the corrupted leaders. They and Beatrice’s mother and father. Who later die in war try to disable the serum from the dauntless headquarters? “Be brave Beatrice I love you.”(Root 443) this shows that Beatrice’s mom wants her to be brave. While the dauntless faction is now corrupted. They still thought biters and four to be brave.
Mrs. Charley
English literature
17 august 2014
Fear And Bravery
Fear can create bravery. In the book Divergent, by Veronica Roth, a girl named Beatrice Brior, lives with her mom, dad, and Brother Caleb in a selfless Abnegation faction family. They live in Dystopian Chicago, there are five factions that everyone lives by, and they all differ from one another. While she grew up in an Abnegation family. She has a choosing ceremony where she then picks a faction that she wants to be a part of. Abnegation, holds selflessness in high regard. Dauntless values bravery. Erudite thinks highly of knowledge. Cinder values honesty. And Amenity cherishes kindness. When her amnesty tests come back there is one conflict. She is all of the factions, …show more content…
The leaders use fear right in the beginning when dauntless leaders want the faction to jump and no one knows what’s at the landing. “I am proud, it will get me into trouble someday, but today it makes me brave. I said I would jump.”(Roth 66) This shows that Tris is stepping up to the task. Dauntless leaders used fear to gain bravery out of their factions right when they first met at headquarters.
For the greater good is used throughout the story which is also dystopian literature. When Tris realizes that bravery is not about tattoes and piercings. It’s about standing up for what you and who you trust. This what she learns from the dauntless faction “It’s just ordinary acts of bravery.” This shows that you might be scared of something but you still have to face your fears. this is what determines tris throughout the whole book, bravery.
Finally, when the Dauntless faction is put under a mind controlling serum. Which is physiological control. Beatrice and four, the only ones that have immunity to it because of their divergence. Have to rebel against the corrupted leaders. They and Beatrice’s mother and father. Who later die in war try to disable the serum from the dauntless headquarters? “Be brave Beatrice I love you.”(Root 443) this shows that Beatrice’s mom wants her to be brave. While the dauntless faction is now corrupted. They still thought biters and four to be brave.