Divergent: Dystopian Characteristics

In Divergent, the main dystopian characteristic is that citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad. The reason is, in the factions, you must wear a particular color. You are also not allowed to do or say certain things. For example, Erudite wears blue, Abnegation- gray, and Dauntless- black. People from Candor can not tell any lies. In the book, before the aptitude test Tris groups people thinking ¨ They are laughing and shouting and playing cards. At another set of tables, the Erudite chatter over books and newspapers, in constant pursuit of knowledge. At the Abnegation table, we sit quietly and wait.¨

Truly, during Dauntless initiation, the initiates have to earn their way in; people get cut out