Divergent, Tris

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Divergent is a dystopian Novel by Veronica Roth and is taking place in Chicago in the future. Divergent tells the story about how she has to choose where she would end up going when she turns sixteen. In my novel characters are being manipulated by media. In Divergent, Tris, the main character in the story, has been manipulated by the novel by seeing that there is a certain way to act in the factions. The name of the factions; Abnegation, Dauntless, Amity and Erudite Candor. The five factions have different roles in how society seems them. For abnegation, they are seen as selfless and to respect each other and to be quiet. Candor’s role in society and how they see them is that they tell the truth and to see other people’s faults in life

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