Divergent is a novel that I chose to make a literary reference to Romeo and Juliet. I chose this book because Tris and Tobias are teens that have a star crossed lover relationship. They are head over heels for each other, just like Romeo and Juliet are. I think these two books are also similar but not quite the same is that in the Divergent novel, Tris dies in the end but not because of suicide. She didn’t think her brother Caleb deserved to die, so she died for the one she loved. Tobias mourns for her, but he does not die like Romeo did in the end. What makes these two books similar is that their themes are both along the same ideas. They are both about the choices you make and how that will affect you because of the consequences. Juliet and
