Divergent is a dystopian novel and film originally written by Veronica Roth. The story features a small society located in the city of Chisago. After a war, most of the outside civilization was thought to be destroyed. However, Chicago was protected by its exterior walls, which were built to guard it from any invasion. Life in this dystopian Chicago is not as we know it today. Many structures are broken or in ruins and more importantly, society functions very differently. Every citizen is placed into a group, called a faction, with other individuals that share similar virtues and traits. Tris, the main character in Divergent, lives the start of her life under the Abnegation faction, who show kindness and compassion to everyone. However,
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Both Beowulf and Tris are fighting for control over their kingdoms and have to partake in a dangerous quest against a supposedly much more powerful villain. In both cases, the villain actually proves to be much weaker than the hero in both mental and physical terms. Beowulf is physically stronger than the great beast, Grendel, because he is able to rip his arm off with his bare hands and kill Grendel very quickly. He also is able to outsmart Grendel by using tactics. Tris uses her smarts to also outsmart Jeanine by using her divergence and quick thinking to stay one step ahead of her. She is also much stronger in a physical sense as Jeanine is older and much more frail. Also, both characters have similar motives. Tris is fighting for her home city and Beowulf is fighting for his kingdom. Divergent is also similar to the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Ralph, the main character in Lord of the Flies, would be considered the epic hero because of his quest to survive on the island. He is similar to Tris in the sense that he has a loyal sidekick, Piggy, to stand beside his heroism. Tris’ sidekick is Four, who fights alongside her against Jeanine. While Piggy is not exactly the same character is Four, they are both important to their friend’s
Both Beowulf and Tris are fighting for control over their kingdoms and have to partake in a dangerous quest against a supposedly much more powerful villain. In both cases, the villain actually proves to be much weaker than the hero in both mental and physical terms. Beowulf is physically stronger than the great beast, Grendel, because he is able to rip his arm off with his bare hands and kill Grendel very quickly. He also is able to outsmart Grendel by using tactics. Tris uses her smarts to also outsmart Jeanine by using her divergence and quick thinking to stay one step ahead of her. She is also much stronger in a physical sense as Jeanine is older and much more frail. Also, both characters have similar motives. Tris is fighting for her home city and Beowulf is fighting for his kingdom. Divergent is also similar to the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Ralph, the main character in Lord of the Flies, would be considered the epic hero because of his quest to survive on the island. He is similar to Tris in the sense that he has a loyal sidekick, Piggy, to stand beside his heroism. Tris’ sidekick is Four, who fights alongside her against Jeanine. While Piggy is not exactly the same character is Four, they are both important to their friend’s