Who Is Beatrice In Divergent

Improved Essays
Beatrice is the main character, the protagonist, in Divergent. She is a 16-year-old girl, although she is from the Abnegation faction she appears to choose the faction "Dauntless" which is not common for the people in the Abnegation faction. She starts as a new person there and gives herself a new name, "Tris". Tris is the new version of herself, brave and fearless. Also, most importantly she is a Divergent which is dangerous for many reasons.

Tobias Eaton "Four" - Tobias is also a transfer from Abnegation from Dauntless, like Tris. But the reason of his transfer was to runaway from his violent father who has abused Tobias. Now Tobias, "Four" trains the initiates in Dauntless. His nickname "four" stands for his four fears that was revealed

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    You are walking through the forest and come upon a tree with no leaves and what appears to be little life. Most people would assume it is dead based on its appearance without a second thought. However, what if there is life beneath the surface of the tree? What if the appearance of the tree does not reflect its reality? Appearances versus reality is a main theme reflected in Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak.…

    • 894 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Johins And Karas Summary

    • 527 Words
    • 3 Pages

    In this book the natural world of other Earth has a disease that turns people into scabs if they don’t bathe in the waters of Eylon in the forest of Middle, Southern, Eastern, Western, and Northern. Johnis and Silvia are transported by the books of history to the outskirts of Las Vegas which was in the year 2030. So they think that Darsel and Karas had just got there before them, so Johnis tells Silvia to spread out and look for them. As Johins and Silvia use their heads to find a way to use the gold that Thomas the hunter gave them. Until they find a chevron gas station with a red chevy parked out front.…

    • 527 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    After Sofia and Alexander became the head god and goddess of duskmoore, Nora their daughter noticed that Tobias the fourth dwarf wasn’t acting like himself. Sofia and Alexander became very worried for their friend and for Duskmoore. When Sofia and Alexander went to go visit Tobias, they could see in his eyes that he was about to leave Duskmoore and join Sofia’s parents. All of the dwarfs gathered around Tobias as they watched him take his last breath.…

    • 695 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    The “Babylonian Exile” is one of the most famous exiles in history. The Jewish people of Babylon were exiled to the Kingdom of Judah due to their religion. Just like what happened to two of the main character’s of Barbara Kingsolver’s novel. In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel, The Poisonwood Bible, the Price family is among the main characters. The family is made up of Nathan Price, the Reverend who led his family on a mission trip.…

    • 1521 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Working as a freelance agent and researcher at Milton Security, Lisbeth Salander appears to be an outcasted woman that many onlookers deem as abnormal. Legally labelled as a problem child (Larsson 229). Lisbeth actively chooses to retain her extensive knowledge and capabilities to herself. As a result of this decision, Lisbeth allows herself to be viewed as an individual that is weak and depent. Therefore, it is evident that based on Lisbeth’s appearance to others, this entices the dominant male figure in her life—her legal guardian, Advokat Bjurman—to assert dominance over her that results in sexual and financial abuse.…

    • 189 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Baylee Betts

    • 1947 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Compare/Contrast: Baylee Betts vs. Brianna Betts Baylee Betts and Brianna Betts, Brianna Betts and Baylee Betts. So similar that even their own mother mixes them up. Their peers at school tell them that they look so much like each other, that their eyes and nose are the same, and that their hair color is the only feature that separates the two. However, there are more differences than similarities between the two sisters. Baylee Betts, drama President, senior Vice President, the older sister and star student.…

    • 1947 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    She is the servant girl of the Proctors and as the other girls, she was present and participated in the events that occurred on the woods that eventually would lead them to condemn others in order to save themselves. Since she is naive she follows the group on the fraud even though she knows and states that what they have done its wrong,…

    • 828 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Madame Defarge goes from a seemingly peaceful character to one that symbolizes the chaos of the French Revolution. Dickens describes her as someone who: “. . . did not often make mistakes against herself in any of the reckonings over which she presided” (Dickens 31). Madame Defarge’s attitude realistically changes from a sense of self-control, unperturbed by others, to bloodlust and frustration shown when she tries to advocate to her husband why they should fight as hard as they can no matter how long it takes to achieve reform (Dickens 172). Madame Defarge’s movement from encouraging, smart housewife, to revolutionary happens quickly and intensely.…

    • 324 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Beatrice Character Foils

    • 922 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Have you ever read “Much Ado About Nothing”, a play by William Shakespeare? This play is set in the early 1500’s in Messina, Italy, and is brought on after a small war between two brothers occurred. The two main characters Beatrice and Hero are cousins which have love stories that are intertwined with each other. Even though they both end up finding true love in the end of the play, their views of love are completely different.…

    • 922 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Hannah Jarvis also has many of the same characteristics, particularly in regards to emotional intelligence that Thomasina does. Hannah is driven by her academic work and finds comfort in facts and knowledge where emotion makes her uncomfortable and exasperates her. This is illustrated in scene two when Hannah is discussing the hermit of Sidley Park with Bernard, HANNAH. The hermit was placed in the landscape exactly as one might place a pottery gnome. And there he lived out his life as a garden ornament.…

    • 1166 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The play, Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare is a romantic comedy set in Messina that focuses on two relationships throughout the play, Beatrice and Benedick and Claudio and Hero. Beatrice and Benedick are constantly arguing because of how similar their personalities are. They have a strong relationship because of how well they know each other. Claudio and Hero have a ‘fairytale’ kind of love because they do not know each other very well and do not argue until the day of their wedding. Benedick and Beatrice represent a realistic relationship where, Claudio and Hero represent a much simpler one.…

    • 785 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Divergent Symbolism

    • 457 Words
    • 2 Pages

    “I have tattoos of symbols of the five factions because I want to be all of them”, he said firmly, “Dauntless, Abnegation, Erudite, Candor, and Amity are as important as each other.” Reading from the beginning to here, you might be guessing “Is this a person who exists in reality?” That’s right, he’s not a movie star, nor an intelligent person who invented new techniques. He is a character from Divergent, he is Four. Four is a person who don’t have the similar characteristic like other main characters in science fiction stories.…

    • 457 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    “Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.” -Ricky Martin-…

    • 984 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Great Exception by Dickens has many different turn of events. I feel the fire represents her passion or her life-force. The house, like Miss Havisham, was wasting away with no one to take care of them. Miss Havisham realized she had wrong Estella and wanted to help Pip and Herbert. The promise that Miss Havisham and Pip made to each other about their secret would die with the house.…

    • 463 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Both of these women Gladys and Beatrice are women that represent a different kind of woman. Girls at War  displays a young woman(Gladys), who wants to be a part of change. She is not the type of woman to conform to society; she intends to be a part of change. When Reginald and Gladys cross paths for the second time, she shows her attitude for a change. In the previous paragraph, Reginald is gloating about being a Ministry of Justice.…

    • 368 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays