Adaptation Of The Book 'Divergent' By Veronica Roth

Divergent is a novel written by Veronica Roth. The novel was later adapted into a film, even though it had some differences compared to the book. The setting is Chicago. The story is about a girl named Beatrice ‘Tris’ Prior who lives in a faction where the members are selfless, the Abnegation faction. She feels like she does not fit in her faction with her family and as the Choosing Ceremony approaches, she must choose if she leaves or stays in that faction. She finally decides to leave and transfers to the Dauntless faction, for the brave, where she must pass initiation without anyone noticing she is Divergent to become a member and she does, but just when she does, things get messy and her faction people are forced under an attack serum to …show more content…
For example, when Tris loses her fight against Peter and is knocked out, in the movie she wakes up in the medical area of the compound and is told by her friends Christina and Will that Eric had decided to cut her from the faction. They leave and Tris sneaks out of the medical area and boards the train with Four’s help. She confronts Eric and he accepts and lets her stay and play Capture the Flag with the rest. However, in the novel, she does wake up in the medical area, but is not kicked out of Dauntless immediately, she is also allowed to play Capture the Flag. In both the film and the novel, Natalie saves Tris, but it is from what she saves her that differs in both. In the film, she saves her from being shot in a field. Nonetheless, in the novel she saves her from drowning in a tank filled with water. Another example is Visiting Day. Visiting Day is not mentioned in the film and Tris’ mother talks to her while she is loading cargo. On the other hand, in the novel, Visiting Day is when Tris’ mother talks to her about the initiation. Both the movie and the book were entertaining mediums for the telling of the story, but personally, I preferred the book. I liked the book better because it was more detailed. I also preferred it because it is told from the point of view of the main character, Tris. She lets you know all her thoughts, her personal opinions of situations, and other personal things. Sadly, these are not shown in the movie. Still, the movie and its actors did a good job for the development of the story and the characters and should continue to do so by adapting the continuation novels, Insurgent and