Divergent is about a a community split up into five distinct ways of life, or five factions. Each one meant to uphold a particular virtue of humanity: Abnegation (the selfless), Amity (the peaceful), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave) and Erudite (the intelligent). Everyone grows up in the faction your family lives in, but when you reach the age of 16 there is a Choosing Ceremony. Here, you can decide whether to stay with your original faction or switch to a different faction that better fits your personality based on a required test. The main character, Beatrice Prior, was born and raised in Abnegation. However, when she takes the test she realizes that she does not fit under one certain category. She is divergent. At the Choosing Ceremony, Beatrice, or Tris, decides to switch to Dauntless. Little does she know how dangerous being divergent is, but she will soon find out in her new journey to a life she knows very little about.
This book often reminds me of another book series called The Hunger Games, which I am also a big fan of. It's similar in the futuristic aspect of our world and how war has caused the society to change drastically for 'the great of good'. The two book series' have a young girl as the main character. Both are incredibly brave and strong, and willing to sacrifice themselves for their family/community.
The image below is a still from the upcoming movie they are currently making for Divergent. It shows the main character, Tris, and her mentor, Four, during the training for becoming Dauntless. It comes out in March of 2014. I for one am very excited and cannot wait to watch it for myself!
I am also reading Divergent! It is an excellent book. The way that the book is set up reminds me so much of the Hunger Games, also. I have genuinley enjoyed reading the book. It seems as if you are further ahead than I am, though. I hope I enjoy the rest of the book as much as you did.
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