Divergent And Insurgent: Character Analysis

In ELA, the 7th graders are reading Divergent and Insurgent. Near the end of Divergent and the beginning of Insurgent, the Erudite attack Abnegation. In result to the attacks on Abnegation, Beatrice Prior, or Tris Prior, and Four, or Tobias Eaton, went to Amity, the factionless, and Candor because Dauntless and Abnegation were not safe. Dauntless is not safe because that is where Erudite were when they attacked Abnegation, and Abnegation is not safe because Erudite attacked Abnegation. In the books Divergent and Insurgent, some characters are inclined to power because, in the Divergent series, the society has fallen and, without the factions and faction leaders, everyone would go into anarchy. One person inclined to power is Evelyn Johnson, …show more content…
Jeanine is inclined to power because she is using the Dauntless to take over Abnegation for information, she used Erudite-Dauntless soldiers to check who was divergent at the Candor headquarters by injecting all of the people at Candor with longer lasting simulation, and many more. Tris thinks, ¨I thought Jeanine attacked the Abnegation to seize power, but she attacked them to steal information-information only they knew.¨(Roth, Insurgent 26). With the Abnegation almost dead and the Abnegation information taken to Erudite, Erudite have a lot of control for future simulations because she knows what all happened during the Dauntless simulation attack on Abnegation. Also, a bit after Erudite´s attack on Candor, Max, the representative at Erudite for the Candor and Erudite meeting, asked to Jack Kang, the leader of Candor, 3 requirements. The first was to return the Dauntless leader Candor holds unharmed, which is Eric. The second was to let Erudite’s soldiers search the Candor compound for divergents. The third, and last agreement, was to provide the names of the people who were not injected with the simulation serum, which, during the attack on Candor, they were in the needles. The reason Erudite wanted all these requirements to be meet is so they can eliminate all the divergent at …show more content…
The reason Tris is not inclined to power is because she does not want to become a Dauntless leader, and she goes to Erudite so that young Dauntless will not jump off the roofs when they are controlled by the simulation Erudite shot most Candor and Dauntless people with. The reason Tris is not a Dauntless leader is because there is always an odd number of Dauntless leaders, and 4 were nominated as leaders, Tris, Tobias, Tori, and Harrison. While choosing the Dauntless leaders, Tris and Tori say, “‘we only need three leader,’ Tori says. ‘We’ll have to vote.’...‘No,’ I say. I clear my throat and say it louder. ‘No, you don’t have to vote. I refuse my nomination.’ Tori raises her eyebrow at me. ‘Are you sure, Tris?’ ‘Yes’ I say. ‘I don’t want it. I’m sure’”(Roth, Insurgent 265/6). The reason Tris did not want to become a Dauntless leader was because she wanted Tobias to be popular with the Dauntless. Right after Erudite’s simulation on Marlene, Hector, and a young Dauntless girl, Tris thinks of the message they said, “I have a message for the Divergent. I am Divergent. This is not a negotiation. No, it is not. It is a warning. I understand. Every two days until one of you delivers yourself to Erudite headquarters… I will. ...this will happen again. It will never happen again.”(Roth, Insurgent 300). She did not want anymore young Dauntless to die, so she turns herself into the Erudite, not knowing what they will