Divergent

I will be updating the post as I read it.

Chapters 1 - 13

The concept that a series of tests will tell you the faction you belong to is interesting. It's something that has the feel of fantasy but also reality. Not only because it is a reflection on life and it's archetypes, but because I fear the future may become like this. A place where everyone is separated. The same thing is in Hunger Games, where people are placed into sections and are separate in class. However, life was like this before, and it still is. No matter how we feel things have changed, we can't escape separation.

What I found most interesting is the factions are different archetypes. The kind with the kind and the smart with the smart. Everyone adopts one singular way of life. That's what actually makes the story so powerful. Everyone is stuck in this way of living and once they are coming of age, they get to choose to stay with their family in their faction, or transfer to the one that they show more personality in. For Beatrice, or rather Tris, she showed qualities in multiple factions. However, this is seen as dangerous and she must keep quiet about it, which makes her choice in a faction difficult. She's more real.

I like to think about it like High School. Where everyone has their little groups of friends that are all the same and don't really venture out of it. However, there are students who don't feel they fit in just one group and bounce around to friends from different cliques. I can say that as I was one of them. Someone who moved around because I had friends in these different groups and connected with each of them, despite them being different from each other. The story it self is so real but feels very sci-fi. That's where I stop, as I feel the story has so much potential but isn't taking full advantage of the depth it possesses. I hope to see the book take an interesting twist that it literally makes me fall to the floor in pain, just like Tris getting punched around by Peter.


Class Discussion

Type - A persona, such as a salesman or and orphan, in which a trait is magnified to create a character.
Stereotype -A pre-concieved notion that was developed based on how a type has been rendered. It has not been observed.
Archetype -

Creating a Character

Wheel of Fortune
Dominate Trait: Authority
Opposite Trait: Follower/Doubt
Complimentary Trait: Intelligence
A person who believes they must enforce a way of thinking. However it is not always good, and rather a gamble. A bit bipolar, where their personality can differ time to time. I can see them as a police officer, as they have a set of rules and laws to follow and enforce, a sense of Authority. Not quite ruling, like a boss, but still smart. They may lead, but are more of the following type, as seen on how they treat those in and outside the profession. They lead those outside, but follow the ones internally. This is why they are not a leader.

When confronting someone in a store, possibly shoplifting, they are quick to capture the suspect but aren't brash enough to take them in. They question witnesses and the suspect themselves to make sure there isn't a misunderstanding, warning each of them the consequences of lying. He examines the store and the gestures of those he speaks to. As much as he would hate to take the young one to the station, he knows he must.  It was something he was told to do, no matter what. He takes the shoplifter, hesitating, but then with reassurance and a bit of force. The kid questions, proclaiming how it wasn't his fault. "It wasn't me. It wasn't me." The cop's mind spins. What should he do? What can he do? He was trained to know what to do in these situations. Told by his superiors. He knew the kid was lying, they all do. He couldn't let him break him, he was smarter than that.