- Tris is the protagonist of the novel Divergent. As a Divergent, she does not conform to one faction and is seen as a threat to the society. - Throughout the book, she transforms from a small, unintimidating girl to a strong, questioning character who embraces her fears. - The society is divided into factions, each representing a single virtue. Tris questions this system as she embodies all the virtues. - She faces challenges hiding her Divergence and overcoming obstacles to protect her loved ones from the oppressive faction system.

1. By: Carly Church
CWID: DYSTOPIAN HERO 101-052W PROJECT
4 DIVERGENT BY VERONICA ROTH

2. • Born Beatrice Prior into the faction Abnegation.
• Choice faction: Dauntless.
• Divergent: one who does not conform to one
specific faction or trait. Threat to the “balance
specific” society. Free-thinking.
• Small and unintimidating she transforms
throughout the book into a strong, authority
questioning, relentless, respect demanding
character.
• After joining Dauntless she embraces her fears
and lets them fuel her in her quest for truth and
the happiness of herself and the people she
loves; embodying all the factions; showing what
it means to be “divergent” or in other words,
human.
PROFILE: TRIS

3. • The police force or army of the
community. These people jump to and
from moving high speed trains in order to
travel around the city.
• Their home is located underground and
is only entered by jumping from a tall
building into a net below. Something only
a fearless dauntless would do.
• Their purpose is to always be on guard to
wipe out any threat that comes towards
the society.
• Strong, fearless, never give up, reckless,
adrenaline seeking, adventure hungry,
war dogs they believe in a constant
testing of limits.
DAUNTLESS BACKGROUND

4. • A hero in dystopian novels is someone who is
portrayed as meek or unqualified to overthrow,
question, or change a government or society.
• They usually have one specific trait or
possession that dually forces them into harms
way and can save their life if used correctly to
their advantage.
• Being forced into threatening situations they
find themselves in the middle of a conflict that
they must solve for the sake of society and/or
their own well-being.
• They are challenged to prove themselves and
act on their questions rather than merely think
to themselves.
• Faced with many trials they fight to overcome
the forceful and broken society they have been
born into and leave the world open to a
change that allows for human nature and
choice to once again thrive.
WHO IS THE NEW DYSTOPIAN HERO?

5. • The hero is challenged emotionally in all circumstances.
• They face trials that put them or their family, friends, loved ones, ect in jeopardy.
• Overcoming obstacles to protect those they love and either free them from oppression or take them
out of harms way is a common character circumstance for these types of heroes.
• Choosing between love and their responsibilities or trying to mix the two together.
• “I volunteer!” – Katniss Everdeen
A HERO’S GRIT

6. • “Faction before blood!” The rule that Tris’
society lives by. Once a faction has been
chosen they become your family and there is
no going back. On more than one occasion
Tris ignores this order and sees her brother
Caleb in his faction: Erudite.
• Tris is showing obvious question for this rule
and why it is so important to keep the society
and families split apart.
• Tris has a love obstacle as well. She loves her
family but she loves Four as well from her new
faction. She struggles with choosing to
whether or not to pursue him while trying to
focus on pretending to fit in and hide the fact
that she is Divergent.
• Her biggest trial is finding out where she
belongs, and then deciding how to accept the
fact that she doesn’t belong to any one faction
and what to do about it.
TRIS AND TRIALS:

7. • Being divergent scares the
government because the truth, test
and fear serums don’t work on the
divergents. Their minds don’t conform
to the same rules and standards that
the rest of the community have come
to terms with.
• Tris has to train her mind to fake
conforming during these tests so that
the government does not figure out her
secret and kill her.
DIVERGENT DANGERS

8. • In most dystopian literature a trial is
faced with yet another trial but
somewhere along the line this ends
and the rewards or end goal is met.
• In the first book of the Divergent trilogy
the main obstacle that Tris faces is
trying to hide the fact that she is
divergent and the governments tests
do not work on her. This makes her
uncontrollable and a threat to their
system.
• When the Dauntless are controlled at
the end by the Erudite’s test serum
and forced to capture or kill the
Abnegations, only the Divergent are
left unaffected, leaving them easy to
pick out and prey on. Tris has to make
the choice to fight her own faction and
her brothers faction in order to save
her parents from her former faction
while keeping herself alive.
TRIS AND TRIUMPHS

9. • After confirming that the Erudite leader
Jeanine is behind the attacks Tris is
free to infiltrate the Dauntless fortress
and turn off the machine controlling
the Dauntless.
• Confronting Jeanine she ends up
forcing her to relinquish control over
the Dauntless and stop the murder of
Abnegation. After escaping, Tris is left
with the reward of her life, the
exposure of the Erudite corruption, her
brother back and safe, and a new
mission as a Divergent. Her journey
continues through the rest of the
books in the series as she tries to
make being divergent not a crime.
REWARDS

10. • Having separate factions have
complete control over certain aspects
of the society is never going to work.
By allowing Abnegation to be the only
people deciding government issues it
opened the door for an Erudite
rebellion. There was no free choice or
voices being heard from anyone else
so the faction leader took it upon
herself to try and force a new
dysfunctional change based on
controlling drugs. Tyrannical
leadership causes oppression from all
angles. By keeping everyone
separated there is no unity and less
likelihood of organized rebellion.
WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?

11. • Targeting divergents was
necessary for the Erudite’s
because divergents see reason
and find new ways to solve
problems rather than relying on
only one skill. They aren’t easily
persuaded to murder entire
factions or conform to only one
task. They see the inefficiencies in
the system and will cause progress
where leaders would rather keep
control.
GENOCIDE OF DIVERGENTS

12. • Because a faction government forced
conformity and single mindedness
upon its citizens they rebelled in
violent and manipulative ways in order
to gain control and force their beliefs
on the rest of the community. Therefor
creating a vicious cycle.
• This caused Tris and the others to
have to put their lives on the line to
save human life and attempt to restore
peace where power hungry individuals
had chosen quick control and forced
allegiance.
GOVERNMENT STRATEGY

13. • In our government system we have
checks and balances. Because of the
lack of communication and checking in
the faction system it allowed dictator
ideas to flourish.
• Keeping our judicial, executive, and
legislative branches in check we don’t
allow any one branch to have more
power over the other to make corrupt
laws or act unconstitutionally. This
ensures that the people will not be
forced into conformity and lose our
rights to free will and choice. We will
be allowed a voice in our government
rather than just sitting idly by while
they tell us what we want and need.
HOW CAN WE AVOID THIS?

14. • Government welfare and programs
replacing family units and support
systems.
• Elections happen but between two major
parties without much change.
• Uneducated people vote for things they
don’t understand.
• Communist countries tell their citizens
what they can and cannot do with their
lives. The things they can do usually
keep the government in power and
benefit them more than the actual
people.
• The push to unarm people against their
own government and other threats so
that they can’t fight back.
• Factions replacing family units and
support systems.
• Government is controlled by one
group/faction.
• Only one faction is educated.
• Eradication of human will.
• Everyone must choose a faction based
on one quality within themselves and
cater to only that for the rest of their
lives or be shunned(factionless) or put
to death(divergents).
• Only one faction is armed, leaving all
the others at risk when the Dauntless
are forced to murder them.
THE PROBLEM
Divergent Real World

15. • Tris is deemed the new world
dystopian hero because she questions
the authority and corruption taking
place in a society run by control and
“order” for the sake of the people. She
sees that this kind of rule benefits the
leaders of the factions by allowing
them to keep complete control over
their communities by using the fear of
becoming factionless or dying as a
deterrent for rebellion. The
communities do the work and allow the
government bodies to give all the
orders that keep them in debt to each
other to survive. This way the people
will always “need” the government and
never step out of line.
SOCIETIES CONCLUSION

16. • Personally Tris faces the relatable
challenges of finding where she belongs,
how to balance a healthy love life, and be
a good friend and family member.
• She is the hero this dystopia needs
because she refuses to be controlled by
serums and violence but instead finds
pride in her differences and sees her
unique ability to help those oppressed.
• She is the perfect person to eradicate
threats as well as expose conspiracy and
threats to her community.
• The trials she faced physically and
mentally helping her become the hero
prepared her for the imminent rebellion
ahead.
NEW DYSTOPIAN HERO CONCLUDED