The document discusses the divergent society, which is divided into five factions based on personality traits and the implications of being 'divergent,' or having qualities from multiple factions. It contrasts this with the world of 'Anthem,' where family and reproduction are controlled by a council, lacking personal choice. Both narratives explore themes of identity, societal structure, and the importance of family amidst oppressive systems.

1. Divergent Argument Essay
As for Divergent, the society is divided into five factions which divides citizens through an aptitude test: Abnegation the selfless one, Candor the
honest, Dauntless the brave, and Erudite the intelligent. When teenagers come to age, they are able to control their destiny by receiving options.
Stay with the faction the one they were born into or go to the one that matches their personality by the aptitude test (Divergent). Trice takes her
aptitude test and find out that she is a Divergent. Meaning that she has an aptitude toward more than one faction. The society believes the
Divergents are the greatest threat, since they are unable to be controlled. Trice decides to leave the abnegation and join the dauntless, the brave
ones, even without knowing where she belongs. If she did not choose one out of those five faction she would've been factionless. Meaning that if
they do not fit in any of the five factions or gets kicked out of the factions that society has created in the city of Chicago (Divergent).
When it comes to family, a person would risk their lives to protect their family because of blood unites them. In Anthem, family and love were
never things in their society. Equality explains their reproduction "Each spring, men older than twenty, and woman older than eighteen are sent to
the City of Palace of Mating for one night" (Rand 41). Men and women do not get to choose who to mate with. The Council of Eugenics chooses
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Tris knows her sibling, and her parents, and she will do anything to keep her family protected because family is where she belong to, and where
her identity comes from (Divergent).
In conclusion, Anthem and Divergent were destroyed and had to be rebuild. Divergent, and Anthem share greatly of similarities, but yet they also
have differences in storylines like settings, jobs, and family structure to rebuild what has been
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