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* UnderestimateBadassery: Tris is a small teenage girl. Far too often, she's assumed to be a non-threat - even when she's pointing a gun at them.
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** Somewhat subverted in Insurgent when [[spoiler: Tris tries to save Jeanine from Tori.]]
** And Insurgent [[spoiler: Tris and Tobias have reconciled and they got the information, but Evelyn has staged her coup and Tris, Cara and Christine are seen as traitors]]
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''{{Divergent}}'' is a YoungAdult dystopian thriller, the debut novel of Veronica Roth, a young author.
In a dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions: [[BrutalHonesty Candor]], [[ButtMonkey Abnegation]], [[PsychoForHire Dauntless]], [[HufflepuffHouse Amity]], and [[InsufferableGenius Erudite]]. Every year, sixteen-year olds must select a faction to be a member of for the rest of their life, lest they become [[CrazyHomelessPeople factionless]].
Beatrice grew up in Abnegation, unable to think of herself. But when she takes an aptitude test to decide what faction she fits in the most, her result is that she is a Divergent, qualifying for more than one faction. Therefore, she rejects her heritage and joins Dauntless, renaming herself Tris. As she takes the highly competitive initiation test, the conflict that threatens to rip apart the society gradually unravels before her.
The book received favorable reviews, which is impressive for a debut novel.
The second book in the trilogy, ''Insurgent'', will be released on May 1, 2012.
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!!Examples:
* AFateWorseThanDeath: Becoming factionless, who live in poverty and are ostracized, is considered this by most of the characters.
* [[{{AbusiveParents}} Abusive Parent]]: [[spoiler: Tobias's worst fear is his own father who used to beat him as a child.]] Which is why he transferred.
* ActionMom: [[spoiler:Tris's mother.]]
* AfterTheEnd
* AmbitionIsEvil: The viewpoint held by Abnegation. This puts them at odds with Erudite.
* AssholeVictim: Anytime something bad happens to Peter.
* AxCrazy: Most of the Dauntless characters at the end, though [[spoiler: they were under mind control]].
** [[spoiler: Except for [[JerkAss Peter]], who was awake during the simulation because the Erudite figured he was homicidal and wouldn't mind killing a few hundred people while awake.]]
* BattleCouple: [[spoiler: Tobias and Tris]].
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Tris's mother shows up to save her from being executed.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Tris manages to stop the mind control device and rescues her boyfriend. Unfortunately, many members of Abnegation and Dauntless have been needlessly killed, both of Tris's parents (as well as Will) are dead, she has little chance of befriending Christina again, and Jeanine is still out there.]]
* BrutalHonesty: The Candor faction is all about this.
* ButtMonkey: Poor, poor Al.
* ChekhovsSkill: Tobias mentions early on that he is good with computers. Not surprisingly he uses this in the end.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Tris quickly learns that people are more willing to share information after they've been shot.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Jeanine, the representative of the Erudite faction, uses her power and intelligence to [[spoiler: create the mind-control revolt against the Abnegation-controlled government.]]
* CreepyChild: Peter, YMMV.
* DeadpanSnarker: Tris, at the end of the book.
---> '''Tobias''': "[[spoiler:I might love you. I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.]]"
---> '''Tris''': "That's sensible of you. We should find some paper so you can make a list or a chart or something."
* DeathByChildbirth: This is how Tobias' mom and only family member besides [[{{AbusiveParents}} Marcus]] dies, years prior to the beginning of the novel.
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: Peter]] does whatever he can to get rid of potential rivals in the initiate ranking, from stabbing [[spoiler: Edward]] in the eye to trying to [[spoiler: throw Tris into the chasm.]]
** Also Molly, who [[spoiler: feeds lies about Tris's father to Erudite]] because Tris beat her in a fight and ranked higher than her.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Al, after Tris refuses to forgive him.]]
* {{Expy}}: Peter is a knife-wielding, green-eyed, dark-haired enemy of our protagonist with a violent, murderous streak. Sound [[TheHungerGames familiar]]?
* EvilGenius: Jeanine. She has the highest tested IQ in all of the Erudite faction, and she's not a nice person.
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: There are shades of this in Abnegation. Basically, any part of free will that serves the self is prohibited.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Edward]] is on the receiving end of one via a butter knife [[spoiler: [[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} because he ended up first on the initiate ranking]].]]
* FaceYourFears: A major component of Dauntless initiation.
* FailOSuckyname: Molly nicknames herself "The Tank."
* GenkiGirl: Marlene.
* HufflepuffHouse: From all of the factions, Amity gets the least mentioned. None of the transfer to Dauntless are from it, and only one named character is a member of it. However, Amity is likely to be in the spotlight in later books, as [[spoiler: the main characters head there in the end to escape the wrath of Erudite.]]
** Candor also comes very close to this.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Said word-for-word when Tris [[spoiler: confronts Tobias while he's under the effects of a mind-controlling serum.]]
* InsufferableGenius: Erudite, and their leader, Jeanine.
* JerkAss: Peter, Molly, and Drew.
** Special mention goes to Peter. He goes out of his way to make Tris's life miserable, from throwing petty insults to outright [[spoiler: sexually harassing her and [[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} trying to]] ''[[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} kill]]'' [[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} her]].]]
** Molly's no pushover either. To get back at Tris for wounding her pride, she [[spoiler: feeds lies to the Erudite about Tris's father and Abnegation]].
** With his extreme teaching methods, Eric comes across as this sometimes.
* LivingLieDetector: Some people from the Candor faction. Tris is worried that Christina, who transferred from Candor, will be able to tell that Tris [[spoiler: killed Christina's boyfriend Will]].
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted with Tobias.
* MindControlDevice: [[spoiler: The "tracking" chips placed in every Dauntless member controls them and ultimately leads to the Dauntless members, aside from Divergents, being controlled into attacking Abnegation.]]
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Part of the Dauntless initiate training. Peter utterly serves Tris in one fight, but Tris delivers total ownage to Molly in another.
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler: Tobias, under Jeanine's mind-control, becomes horribly close to shooting Tris, but the sound of Tris's voice makes him snap out of it.]]
* SacrificialLion: Both of Tris's parents.
* PsychoForHire: The Dauntless are implied to be this. The Erudite use them to fight their physical battles in a war, even agreeing being put under mind control so they could do what they do best: [[BloodKnight killing]]!
* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler: Tris has no choice but to shoot Will, who, under mind control, was trying to kill her.]]
* TheSociopath: [[JerkAss Peter]], [[EvilGenius Eric]], and [[BigBad Jeanine]] all have shades of this, but we see the most of Peter.
* ThePsychoRangers: [[AxCrazy Peter]], [[ManipulativeBitch Molly]] and [[AndZoidberg Drew]].
* TookALevelInJerkass: Tris's character development. She begins as a pleasant, timid youth, but as the story goes on she becomes callous and jaded.
* TrainingFromHell: Dauntless initiate training. From [[{{NoHoldsBarredBeatdown}} fights]] to knife-throwing to fear simulations, it's not pleasant.
* WaifFu: Tris.
* WhatTheHellHero: Tris's dad calls her out for [[spoiler: shooting Peter in the arm.]] Though to be fair, the bastard deserved it.
* [[{{WhoNamesTheirKidDude}} Who Names Their Kid "Four"?]]: Subverted. [[spoiler: His real name is actually Tobias. He's called Four because he only has four fears.]]
* YourMindMakesItReal: [[spoiler:The second round of testing]] consists of this.
* YouWouldntShootMe: [[spoiler: Tris shoots both Peter and Eric, but they doubt she'd do it since she's a Stiff. Both end in [[{{OnlyAFleshWound}} some non-fatal injury.]]]]
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In a dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions: [[BrutalHonesty Candor]], [[ButtMonkey Abnegation]], [[PsychoForHire Dauntless]], [[HufflepuffHouse Amity]], and [[InsufferableGenius Erudite]]. Every year, sixteen-year olds must select a faction to be a member of for the rest of their life, lest they become [[CrazyHomelessPeople factionless]].
Beatrice grew up in Abnegation, unable to think of herself. But when she takes an aptitude test to decide what faction she fits in the most, her result is that she is a Divergent, qualifying for more than one faction. Therefore, she rejects her heritage and joins Dauntless, renaming herself Tris. As she takes the highly competitive initiation test, the conflict that threatens to rip apart the society gradually unravels before her.
The book received favorable reviews, which is impressive for a debut novel.
The second book in the trilogy, ''Insurgent'', will be released on May 1, 2012.
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!!Examples:
* AFateWorseThanDeath: Becoming factionless, who live in poverty and are ostracized, is considered this by most of the characters.
* [[{{AbusiveParents}} Abusive Parent]]: [[spoiler: Tobias's worst fear is his own father who used to beat him as a child.]] Which is why he transferred.
* ActionMom: [[spoiler:Tris's mother.]]
* AfterTheEnd
* AmbitionIsEvil: The viewpoint held by Abnegation. This puts them at odds with Erudite.
* AssholeVictim: Anytime something bad happens to Peter.
* AxCrazy: Most of the Dauntless characters at the end, though [[spoiler: they were under mind control]].
** [[spoiler: Except for [[JerkAss Peter]], who was awake during the simulation because the Erudite figured he was homicidal and wouldn't mind killing a few hundred people while awake.]]
* BattleCouple: [[spoiler: Tobias and Tris]].
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Tris's mother shows up to save her from being executed.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Tris manages to stop the mind control device and rescues her boyfriend. Unfortunately, many members of Abnegation and Dauntless have been needlessly killed, both of Tris's parents (as well as Will) are dead, she has little chance of befriending Christina again, and Jeanine is still out there.]]
* BrutalHonesty: The Candor faction is all about this.
* ButtMonkey: Poor, poor Al.
* ChekhovsSkill: Tobias mentions early on that he is good with computers. Not surprisingly he uses this in the end.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Tris quickly learns that people are more willing to share information after they've been shot.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Jeanine, the representative of the Erudite faction, uses her power and intelligence to [[spoiler: create the mind-control revolt against the Abnegation-controlled government.]]
* CreepyChild: Peter, YMMV.
* DeadpanSnarker: Tris, at the end of the book.
---> '''Tobias''': "[[spoiler:I might love you. I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.]]"
---> '''Tris''': "That's sensible of you. We should find some paper so you can make a list or a chart or something."
* DeathByChildbirth: This is how Tobias' mom and only family member besides [[{{AbusiveParents}} Marcus]] dies, years prior to the beginning of the novel.
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: Peter]] does whatever he can to get rid of potential rivals in the initiate ranking, from stabbing [[spoiler: Edward]] in the eye to trying to [[spoiler: throw Tris into the chasm.]]
** Also Molly, who [[spoiler: feeds lies about Tris's father to Erudite]] because Tris beat her in a fight and ranked higher than her.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Al, after Tris refuses to forgive him.]]
* {{Expy}}: Peter is a knife-wielding, green-eyed, dark-haired enemy of our protagonist with a violent, murderous streak. Sound [[TheHungerGames familiar]]?
* EvilGenius: Jeanine. She has the highest tested IQ in all of the Erudite faction, and she's not a nice person.
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: There are shades of this in Abnegation. Basically, any part of free will that serves the self is prohibited.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Edward]] is on the receiving end of one via a butter knife [[spoiler: [[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} because he ended up first on the initiate ranking]].]]
* FaceYourFears: A major component of Dauntless initiation.
* FailOSuckyname: Molly nicknames herself "The Tank."
* GenkiGirl: Marlene.
* HufflepuffHouse: From all of the factions, Amity gets the least mentioned. None of the transfer to Dauntless are from it, and only one named character is a member of it. However, Amity is likely to be in the spotlight in later books, as [[spoiler: the main characters head there in the end to escape the wrath of Erudite.]]
** Candor also comes very close to this.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Said word-for-word when Tris [[spoiler: confronts Tobias while he's under the effects of a mind-controlling serum.]]
* InsufferableGenius: Erudite, and their leader, Jeanine.
* JerkAss: Peter, Molly, and Drew.
** Special mention goes to Peter. He goes out of his way to make Tris's life miserable, from throwing petty insults to outright [[spoiler: sexually harassing her and [[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} trying to]] ''[[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} kill]]'' [[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} her]].]]
** Molly's no pushover either. To get back at Tris for wounding her pride, she [[spoiler: feeds lies to the Erudite about Tris's father and Abnegation]].
** With his extreme teaching methods, Eric comes across as this sometimes.
* LivingLieDetector: Some people from the Candor faction. Tris is worried that Christina, who transferred from Candor, will be able to tell that Tris [[spoiler: killed Christina's boyfriend Will]].
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted with Tobias.
* MindControlDevice: [[spoiler: The "tracking" chips placed in every Dauntless member controls them and ultimately leads to the Dauntless members, aside from Divergents, being controlled into attacking Abnegation.]]
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Part of the Dauntless initiate training. Peter utterly serves Tris in one fight, but Tris delivers total ownage to Molly in another.
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler: Tobias, under Jeanine's mind-control, becomes horribly close to shooting Tris, but the sound of Tris's voice makes him snap out of it.]]
* SacrificialLion: Both of Tris's parents.
* PsychoForHire: The Dauntless are implied to be this. The Erudite use them to fight their physical battles in a war, even agreeing being put under mind control so they could do what they do best: [[BloodKnight killing]]!
* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler: Tris has no choice but to shoot Will, who, under mind control, was trying to kill her.]]
* TheSociopath: [[JerkAss Peter]], [[EvilGenius Eric]], and [[BigBad Jeanine]] all have shades of this, but we see the most of Peter.
* ThePsychoRangers: [[AxCrazy Peter]], [[ManipulativeBitch Molly]] and [[AndZoidberg Drew]].
* TookALevelInJerkass: Tris's character development. She begins as a pleasant, timid youth, but as the story goes on she becomes callous and jaded.
* TrainingFromHell: Dauntless initiate training. From [[{{NoHoldsBarredBeatdown}} fights]] to knife-throwing to fear simulations, it's not pleasant.
* WaifFu: Tris.
* WhatTheHellHero: Tris's dad calls her out for [[spoiler: shooting Peter in the arm.]] Though to be fair, the bastard deserved it.
* [[{{WhoNamesTheirKidDude}} Who Names Their Kid "Four"?]]: Subverted. [[spoiler: His real name is actually Tobias. He's called Four because he only has four fears.]]
* YourMindMakesItReal: [[spoiler:The second round of testing]] consists of this.
* YouWouldntShootMe: [[spoiler: Tris shoots both Peter and Eric, but they doubt she'd do it since she's a Stiff. Both end in [[{{OnlyAFleshWound}} some non-fatal injury.]]]]
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