1. What catastrophe or apocalypse has caused changes to life, culture and community in this dystopia?
According to a speech by one of the characters, “Decades ago our ancestors realized that it is not political ideology, religious belief, race, or nationalism this is to blame for a warring world. Rather, they determined that it was the fault of the human personality of humankind’s inclination toward evil, in whatever form that is. They divided into factions that sought to eradicate those qualities they believed responsible for the world’s disarray.” (Roth, 42) In short, it was our constant state of war that eventually led to this form of dystopian life. “Those who blamed aggression formed Amity. (...) Those who blamed ignorance became the …show more content…
She has her personal quest of self discovery. She has her goal of passing initiation, and becoming a member of Dauntless society without blowing her cover. She has her mission into Dauntless headquarters to destroy the database that is allowing Jeanine to control the soldiers. She manages to complete every task that is set out in front of her, because no matter how close she gets to giving up, or being defeated, she doesn’t let that deter her. She knows that it doesn’t matter if everyone else write her off. She needs to keep moving forward because she still has it in her. The fight isn’t over till she says it. Jeanine had decided because of her injury she was useless, and planned to dispose of her by drowning her. As she was in the tank, Tris thought to herself, “If I refuse to give up now, it will look braver to whoever watches me with that camera, but sometimes it isn’t fighting that’s brave, it’s facing the death that you know is coming.” (Roth, 437) Even faced with death, she refused to be broken mentally, and decided that if she was going to die she would do it her own way, because she won’t let herself be controlled. Thanks to the fact that she was trying to find who she is and protect that, she succeeded her