... Reflective portion: * Tris learns about her identity and chooses her faction. * Tris: Tris was born into the Abnegation Faction, but she had never felt at ease with her faction’s modest, self-denying lifestyle. When she took the aptitude test at the age of sixteen to determine her future, her result proved inconclusive. It was pretty clear from the start that this decision would very trying for her, and the path she chose would mean not only sacrificing a part of herself, but also sealing her fate as to what kind of person she would become for the rest of her life. At the Choosing Ceremony, Tris decided to join Dauntless. The decision represented a significant change in her life as she realized that in order to discover who she truly was, she had to leave her family behind and start anew. This meant giving up the security of family to actively pursue her goals regardless of whether they led her to danger, rather than being subservient to others with no freedom. Tris's rash decision of choosing Dauntless brought about many trials and tribulations that ultimately aided her in finding her true self. * Family: Before going to the Choosing Ceremony, Tris’s father had been counting on her and her brother to choose Abnegation. Afterwards, seeing their own children decided to leave the Abnegation faction, they were both shocked. Even though Tris's father felt disappointed, their mother, in contrast, encouraged and supported...
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...she thought she was. In the movie Divergent Beatice was born into the faction called Abnegation, meaning the selfless. She always knew she was different, but it wasn't until she turned sixteen when she realized where she actually belonged, Dauntless, the faction for the brave. Throughout the process of deciding which faction she belonged in, Beatrice (later known as Tris) goes through many emotions. The movie Divergent uses costuming, lighting, and camera angles and distance to show the emotions of all of the characters and portray who they are. Divergent is a movie that is about the world after a huge war that kills of a majority of the population. In order to make these people survive, they are broken into factions which are cities of people who have the same characteristics and jobs. You are born into a faction, but when you are sixteen you can decide where you want to be based on a test that you take. Beatrice takes this test and the results come back divergent, meaning she has a little bit of all the factions inside of her. This rarely happens. The movie is about Beatrice finding out where she belongs. The costuming in this movie is most likely one of the most important elements. Each of the five factions has their own style that portrays who they are and helps the viewer decipher between factions. In this scene, it shows all of the factions and portrays them by their costumes. Beatrice was born into the faction called Abnegation, the faction of the selfless. They aren't...
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...satisfying customers, and achieving stakeholder’s needs, movie directors continue to identify the right combinations of ethical decisions that main characters have to follow through their actions and scripts to foster ethical conduct. Ethical decisions made have causes and effects, consequences, framed in context of how a movie with different scripts can achieve its highest-priority themes and guarantee positive ratings. A 2012 film, The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross and 2014 film, Divergent, directed by Neil Burger presents two ideal films focusing on the ethical decisions made by the main characters. This essay aims at identifying the causes and effects of ethical decisions made by the main characters, the impacts of these decisions, how these decisions affect the society. The movie, Divergent, revolves around a society with five different factions: Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless, and the Erudite. Members of ultramodern dystopian Chicago join any of the five groups based on their fondness but are, at first, given a proposition by an aptitude test. The group that controls the government, Abnegation, has brought up Beatrice Prior, the main character. Andrew, Prior’s father, is one of the ruling council heading Abnegation. During the Choosing Ceremony, Prior chooses Dauntless whereas his brother chooses Erudite. Choosing the Dauntless signifies Beatrice’s ethical decision. Beatrice has always been fascinated by Dauntless and she makes an ethical decision by choosing her...
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...Divergent Summary Introduction The dystopian novel Divergent was introduced to us by the main character, Tris. Tris was in her main faction, Abnegation She wears grey, she is selfless and cares about the people around her. On page 1, it says “There is ONE mirror in my house”. As being part of abnegation, your not suppose to attract attention to yourself or even look at yourself. Tris and her brother, caleb were getting ready for the aptitude test on that day and the choosing ceremony the next day. On page 2, Tris says to herself “And tomorrow, at the choosing ceremony, I will decide on a faction; I will decide the rest of my life; I will decide to stay with my family or abandon them”. Once you turn 16, you go to the choosing ceremony to...
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...Not only does this theme occur in famous short stories, but also in a popular movie called “Divergent”. The way that the Lottery theme relates to this movies is that the main character has a deep secret which could end her life and the harm the people around her. In this dystopian city, every year when the children reach the age of sixteen they take the Aptitude test that is simulation to determine what faction they will be placed in. The factions in the dystopian city is to keep order in the city. The main character, Beatrice Prior takes the simulation test but her results tell her that she is a divergent, someone who cannot be controlled by the faction system. She is forced to keep this a secret from everyone she loves in fear that they...
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...Females throughout history have experienced many struggles being a woman. From protesting to get the vote and standing up for equal rights, women have worked hard to get the freedoms they have today. It was with the rise of Elizabeth I in England that a new approach to women throughout literature and the media can be seen. She has been celebrated as an English embodiment of feminine strength and was patron to Shakespeare and Marlowe Elizabeth strayed from being the traditional women figure, and became a brave and rebellious leader. Of course Elizabeth did not act this way for fun, she did it as she felt it was the necessary action to take. Today, females in books and movies have strayed further from traditional roles in order to lead successful lives. Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games trilogy faces the pressure of the capital and wishes to fight to make change. Hanna, from the 2011 film Hanna, is raised through the teaching of her father to become an assassin in order to avenge a murdered mother. Beatrice, in the Divergent trilogy works to hide her true identity of being divergent as she knows the consequences if her truth be revealed. Later, of course, she too becomes an agent for change. Each character, then, coming from different backgrounds and lifestyles, must break away from tradition and take action to bring balance to their worlds and take revenge on those who have harmed them. All three women must learn the actions, attitudes and ways of what is known as the avenging...
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...revolution or to overthrow the current ruling class, and take over. Classes tend to be structurally in conflict. Class conflict usually occurs due to the relationship of power wherever a privet surplus exists. When class conflict occurs the struggle for political power arises. Struggles and conflicts also arise in the different divisions inside the same class due to power and status. (Naiman, 2012, p.64) In the movie Divergent the societies class division occurs in forms of fractions. In theory the fraction are supposed to be all set up to equally contribute to the society by their different virtues, there is still a class conflict occurring through out the movie. This society evolves through different types of production in which the upper class being Abnegation, the selfless class are trusted to run the government because they are public servants. The main class conflict in the movie arises for political power between Abnegation and Erudite. Erudite believe that they should be the rulers not abnegation. They use their knowledge to create serum making Dauntless their...
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...Dystopia – Divergent At the age of 16, the children have to take a psychological test, which indicates their best-suited faction. Later on, they’re allowed to choose any faction as their permanent group at the Choosing Ceremony. Is this our future community? And is this the best way to control the population? “Divergent” is a movie where people are divided into distinct factions based on their human virtues. This dystopia is a disguise of their problems of the future and it only gets worst. It may take places in the future but it seems like something that could happen in out time. We’re not too close to what is happing in “Divergent”. We’re slowly becoming a society who is divided into certain groups. Rich, poor, in-between people who don’t really know have to put themselves. But will the world like “Divergent” help the population or make even worse? In some way, it could really help people who don’t know what to do with their life, and here would a test really help them and guide them into a life that fits perfectly for you. But on the other hand, it could really end with a totally mess and totally chaos. If people don’t fit into the test and there come a difference result than expected, the government could take all the people that didn’t make it in the test, like they should do, and kill them. Only because they didn’t fit in the society that they created. It would make them question the government and it would in a revolution only because it would frustrate the...
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...This is when the hero has a call to adventure, but they refuse the call. Later on in the story they accepts the call and cross the threshold with mentors and companions to help them along on their journey. Divergent follows each point of the separation/departure very closely. Beatrice has her call to adventure when she goes in to take her aptitude test on what faction suits her best and will be in for the rest of her life. She did not get a positive result on her test, she got all results causing her do be divergent. Beatrice is not able to tell anyone what her real results are or she will become fractionless, which means that she will have no place to go or live. During the ceremony of choosing what fraction each person is going to be in, Tris answers her call by deciding to become Dauntless. She starts her Dauntless journey running around town, jumping on and off of trains, and falling into a bottomless pit that goes into Dauntless. Eric, a member of Dauntless states that only the strongest people will survive saying, “you chose us. Now we have to choose you.” Beatrice is quickly subjected to the world of the Dauntless; the people there have physical skill, which Beatrice is not use too. She soon meets her mentors Four and her companions Christina, Al, Will, and Tori who constantly push her, get her to do her best, and they also help her when she is having a problem. After awhile Tris gets a tattoo of three ravens that are flying towards her heart. This tattoo represents her...
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...Reading Vocabulary Page 321 " David sits in a wheelchair, his legs covered in a stiff material--to keep the bones in place so they can heal, I assume. He looks pale and wan, but healthy enough." (Roth, 321). Definition- pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion. Sentence- As Sickness washed over the community, the infected began to look wan. Page 219 " On it is printed HUMAN BIOLOGY. ' It's a little rudimentary, but this book helped to teach me what it is to be human, ' he says. " (Roth, 219). Definition- involving or limited to basic principles. Sentence- The professor had a rudimentary style of teaching for college. Page 357 "' I mean, most Dauntless would rather leap into the chasm than keep going through their fear landscapes. There's...
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...The question required us to discuss whether the doctrine of necessity is being applied adequately in the criminal law and discuss the recent decisions in these respects. In order to determine the doctrine of necessity , I would like to start with two different scenes in the recent movie, Insurgent- Divergent . On the facts of the movie, Jeanine wanted to find a divergent who is able to open the 'mystery box’. Thus, in the searching process, Eric (one of the Dauntless faction leaders) killed Uriah and a little girl who are not 100% divergence. The second situation is where Jeannie uses a threat - a simulation that causes Dauntless members to step off the roof every two days unless a Divergent (Tris) is given to the Erudite. Tris being Tris is...
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...The Main Characteristics of the YA Dystopian Fiction Novels and the Reasons Why Teenagers Find It So Appealing Although dystopian fiction is not a new subgenre with its famous masterpieces such as 1984 by George Orwell or Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, it can be stated to be new in Young Adult Literature since House of Stairs by William Sleator in 1974 and The Giver by Lois Lowry in 1993 (article 1 and 5). However, the incredible success of The Hunger Games and Divergent as best sellers on bookshops and movie adaptations on theatres seems undeniable. Especially The Hunger Games has been on the best-seller list of the New York Times for 180 consecutive weeks (article 5) and the opening week of the motion picture adaptation had box office...
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...Made By Jason & Franklin. This Document Is Strictly Prohibited For Commercial Purposes Without Authorization. List 1 GRE Verbal 750 Quantitative 800, AW 5.5 2008 10 Princeton, MIT, M. Fin Unit 1 ABANDON A B D I C AT E ABASE ABERRANT ABASH ABET A B AT E A B E YA N C E A B B R E V I AT E ABHOR abandon [ 1 n. ] carefree, freedom from constraint added spices to the stew with complete abandon unconstraint, uninhibitedness, unrestraint 2 v. to give (oneself) over unrestrainedly abandon herself to a life of complete idleness abandon oneself to emotion indulge, surrender, give up 3 v. to withdraw from often in the face of danger or encroachment abandon the ship/homes salvage 4 v. to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) NASA the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch abort, drop, repeal, rescind, revoke, call off keep, continue, maintain, carry on abase [ 1 v. ] to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem was unwilling to abase himself by pleading guilty to a crime that he did not commit debauch, degrade, profane, vitiate, discredit, foul, smirch, take down elevate, ennoble, uplift, aggrandize, canonize, deify, exalt abash [ 1 vt. ] to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of ,disconcert, embarrass Nothing could abash him. discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, faze, fluster, nonplus, mortify embolden abate [ 1 v. ] to reduce in degree or intensity / abate his rage/pain taper off intensify 2 v. ...
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...GMAT Vocabulary List MovieHONG abaft (adv.) on or toward the rear of a ship The passengers moved abaft of the ship so as to escape the fire in the front of the ship. abandon (v.; n) to leave behind; to give something up; freedom; enthusiasm; impetuosity After failing for several years, he abandoned his dream of starting a grocery business. Lucy embarked on her new adventure with abandon. abase (v.) to degrade; humiliate; disgrace The mother's public reprimand abased the girl. The insecure father, after failing to achieve his own life-long goals, abased his children whenever they failed. abbreviate (v.) to shorten; compress; diminish His vacation to Japan was abbreviated when he acquired an illness treatable only in the United States. abdicate (v.) to reject, renounce, or abandon Due to his poor payment record, it may be necessary to abdicate our relationship with the client. aberrant (adj.) abnormal; straying from the normal or usual path The aberrant flight pattern of the airplane alarmed the air traffic controllers. His aberrant behavior led his friends to worry the divorce had taken its toll. abeyance (n.) a state of temporary suspension or inactivity Since the power failure, the town has been in abeyance. abhor (v.) to hate By the way her jaw tensed when he walked in, it is easy to see that she abhors him. The dog abhorred cats, chasing and growling at them whenever he had the opportunity. abject (adj.) of the worst or lowest degree ...
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...|Word |Synonym |Sentence | |Abase |to humiliate, degrade, debase, corrupt, |Don’t abase yourself by accepting this offer. | | |disgrace | | |Abash |to bewilder, confound, confuse, puzzle, amaze,|That poor man felt abashed in the company of rich man & women. He was not at | |[uh-bash] |stun, leave speechless, bamboozle. |all abashed by his open admiration (প্রশংসা). | |Abate |to remove, lessen |We resumed our journey when the rain abated. Rather than leaving immediately, | | | |they waited for the storm to abate. | |Abdicate |to forsake, give up, (পরিত্যাগ করা, অস্বীকার |Edwar VIII abdicated the British throne to marry the woman he loved. Saddam was| | |করা), resign, relinquish, hand over, step down|abdicated from his throne. | | |from, abandon | | ...
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