Reading Response 2-10-15

Being different is nothing to be afraid of, you should't fit in just because society is pressuring you. Insurgent by Veronica Roth teaches readers that everybody is different. Tris, the main character is Divergent, which basically means she doesn't  belong in a certain faction (community) where you have to act a certain way. She doesn't fit into any community.

This book shows readers that everyone is different from each other. In the book, when you are sixteen you have to take a test to determine which faction you belong in: "'We take a test to determine which faction we belong in, but we do have a choice and are able to pick whenever faction we like'" (Roth,24) This shows that we will acts a certain way. The book has communities for those acts. 

Tris, the main character doesn't fit into one faction. She fits in multiple factions because she is different, she is divergent: "'Abnegation, Dauntless' I say ' and Erudite' 'Three factions?' His eyebrows ift. 'Yes.Why' 'It just seems like a lo,' he says. 'We each had to choose a research focus in Erudite initiation, and mine was the aptitude test simulation, so I know a lot about the way it's designed. It's really difficult for a person to get two results-the program doesn't allow it. But to get three... I'm not even sure how that's  possible'" (Roth, 36) This means that she doesn't even fit into any faction, because she has a personality of multiple factions, that means that she doesn't really fit into society.

Being divergent doesn't make you dangerous, it makes you different...as well as special. tris doesn't hurt people, she actually saves them. Another character in the book named Marcus is also divergent, and is explaining to people about divergent:'''Yes' Marcus says. 'I understand you are concerned. You had never heard of the divergent a week ago, and all that you know is they are immune to something to which you are susceptible, and that is a frightening thing. But I can assure you that there is nothing to be afraid of, as far as we are concerned'" (Roth, 219) Divergents are not dangerous, they are different, but that doesn't make them bad. People don't have to act in one certain way. It's good to be different.

The text connects to the world because lots of people don't feel like they belong. They feel like they have to act a certain way because or for society, but they don't. People need to be themselves, they don't need to fit in. People need to have their own voice, their ow opinion and especially their own personality. Tris is divergent because she doesn't fit in and that's something you should be proud of, not afraid of.