Claire Coleman

Honors English I 

Mrs. Belden

15 September 2014

Divergent Timed Writing

This summer I read the novel Divergent written by Veronica Ross. One of the many themes is: Family is forever and will love you no matter what happens. Two ways this is  shown is when Tris has to make the hard decision to stay in Abnegation or transfer to a different faction, and when Tris’s mom still visits her after her faction transfer.

First, every sixteen year old in Tris’s skewed world needs to decide which faction (basically factions are like countries specializing in different things) to live in for the rest of their life. It is not shined upon to change factions. Tris, however; switched from Abnegation, plain and simple, to Dauntless, risk takers and very bold. This relates back to the theme family is forever and will love you no matter what happens because it was such a hard decision weather Tris should stay loyal to her faction, but mostly her family she loves, or stay loyal to herself. Deciding to change factions or remain in your original faction is a hard decision for all sixteen year olds. Some take this as selfishness but most children don't want to hurt their family, only do what is best for their future as an adult. Tris felt confident and knew her family would love her dearly no matter what even if there was a little bit of uproar at the beginning about her new Dauntless life. 

Secondly, once Tris converted to Dauntless from Abnegation, she always wanted to see her family again but never expected to to because of her change. Eventually, her mom showed up and explained to her how proud she was of her. Really her mom showed up so Tris could help out Caleb, her brother, in his faction, but that was only for loving reasons also. Tris’s mom showing up in the Dauntless area to help out both of her children shows how much care and love she has for both of them. Even though both kids left their parents alone, one of the absolute worst things to do, she still had a big enough heart to want good and happiness for her only children. This is an outstanding way shown in Divergent on how family is forever and will love you constantly. 

As you can tell, the love in Tris’s family is huge. These are just two ways out of many showing that.