But a lot of times during the initiation and beyond, our characters are forced to question what, exactly, constitutes bravery. Dauntless members' staple characteristic is courage, so the Dauntless initiates spend a lot of time confronting their fears in fear landscapes, working to move past them and refusing to be tormented by them any longer. The idea of fear and the process of overcoming it was central to Veronica Roth's motivation behind Divergent. Divergent places huge importance on coming to terms with your identity, and in the end, Tris has to accept that she will never fit perfectly anywhere she simply has to form her own path through her own choices, one step at a time.

She develops her identity through her relationships with her friends and family and the difficult choices she is forced to make time and time again when faced with the struggles of both initiation and the impending war in her society. But even this does not truly fit, and Tris spends the entire novel struggling to come to terms with the fact that because of her Divergence, none of the factions will ever truly define her the way they do for others. Though her aptitude test is inconclusive - she could be a match to Abnegation, Erudite, or Dauntless - she chooses Dauntless because she feels it will allow her to discover her true self. Tris was faced with two options: remain with her family in the faction in which she grew up, Abnegation, or transfer to another faction and start anew. , giving readers a glimpse into the decisions of loyalty-and love-that Tobias makes in the weeks after he meets Tris Prior.In Divergent, your choice of faction defines you more than anything else does. The fourth story, The Traitor, runs parallel with the events of The first three pieces in this volume-The Transfer, The Initiate, and The Son-follow Tobias's transfer from Abnegation to Dauntless, his Dauntless initiation, and the first clues that a foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions. When read together, these long narrative pieces illuminate the defining moments in Tobias's life.

Readers will find more of this charismatic character's backstory told from his own perspective in Readers first encountered Tobias as Four in This collection also makes a great pick for fans of the blockbuster movies who want to delve deeper into the character played by Theo James. , a companion volume that includes four pre-Divergent stories plus three additional scenes from Divergent, all told from Tobias's point of view. Bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by

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