Episode: Divergent

As I opened the book I got sucked in to a world divided by factions. I’m 16 years old and had to undergo a test. I don’t remember nor do I care what happened to the test but by the time of the Choosing Ceremony, I chose dauntless. I got scrapes and bawled my eyes out going to Dauntless (getting in and out of the train and jumping into the pit) but I was still the first to jump. Well, more like 1.5 coz the first one was Tris and I was her shadow. 

Maybe it’s because she used to be a Stiff or she was probably to concentrated in proving to herself that she made the right choice that she didn’t immediately notice that Four liked her. Well, I did.  There were a lot of initiates but he seems to notice her a lot. So every time he comes near, regardless of what he says a smile creeps though my lips. Just as fast as I realized that Four had a thing for Tris, I also realized that I wanted to kill Eric. Good thing shadows can’t do anything.

Being dauntless is tiring and being Tris’ shadow is double that especially since I’m afraid of heights.  I kept holding my breath thru the ferris wheel climb and the zip line. It almost killed me. I know I’m complaining but I’m happy that I was her shadow. Why? Coz she’s Divergent. Divergent is what they call people who exhibits traits of more than one faction.  Abnegation is the faction for the selfless.  They’re like Mother Theresa but I’m not really sure if they are doing things out of kindness.  Erudite is the faction where people are in quest for knowledge.  They’re like scientists and people we might find at NASA.  Candor is the faction where people say what’s on their mind.  Truth stuff like those hosts that do expose on TV. And there’s Amity. I almost forgot about them.  I had to google what they represent,peace. Yes, there was a time that Tris went to the Amity but the experience or the people didn’t stick.  Divergent is not a faction. They are just people who  shows traits of more than one faction. Like us. Better yet, like kids. They are more fearless, more honest and more curious. If I got stuck as somebody non divergent, I would probably die.

During initiation, they said that if you don’t pass you would become factionless. Factionless is a non-faction faction. It’s were people from different factions converge coz they don’t have a choice.  They are not treated well.  Based on Tris’ reaction when he encountered a factionless man, it gave me the impression that they are treated like “taong grasa” even if they are not at all crazy.

Being Divergent is awesome.  They can resist serums and simulation.  But being that awesome also has a price. Divergent people are being hunted. In this world, you can’t tell anyone you are Divergent coz it would cost you your life. Why? You’ll learn in later books.

Veronica Roth was able to paint a picture of this world so clearly you’d get sucked in it.  I got so sucked in that I can’t even include spoilers in this episode coz I’m not exactly sure if it really happened in the book or my mind wandered off and created my own scenes. Hahaha. She was also able to make me remember the important people, events and conflict to make me remember them and not flip through Divergent while reading Insurgent. This also prepares you for what could happen in the following books.  This is a good first book for a series.

(This is the first time I’ve written about my book episode so I’m sorry if it’s not that good. Hopefully, I’ll improve in writing my experience as I do more.)