Divergent

Fairy tale elements can be identified in most films and books nowadays. A contemporary book that I found using these elements is the Divergent series. The book is based on a girl named Tris who belongs to a faction called The Abnegation. There are a total five factions and each is like subcultures based on personalities. Abnegation are full of people who choose to live life as selfless individuals. Tris grows up restricted to this faction not by choice but by birth. At the age of sixteen teenagers are given the choice to switch to different faction based on what they believe fit their personality. The first fairy tale element that fits in Divergent is the good main character element. Tris is a girl with a narrow face, blue-grayish eyes and

a frame of a “little girl”. She loves her family and holds a great bond with her brother Caleb who tries his best to fully understand her. Tris strives not to let her parents down and wants to fit in with her faction. She wishes for the best for anyone that surrounds her whether it’s her friends, family or even foe.

The second tale element that fits the Divergent series is poverty and sacrifice. Tris was always living in poverty because she was restricted to Abnegation who are selfless and frown upon materialistic possessions. Every time the five factions would meet they wouldn’t take the elevator but, would choose to take the stairs in respect to others time. They would voluntarily clean after each faction and Tris felt she didn’t belong. She later switches to the Dauntless faction which contains individuals who are brave and love risk. IT is there where she learn the deep secrets on what is going on behind the scenes. In Divergent, the bad main character which is the third element of fairy tale goes by the name of Jeanine Matthews. She belongs to the Erudite faction, which is full of naturally curious and smart individuals. She created a serum that would allow her to control people into killing off every Abnegation member. Some people aren’t affected by her serum due to their DNA being different from the rest. They call these genetic defective individuals Divergent’s. Usually, people a part of Abnegation have these genetic defects and have a higher percentage of being

Divergent. This leads to the last fairy tale element that influences Tris to go on an adventure to stop Jeanine from letting her plan continue. She gets help from her new friends that she met at the Dauntless headquarters. The goal was to find her and destroy the serum. When they got to the Erudite headquarters, they fought off waves of people. They finally reached Jeanine’s office but, she wasn’t the only one there. In the end, Jeanine gets killed but, her evil plan was disrupted and Tris lived happily ever after.