Dystopian In The Maze Runner And Divergent

The vogue reputation of dystopian themed writing has caught the attention among current adolescents due to its immediate correlations with modern society. As well as providing the first person perspective of an altered reality, and its innovation in connection to different kinds popular genres in today's culture. This has branched out into film franchises such as The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner and Divergent. One key factor that constituents to the relativity of young adult dystopian literature are that the protagonist is perceived as someone with independence and strong ambition towards something that is yet to be developed in the story. An illustration of this is quoted from Katniss Everdeen, the main protagonist from the novel ‘The Hunger Games’, quotes, “Eventually I understood this would only lead us to more trouble. So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts." This clarifies Katniss Everdeen that throughout the text she finally comprehends herself as a self-controlling

individual person. Within Veronica Roth’s book, “Divergent”, The novel tells the story of a 16-year-old girl more commonly known as “Tris” who has direct links of personality traits as Katniss, Tris who is about to join one of the factions which is named after certain traits of personality based solely on five virtues of personality: intelligence, honesty, peacefulness, selflessness, and bravery. Each faction works intensively to pursue there only respective trait, and to demonstrate the significance of each of the five of these qualities; by recognizing only the one you're allocated to and disregarding the others. However, Tris’ divergence allows her to be the most empowered character in the book as it makes her discover herself in a society filled with unnatural restrictions. Tris is highlighted throughout the text as strong-willed, selfless and reluctant to show weakness, particularly to fear, all is this is shown through the first person perspective.
during her initiation into Dauntless.
It is evident throughout the book that Tris forges friendships and relationships central to her identity with people who inadvertently utilizes her abilities as early in the novel. In addition to this, Tris realizes that although she has permanently changed factions she can easily maintain her characteristics from her former factions because of her divergent nature. Selflessness, which was a characteristic of her Abnegation upbringing but her parents: she was raised to never focus on herself and priority on others wellbeing. She can still be selfless which is inclination throughout the novel which is a highlighted feature since selflessness isn’t remotely as popular throughout the Dauntless faction. However, On the occasions when Tris demonstrates selflessness, even her friends misinterpret her actions and motives, focusing on the most self-sufficient aspects of what she has done—for instance, when Tris takes Al’s place in front of a throwing knife target, her peers applaud her for displaying her bravery. Not for protecting Al, but due to her selfless sacrifice.
Tris shows her divergent strengths through her bravery, courage and personal development over time, Tris begins her transformation when she is placed in front of a mirror during the opening scene in the book.

The mirror mesmerizes her because it is the only time she’s able see her personal appearance within the novel. “I look at my reflection in the small mirror on the back wall and see a stranger. She is blond like me, with a narrow face like mine, but that's where the similarities stop. I do not have a black eye, and a split lip, and a bruised jaw. I am not as pale as a sheet. She can't possibly be me, though she moves when I move. (Chapter 11 pg 9) within this quote, the mirrors are symbolic in the novel, its highlights that her physical appearance does not define her attributions. Upon choosing Dauntless her bravery obviously begins to emerge from her, but she experiences some other changes as

well.