Insurgent Character Analysis Essay

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Tobias is part of the dauntless faction, but is a transfer from abnegation. He transferred to dauntless because he wanted to be brave unlike his father who beat him. Unlike Tris, Tobias is strong throughout Insurgent because he has to protect himself as well as everyone else. Conflict arises when Tobias is torn between trusting his mother or trusting his girlfriend, Tris. In the end, Tobias realizes he should have trusted Tris all along. Jeanine Matthews, the leader of Erudite, is seen as the antagonist in Insurgent. Her goal is to form an alliance of Erudite and Dauntless to take over all factions. She has a special hate for the divergent. She is on a mission to capture all divergent to run tests on them, but she really just wants Tris. …show more content…

She is determined to form her own alliance against Jeanine's. Like Jeanine, Evelyn wants control. She wants to destroy all factions, as well as Jeanine's control over the government. She convinces Tobias to ally with her army to take on Jeanine and her intentions. Running from the law, Tris, Tobias, Peter, Caleb and Marcus find a safe place at Amity compound. However, that safe place is short lived when Eric, who is Jeanine's helper, envades with his army searching for divergents. Tris and the others quickly hide, watching as they check each member of Amity to see if they're divergent. If they weren't as divergent as they needed them to be, they were killed. They needed just the right one to run tests on. Peter eventually screams, giving away the hiding divergents. Tris and the others quickly make a run for it as guns fire. They jump on the train, discovering a group of factionless who weren't too happy to see them. A fight breaks out, forcing Caleb, an original member of abnegation, to fight. The fight was put to a halt as soon as Tobias tells them who he is. They had been looking for him all along. They lead them to the factionless compound to bring them to their leader,

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