Meanwhile, an uprising is brewing in Erudite against the government run by Abnegation. However, her examination results are revealed to be inconclusive, so she has to make her own decision. Our heroine Beatrice Prior has been born to the Abnegation faction with their grey clothes and disdain for any form of vanity. Those who fail to be accepted into a faction becomes factionless, as they become hopelessly poor and destitute for life. He may follow the suggestion of the exam results, or he may decide on his own. At the age of 16, a child takes an examination to help him choose which one will be his faction for the rest of his life. Their society is divided into five distinct Factions based on personality traits: Dauntless (brave), Amity (friendly), Candor (honest), Erudite (intelligent) and Abnegation (selfless). The setting is the walled city of Chicago after a great war. Like the others, the treatment of the story was cold, But its descriptions of the initiation rites were very much more violent. There was obvious inspiration from various other futuristic young adult books I have read, like "The Giver", "Ender's Game" and the "Hunger Games" books. Just finished reading the book "Divergent" before the movie opened today.
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