Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview... one of five faction leaders who rule over a dystopian version of Chicago. Each faction is sorted by personality type and Jeanine leads Erudite, which is home to the smartest, most intellectual members of society. Jeanine believes that Erudite’s intense intelligence makes them uniquely suited for leadership so she hatches a plan to overthrow the other factions and rule the city herself.
Personality... cold, cunning, and ruthless. Jeanine’s analytical mind has made her detached from empathy and emotion. She sees the world as one large problem to be solved. She has little concern for the people she may hurt in her coup d'etat because she can always justify her actions as being for the “greater good.” However, Jeanine’s also intensely curious and can sometimes lose sight of her larger goals when there’s a particularly tricky problem to be solved.
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In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.
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In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret—one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves. Or it might destroy her.
