Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Grew up… rough. Four doesn’t like to talk about his childhood, but whatever happened, it left him with nightmares.
Living… in the Dauntless compound, in what used to be Chicago. Four’s different from many of the other Dauntless people— a little quieter, and not as eager to display reckless bravery.
Profession… mentor and computer expert. Four is partly in charge of testing new Dauntless initiates. Four enjoys his job, but his supervisor, Eric, is extremely controlling and hates him– so much so that he often tries to undermine Four. Still, Four tries to balance Eric’s violence with his own advice, telling his initiates, "It's when you’re acting selflessly that you are at your bravest.”
Interests… trying to conquer his own fears. He’s called Four because he’s only afraid of four things, and hasn't been able to reduce this number.
Relationship Status… single. He’s very attracted to one of the new initiates, Tris. But Four is worried that if he shows his interest, psychotic Eric will just make Tris’s life harder.
Challenge… trying to conquer his fears, staying out of Eric’s way, and figuring out what it is about Divergent people that makes them such a threat. Four’s smart, and he knows that there’s something fishy going on in the upper levels of Dauntless hierarchy— and maybe beyond. He wants to investigate that, while still not drawing attention to himself.
Personality… quiet, but brave and intelligent. Though capable of being a fierce fighter, Four prefers to use his skills to help people. But Dauntless has become a place where people show off in pointless displays of violence and recklessness. Four wants to return it to a time when bravery has a purpose. As he tells Tris, “I don't want to be just one thing. I can't be. I want to be brave, and I want to be selfless, intelligent, and honest and kind.” And multi-faceted he is: with his dry sense of humor and intolerance for stupidity, Four is certainly more than he initially appears.
Get to Know him in...
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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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Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare.
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Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.
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One choice will define you. What if your whole world was a lie? What if a single revelation—like a single choice—changed everything? What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected? The explosive conclusion to Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy reveals the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers and film fans in Divergent and Insurgent.
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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.
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One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love. Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.
