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Beatrice in Divergent

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In Divergent the protagonist is a girl named Beatrice. She is in the Abnegation faction whose purpose is looking out for others and who have no selfish behavior. Abnegation is also the leader faction because they do not put themselves first but care for others. Beatrice at the beginning of the story does not know who she is but change dramatically throughout the story. The story starts with Beatrice having to go take the Aptitude Test, which tells them what faction they should join the next day at the Choosing Ceremony. When Beatrice takes her test, the administrator freaks out and tells her that the test did not work and she needed to leave out the back door, and tell everyone the test made her sick. She was confused and worried because she wanted the test to tell her where she belonged. At the Choosing Ceremony her brother chose Erudite, the smart faction. It was Beatrice turn next she had no idea what to choose but all her life she had been told to be not selfish and new her parents wanted her to stay. Though she had her the saying “faction before blood” which this meant to her that she needed to choose what faction she thought was best for her. She decided to choose Dauntless, the brave faction. In Dauntless they were the soldiers, police, and kept the peace. When the ceremony was over Dauntless ran for the L line and hoped on to a moving train and hoped on to a building from the train. They started right away with a test to see if you were brave. There was a hole next to the building that you could not see into. The leaders asked who wanted to jump in first. Beatrice stepped out first and took a leap of faith into the hole. There was a net at the bottom, but you see her changing from the selfless girl into an independent girl. Then Beatrice met Four, he pulled her out of the net and asked what her name was and she told him, but before he told the rest of them he said you have this one chance to change your name right now. Her

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