Divergent 9/11/14

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Prompt: Literary style

Figures of Speech
     I think that there's a lot of figure of speech content in Divergent. Mostly in symbolism though. When Beatrice takes the aptitude test, she gets a Dauntless woman who has a tattoo of an eagle. An eagle kind of represented the sun/light so it helped her overcome her fear of the dark. Also when Beatrice was assigned Dauntless, she got three tattoos of birds. Each represented a family member, her brother, mom, and dad. There are a lot of metaphors in the tattoos to. Also, the clothing you wear represented what faction you were in. The metaphors and similes in the tattoos are just like the river tattoo that Tori has is or represents how her brother died.

Tone
     I feel the author's attitude is more of trying to create a suspenseful and playful mood to the story. Speaking of the mood I feel that the mood is acceptance and trying to fit in. Since Tris is new to Dauntless and tries to make new friends. Also, how she's trying to fit in and be accepted by other initiates. Tris also joins other Dauntless-born initiates in activities and reminds herself more and more that this is why she's Dauntless and belongs there. The author seems to make Four seem like a handsome, calm person. Veronica, the author, sees to try and make the story about hope and love. She added little twists like how Al liked Tris and Four seemed jealous of Will. Also, how Tris had to try and act normal and try to overcome her fears without altering the simulation in the second initiation or else she'd be suspected of Divergent. I think the tone was most visible near the middle when she broke the glass container that contained her and the water trying to drown her. That's when Four found out she was Divergent and had to delete the footage. I feel that was the most suspenseful and introduced the tone a little more. Since Four liked Tris, he helped her out.

Vocabulary
     I feel the vocabulary in this book is ok. It doesn't include much "higher level" words. It does inclu
de some sometimes. Considering some Dauntless initiates were from Erudite, a faction based on books and knowledge, there are some parts where someone uses words to over explain something to sound smart. I feel as though it's more planned/technical. There's a basic explanation then someone explains again in a different way to understand it. Or explains how something works.