One Choice The novel Divergent by Veronica Roth, is the first book in a trilogy that follows the life of 16-year-old Beatrice Prior. Beatrice lives in a future version of Chicago where society is spit into five factions. Each faction indicates a certain virtue: Candor (the honest), Erudite (the knowledgeable), Amity (the kind), Abnegation (the selfless), and Dauntless (the brave). At the age of 16, the children of all the factions take a test. This test tells them what faction they belong in, but there are the rare exceptions when the test doesn’t work. They call these people Divergent, and Beatrice Prior is Divergent. She has to choose whether to keep her safe life in Abnegation with her family, or to choose a new, exciting life in Dauntless. She only has one choice, and she choses Dauntless. Was this the best choice for Beatrice Prior? It is told that ever since Beatrice was little, she watched the Dauntless with awe. She loved how the Dauntless looked so free. At school every morning she would watch as the Dauntless would prove their “bravery” by jumping out of a moving train. At the choosing ceremony, Beatrice almost picks Abnegation. Her choice to become Dauntless is very sudden. At Dauntless headquarters, one of the faction leaders, Eric, is waiting for the initiates. Eric tells them they have to jump off the ledge, and it’s clear nobody wants to be first. Beatrice, without a word, steps up to the ledge, and she jumps, surprising everyone. At the bottom is a net, and a crowd of people waiting for the initiates. When Beatrice is asked her name, she hesitates. Beatrice just didn't seem right. She is told she can change her name, but to make it good, because she can’t choose again. So she changes her name to Tris, “a new place, a new name,” (Roth, Veronica. Divergent. New York: Harper Collins, 2011. Print.) Coming from Abnegation, Tris is the weakest