Tris overhears Marcus and Amity leader Johanna Reyes discuss the fact that the Abnegation leaders died to protect secret information. Those who fail the initiation of their particular faction or subsequently leave it are 'Factionless', a permanently- homeless group of outcasts that is deemed to be a drain on society.Īfter the events of Divergent, Beatrice 'Tris' Prior, Tobias 'Four' Eaton, Caleb Prior, Peter Hayes, and Marcus Eaton seek refuge in the Amity sector.

Factions are meant to be a lifetime allegiance, far more important than family, and 'faction before blood' is a societal motto. Their capability for independent thought beyond the restrictive nature of the factions causes Divergents to be considered threats to the society and to be hunted and killed by the ruthless leader of Erudite to eliminate the 'threat' of independent thinking. Those who are tested with equal aptitude for more than one faction are deemed 'Divergent'. The factions are Abnegation for the selfless, Amity for the peaceful, Candor for the honest, Dauntless for the brave, and Erudite for the intelligent.

That removes the threat of anyone exercising independent will and threatening the population's safety again by war or some other human-created catastrophe. The background to the story, revealed in the first novel of the trilogy, explains how Chicago in the post-apocalyptic future is now a society that defines its citizens by strict conformity to their social and personality affiliations with five different factions. Ī film adaptation of the novel was released on March 20, 2015.įurther information: Factions (Divergent) Insurgent received mostly positive reviews from critics, with reviewers praising Roth's writing. and HarperCollins Children's Books in the UK, and a 'Collector's Edition' was published on October 30 in the United States. The book was first published on May 1, 2012, by the HarperCollins imprints Katherine Tegen Books in the U.S. While trying to save the people that she loves, Tris faces questions of grief, forgiveness, identity, loyalty, politics, and love. Following the events of the previous novel, a war now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows.

As the sequel to the 2011 bestseller Divergent, it continues the story of Tris Prior and the dystopian post-apocalyptic version of Chicago. Insurgent is a 2012 science fiction young adult novel by American novelist Veronica Roth and the second book in the Divergent trilogy.

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