Divergent book divergent factions book and movie news. Born in the abnegation faction to andrew and natalie prior, she describes herself as having pale blonde hair, wide grayblue eyes, a long, thin nose and a short and skinny stature. The divergent book vs the divergent movie book series in. Mar 21, 2016 divergent 4 just got hit with some bad news. Divergent is a book about a girl, who, as you may know, choses recklessness and violence above a peaceful structured life with her family. Released by author veronica roth in 2011, from an objective point of view its a dystopian teen drama full of dark existential themes. After learning tris is divergent, tori warns that her life is in danger and tries to help her stay safe. Director neil burger says he fought to keep his movie as close to veronica roths source material as possible, and it shows. Right off the bat, roth is telling us that this world is, well, divergent from our own.
Stand alone i believe the movie was quite well made and underappreciated, swept under the rug by the highly successful hunger games series. Divergent book and movie comparison and contrast by. Mar 21, 2014 shes got pieces of a few different places in her, which makes her whats known as divergent, which makes her dangerous. The following are noted differences between the original divergent book and divergent film. Its rare that a movie is as good as the book on which its based. For me, almost every book i have ever read is better than the movie because there is only so much you can squeeze into a 2 hour movie. With divergent, it seemed to be an especially risky cashgrab, given that most fans hated the final book. Im a big fan of david baldacci, and i absolutely love his amos decker. But why not call this book beatrice or dauntlessthose arent names and words we hear that much, either. This book to movie adaptation wasnt terrible, especially if your only knowledge of divergent was from the trailer.
Because i had watched the movie first there were somethings that i wasnt expecting. Parents need to know that divergent is the first adaptation of author veronica roths bestselling dystopian trilogy. The trilogy consists of divergent 2011, insurgent 2012 and allegiant 20. Summit entertainment purchased the media rights to the book, and production on the movie, also titled divergent, took place in 20. The film, which hits theaters march 18, is the third movie in the franchise and based on part of the third book, which has been split into two final movies. Each stage, monitored by the administrator, should eliminate at least one or more of the factions, ultimately eliminating at least four factions and leaving one single faction as the result. Do not delve in if you want the film to be a surprise. Fans of the trilogy will be happy to know that divergent closely follows the original story by veronica roth. Divergent is set in the future, in a dystopian version of chicago that has been divided into five factions.
Even so, as with just about any booktoscreener, the movie did take its fair share of creative liberties with the story, and roths legions of. Even though i knew what was going to happen, the amount of detail and world building found in the bookas opposed to the moviemade for. There are many spoilers in the divergent book to movie comparison. Great memorable quotes and script exchanges from the divergent movie on. Tris prior shailene woodley is warned she is divergent and. Divergent is a thrilling actionadventure film set in a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. The protagonist and narrator is a sixteenyearold girl from abnegation named beatrice prior. Divergent is a thrilling story of romance and action that will leave viewers on the edge of their seats and readers racing to the book store to find out what happens next in the second book in the trilogy.
Although the movie was very accurate to the book, there were some scenes that differed from what occurred in the story. This page contains spoilers from both the divergent novels and the films. We recently conducted a poll among visitors and the memory man series was voted the. Divergent is the debut novel of american novelist veronica roth, published by harper collins childrens books in 2011. With the film adaptation of divergent, the first novel in veronica roth.
Divergent wishes it had nearly the imagination, creativity and angstridden scope as its obvious competitor in games. The novel is the first of the divergent trilogy, a series of young adult dystopian novels set in a divergent universe. The divergent series is a feature film trilogy based on the divergent novels by the american author veronica roth. Tris is known as divergent in the novel, and this means that no matter how hard she tries to fit into a specific group or faction, she will never be able to. Tris chooses dauntless those who pursue bravery above all else. Nov, 20 divergent is a thrilling actionadventure film set in a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. Divergent book and movie comparison and contrast in the book, tris gets to see her mother again on visiting day when all the families come to dauntless to see their children. Divergent book the ending jeanine matthews, the leader of erudite, activates a serum that induces a simulation in almost every member of the dauntless faction. They have been produced by lucy fisher, pouya shabazian, and douglas wick the series star shailene woodley and theo james as lead. The movie makes two major additions to the storys ending. The dauntless army proceeds to the abnegation faction where they begin to kill the. Roths first book of short fiction set in the divergent universe is forthcoming july 2014. It is a very formulaic and predictable storyline that is immersed in an intricatelybuilt world. The divergent book vs the divergent movie book series in order.
I happened across divergent and wow i was absolutely hooked. Fans of the divergent movie will find the book packed with just as much emotional depth and exhilarating action as the film. Packed full of action, danger and underlying conflict, the first book in roths divergent trilogy was a pleasant surprise. Divergent is set in a future world where society has been divided into five distinct factions. Beatrice prior, a teenager with a special mind, finds her life threatened when an authoritarian leader seeks to exterminate her kind in her effort to seize control of their divided society. Let the vicious vixens beatrice prior and katniss everdeen duke it out until. Divergent 4 just got hit with some bad news cinemablend. Mar 21, 2015 the movie based on the book is directed by robert schwentke. However, her initiation leads to th e discovery that she is a divergent and will never be able to fit into just one faction. In beatrice priors dystopian chicago world, society is divided into. Or the book that all parents should read once their children reach their teenage years.
The book deals with themes of death, corruption, guilt, terror, etc. In beatrice priors dystopian chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtuecandor the honest, abnegation the selfless, dauntless the brave, amity the peaceful, and erudite the intelligent. Mar 24, 2014 divergent is my favorite kind of movie, and though it shares a fair amount of dna in common with the hunger games, it ranks as far superior in my book. Distributed by summit entertainment and lionsgate films, the series consists of three science fiction action films set in a dystopian society. In a world divided by factions based on virtues, tris learns shes divergent and wont fit in. Mar 21, 2014 in its movie incarnation, veronica roths dystopian novel divergent has highstakes action, a gutsy teenage heroine who is an outlier, and romance between warriors. Set in a future chicago, the movie is slightly less violent than the book but still depicts the brutal world of a postapocalyptic society divided into factions or groups. Everything you need to know about the divergent series vox. Divergent book and movie comparison and contrast by karissa. This dystopian series set in a futuristic chicago has captured the. Divergent book read online free divergent is the debut novel of american novelist veronica roth, published by harper collins childrens books in 2011.
Director neil burger says he fought to keep his movie as close to veronica roths source material as. Thinking for yourself is a naughty thing in this world, apparently. Divergent is a dystopian science fiction that finds itself suffering from the mould hollywood has created for recent book adaptations. I ended up reading all the books very fast with divergent being my. Divergent book to film differences divergent wiki fandom. In the rare case a test proves inconclusive, with the elimination of only three or less factions, the taker is a divergent. Yet as soon as the first divergent movie made money, lionsgatesummit announced that allegiant, the final book in the trilogy, would be split into two, following the moneymaking template set by harry potter, twilight, and the hunger games. Im just gonna start this off by saying that i loved both the movie and the book in different ways.
Divergent, the first book in the trilogy, tells the story from the point of view of a teenage girl named tris. Allegiant movie and book differences and spoilers hollywood. Divergent also nicely refers to tris, who is a divergent and b the main character. Even though i knew what was going to happen, the amount of detail and world building found in the bookas opposed to the moviemade for a highly entertaining, addictive read. The divergent trilogy is a series of young adult science fiction adventure novels by american novelist veronica roth set in a postapocalyptic dystopian chicago. The simulation means they are aware of whats going on, but unable to control their actions. Allegiant split the final book in roths trilogy into two films, with production planned to begin on the final movie after its predecessor hit theaters. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read divergent. Okay, onto divergent the book versus divergent the movie. When she discovers a conspiracy by a faction leader kate winslet to destroy all divergents, tris must learn to trust in the mysterious four theo james and.
Divergent factions is based on the divergent and insurgent books by veronica roth. The movie follows our young soon to be hero beatrice prior as she tries to decide which faction to choose to live in for the rest of her life. This popular dystopian book trilogy written for young adults but enjoyed by all is set to be turned into the next blockbuster hit as the movie will be released in march of 2014. Much like most people after the hunger games, i was looking for a new young adult dystopian series to read. Please add any differences between the two that you noticed. Divergent is a 2014 american dystopian science fiction action film directed by neil burger, based on the 2011 novel of the same name by veronica roth. Its the second installment in the youngadult, scifi dystopian divergent trilogy, which is made up of divergent, insurgent, and. Marcus tobiass father and a leader on the abnegation political council. As each person enters adulthood, he or she must choose a faction and commit to it for life. When she discovers a plot to destroy divergents, tris and the mysterious four must find out what makes divergents dangerous before its too late. Tris doesnt fit in to any of the societies, she is. Divergent, the movie, still offers a smart, spunky, sympathetic heroine, a hunky love interest and a sobering if rather obvious message about the value of being true to oneself rather than mindlessly conforming. Divergent by roth, veronicafebruary 28, 2012 paperback. The society author veronica roth created in divergent is a complicated one, with five very different ideologies pieced together to create factions of humans who dress together, eat together and dont really have much in common with outsiders.
Dauntless, erudite, amity, candor and abnegation, are the basis of the whole function, tris prior discovers that shes divergent, therefore does not fit into one faction. Not reading the book, i hope that the movie did well to portray the story but i also know it is a trilogy so they couldnt go from start to finish all at once. Warned that she must conceal her status, tris uncovers a. A related book, four 2014, presents a series of short stories told from the perspective of one of the trilogys characters. This spectacular series has charmed the entertainment industry which took on the challenge of creating a film out of the book, the divergent. Tris has characteristics of multiple factions in the book but ends up joining the dauntless faction because she thinks it will fit her best. Veronica roth, divergent divergent trilogy, book 1 divergent is about a girl called tris. In the movie, tris mother must sneak around and find a way to secretly meet with tris because it almost. Tris prior shailene woodley is warned she is divergent and will never fit into any one group. Beatrice tris prior is the viewpoint character in divergent and insurgent, and shares the viewpoint character role in allegiant with tobias four eaton. In its movie incarnation, veronica roths dystopian novel divergent has highstakes action, a gutsy teenage heroine who is an outlier, and romance between warriors. There is less overall blood than what there was in the movie which i liked. Though the movie stays true to the book, there are a few key changes to look out for when divergent hits theaters march 21.
The divergent series summit entertainment had bought the rights to film an adaptation of the novel and recruited. However if you have not read the first book yet please do that. The meager financial returns of allegiant halted those plans, and in july 2016 it was announced that a tv movie would instead wrap up the story, and also add new. Although he acts virtuously, his behavior is calculating and deceptive.
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