Shocked and Afriaid or Excited and Adventurous? - Allegiant

In the book Allegiant by Veronica Roth the characters all react to the main conflict very differently. Some more severe than others. *cough *cough * Tobias. Like seriously. Man up. Anyways the conflict that is at hand is adjusting to their lifestyle change, which is a major one if I do say so myself. First of all they find out that the world they know is actually a city in a state, which is a state in a country, and is a country in a continent which there are seven of. Then they learn about how for their whole lives they have been part of an experiment relating to their genes. It's like if one day you wake up to find that everything that you have worked for was pointless. This affects the main characters in the book in different ways.

For instance they tell Tobias that the divergents are the people with pure undamaged genes. But, when they go to test them he finds out that they are in fact damaged. In the book this is Tobias' reaction when he finds this out, " The word 'damaged' sinks inside me like it's made of lead. I guess I always knew there was something wrong with me..." (Roth 176) This shows how crushed Tobias was when he heard the news, it made him feel worthless. The doctors try to explain that sometimes this happens. This enrages him very much because it is as if they are saying there is something wrong with him. He feels like he can't talk to Tris anymore because she can't understand what he's going through because her genes are pure and unharmed. I wonder when he will accept this news and realize that it doesn't change who he is.

 


Tris finds out that her mother who had died saving her life was sent into the experiment and once lived out in the real world. She uncovers many secrets about her mothers past and why she was sent in to the experiment. As she does this she goes through many emotions. The first of these is betrayal, she wonders why her mother wouldn't tell her this. Then it's wonder of many questions that were now unanswered. Did my dad know? What was she sent in to do? Tris went searching for these answers from anyone who knew her mother. But this just seemed like with every answer she got, more and more questions came up. At this point she is overwhelmed and frankly very confused and questioning if she really knew her mother at all.

Thanks for stopping on by Wirthwhile Thoughts of Julia Wirth! And for any of those who haven't read this series I would suggest checking out the trailer of the movie based on the first book Divergent!