Divergent, a novel by Veronica Roth, is a story about a dystopian, futuristic world. All the people are divided into five factions, Abnegation, Erudite, Amity, Dauntless, and Candor based on their beliefs on why the country went to war and failed in the first place. The story follows Beatrice, an Abnegation member who transfers to Dauntless, and her friends Christina, Al, Will, and Four, as well as her enemies through her initiation into Dauntless.
The movie and the book were similar in many ways, the movie had the all the main characters pretty much the same. The initiation was carried out in pretty much the same way also. The first part was physical, and they had to fight the other initiates, then the second part was mental and learning how to control your fears, this part was also pretty accurate. Another part that was the same in both the movie and the book was the capture the flag game that the initiates played. Although a couple parts were different, Tris still decides to climb the Ferris wheel so she can get a better view of everything and ends up finding the flag. This is also where Four confesses his fear of heights.
One thing that was different between the movie and the book was that the movie never showed Al's crush on Tris. Knowing that Al liked Tris made it more clear why he jumped into the chasm after she said she would never forgive him for what he did. In the movie it just kind of looked like he was a random guy who tried to kill her then begged for her to forgive him. I think it would have made more sense if they would have shown that Al liked her.
Another difference between the book and the movie was when Tris and Four went through Fours fear landscape. In the book it was kind of a way to show Tris what it would be like, and a way Four could show her that he trusted her. In the movie Four took her into his fear landscape to teach her how a Dauntless would react to different situations so the Dauntless leaders wouldn't find out that she was Divergent.
Although there were some differences between the book and the movie, I think they did a pretty good job getting everything important into the movie. There were some differences, but if they would have put everything into the movie if would have been about five hours long. I think both the book and the movie were really good, and I can't wait to read the rest of the series.
