Fight Back

Author's note: 
In this piece I was analyzing the main conflict in the book Divergent. I was trying to work on idea understanding, in only writing about one main event int the book.


When you are faced with incredible adversity, do you back down from the fight? Or do you do everything you can to achieve your goal that you believe that is right? In the main conflict of the book Divergent, the main character, Tris, fights back with everything she has.

It is amazing how fast your life can be destroyed. In one day Tris' faction falls under a mind control set to destroy the nation's government, her friends turn on her, and her parents both die protecting her. But after all this had happened, Tris still fought toward the same goal, no matter the cost. Her goal was to shut down the mind control, and save the government.

If you were forced to fight against your best friend to reach your objective, would you still follow through? Upon reaching the headquarters where the mind control device is, Tris is confronted by a past friend, named Will. Tris hesitates to shoot him, until she notices his gun pointed at her face. And in one quick movement, Tris sends one quick, accurate bullet, straight toward Will. He falls and doesn't come back up.

As if killing one of your best friends wasn't enough, Tris is confronted again by someone different. She is confronted by Four, the person who had trained her to be a lethal fighting machine, and who happened to have a soft spot for her. But the real Four was hidden under the brainwashed human body that lived inside of him. She tells herself that she will not kill him. Unfortunately, they engage in rough hand-to-hand combat, and Tris is losing. When Four prepares to deliver the killing blow to Tris, he snaps out of the simulation randomly.  With Four on her side, Tris now could stop the brainwashed soldiers from killing more innocent people. She had seceded.

Now ask yourself, if you were faced with these trials, would you still keep fighting froward? Or would you hide in fear? For Tris, that was not an option. She knew what she needed to do, and she got it done. She faced many adversities, such as both her mom and dad, dying in front of her to protect her. Just ask yourself, "what would I  do?"