Friday, January 18, 2013

DIVERGENT FACTION NAMES, SYMBOLS, AND THEIR MEANINGS

Abnegation: The selfless
 
 1. to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.); reject; renounce. 2. to relinquish; give up

Amity: The peaceful

 
1. friendship; peaceful harmony. 2. mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord. 3. cordiality

Candor: The honest
 
1. the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness. 2. freedom from bias; fairness; impartiality

Dauntless: The brave
 
fearless, undaunted. (Undaunted: courageously resolute, especially in the face of danger of difficulty; not discouraged)

Erudite: The intelligent
   
characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

DIVERGENT!

Okay, so as I mentioned before, this blog is also going to be about Divergent. So to start you off, here are some fun facts:
a) The Divergent movie comes out on March 14th, 2014.
b) The last Divergent book comes out this fall/winter.
c) <4 is how you say 'heart' after Divergent.
d) You can call Tris and Tobias '10' because he has four fears and she has six.
e) Divergent is bloodier than The Hunger Games and it also has more kissing.
f) Prepare yourself for Convergent (or is it Resurgent?) because people that you like are probably going to die. :(
g) As it turns out, the factions' names are real words!
h) The Amity and the Candor use horrible things called peace serum and truth serums
i) The Erudite are horrible, horrible, corrupted braniacs.
j) I took a quiz and I have multiple aptitudes! ☺