Characters
The main character of this story is Beatrice Prior, a small girl born
into the Abnegation faction. She has blond hair and just turned sixteen. She
goes through huge changes throughout the story. She comes out a completely
different person by the end, growing stronger the whole time. She is caring and
loving, but very brave and smart. She surprises everyone in many parts of the
story, and she is a very interesting person. She will never back down, even if
she knows she should. Others around her respect her for that. She will never
accept sympathy, even though she is a small girl. She is way too proud and eager
to prove herself.
Tris’s best friend is named Christina. Christina is a transfer from
Candor, so she has a much different set of values from Tris. Even so, they help
each other a lot during initiation. She is dark skinned with dark hair and will
always speak her mind. She is very stubborn, like Tris, and will fight. Without
Christina, Tris would have been lost. Even so, without Tris, Christina would
have been very lost too. Christina does not get along very well with anyone but
Tris and a few close friends that came with her from Candor.
A very complicated character in the story is Four. He is a Dauntless
trainer that works with the initiates into the faction. Tris gets very tangled
up with him, not knowing how to feel. He is very interested in her, with how
small yet fierce, brave, and smart she is. He helps her through initiation very
subtly. He has a very hands off approach with her most of the time, but every
once in a while, he ends up right up with her. Four is a very smart man with the
ability to be a very big name in the dauntless faction. He has a lot of conflict
in the story because he is so capable of throwing one of the leaders out of
power if he wanted to.