But Tris also has a secret: one she’s kept hidden from everyone, because she’s been warned it can mean death. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are-and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes-fascinating, sometimes-exasperating boy fits into the life she’s chosen. Together, they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.ĭuring the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris, and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made.
For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is-she can’t have both. On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. I n Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue-Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent).
