Choosing to be Insurgent or Allegiant: Symbols, Themes & Analysis of the Divergent Trilogy

by Valerie Estelle Frankel

Overview

The Divergent series is delighting the world with its epic of Tris and Four struggling through the Factions to create a better world. But there are deeper meanings and symbols beneath the surface. Brain chemistry and psychology tests merge with a dark future in the recognizable ruins of Chicago. What is the significance of the number four and why is it fitting that three and four should remake the world? How many Biblical references appear? Why are ravens and crows such popular symbols? And what themes does this series share with The Hunger Games and all the other dystopias, past and present? As Tris becomes a warrior woman on the classic heroine's journey, she discovers the deeper truths of the five Factions, and in so doing, the deeper truths of herself.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940045527712
Publisher:	Valerie Estelle Frankel
Publication date:	12/18/2013
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	706 KB
Age Range:	5 - 11 Years

About the Author

Valerie Estelle Frankel has won a Dream Realm Award, an Indie Excellence Award, and a USA Book News National Best Book Award for her Henry Potty parodies. She's the author of 75 books on pop culture, including Doctor Who - The What, Where, and How, History, Sherlock: Every Canon Reference You May Have Missed in BBC's Series 1-3, Homages and the Highlands: An Outlander Guide, and How Game of Thrones Will End. Many of her books focus on women's roles in fiction, from her heroine's journey guides From Girl to Goddess and Buffy and the Heroine's Journey to books like Women in Game of Thrones and The Many Faces of Katniss Everdeen. Once a lecturer at San Jose State University, she's a frequent speaker at conferences. Come explore her research at www.vefrankel.com.