Abnegation
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Abnegation was formed by those who blamed selfishness for human nature's errors. They believe in selfless actions by attaining peace through the elimination of selfishness. By doing so, they choose to completely forget themselves and only serve others. Abnegation value the virtue of selflessness over any other. Abnegation initiates
upon attaining membership are forced to reject a life of vanity and
self-indulgence, protecting themselves from greed and envy which are considered
forms of selfishness. Gossiping, using the mirror for long periods of time and
buying luxury items are forbidden. As an Abnegation, the focus of their lives
will be in serving others instead of themselves, anything done for self-enjoyment is thereby discouraged. Abnegations are usually vet quiet as they don't like to call attention to themselves and they find joy in helping
others. Beatrice Prior, the main character in this book was originally/born into Abnegation.
upon attaining membership are forced to reject a life of vanity and
self-indulgence, protecting themselves from greed and envy which are considered
forms of selfishness. Gossiping, using the mirror for long periods of time and
buying luxury items are forbidden. As an Abnegation, the focus of their lives
will be in serving others instead of themselves, anything done for self-enjoyment is thereby discouraged. Abnegations are usually vet quiet as they don't like to call attention to themselves and they find joy in helping
others. Beatrice Prior, the main character in this book was originally/born into Abnegation.
Dauntless
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Dauntless is one of the five factions in the world of DIvergent the faction dedicated to courage, bravery, and fearlessness. It was formed by those who blamed fear and therefore, cowardice as a cause of the problems society faced. It tries to fight cowardice by giving preparation and the ability to act during fear to its members.
The members generally wear black, are pierced, tattooed and have a tendency
to thrillseek. The Dauntless are the only faction that have their members, upon reaching a certain age that hinders their ability to uphold the virtue of their faction,
become Factionless or choose to die. Hence, the faction does not have a member that is of old-age. Beatrice picked Dauntless for her new faction, which was ex rare
The members generally wear black, are pierced, tattooed and have a tendency
to thrillseek. The Dauntless are the only faction that have their members, upon reaching a certain age that hinders their ability to uphold the virtue of their faction,
become Factionless or choose to die. Hence, the faction does not have a member that is of old-age. Beatrice picked Dauntless for her new faction, which was ex rare
Amity
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Amity is one of the five factions in the world of Divergent, and the one and only faction dedicated to peacefulness, kindness, forgiveness, trust, self-sufficiency, and neutrality. Amity was formed by those who blamed war and fighting for human nature's faults.Their substance in the Choosing Ceremony is soil. Amity is the faction that dislikes war. They formed Amity in order to have a peaceful society free from conflict and sadness caused by wars and instigation. They don't recognize a leader but use Johanna Reyes as their representative or "mouthpiece". They are truly a democratic faction, voting on everything, almost unanimously. Their bread has a peace serum in it to prevent Amity's faction members from fighting.
Erudite
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Erudite is one of the five factions in the world of Divergent, the one and only faction dedicated to knowledge, intelligence, curiosity, and astuteness. It was formed by those who blamed ignorance for the war that had occurred in the past causing them to split into factions in the first place. Their substance is water. It's leader, Jeanine Matthews, is the main antagonist of Divergent and Insurgent. Erudite was formed by those who blamed human ignorance for the faults of society. They formed Erudite as a way of eliminating ignorance and darkness from human minds. In Divergent, Erudite became a faction that eventually steered away from its original belief (along with Dauntless). Its members became greedy for power, a likely result from their yearning for knowledge. Their moral corruption became so severe that they plotted to overthrow the government and reinstate themselves as the leaders of the city.
Candor
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Candor is one of the five factions in the world of DIvergent, and was formed by those who blamed duplicity and deception for human nature's faults. Because of this, the Candor are known to value honesty, and their symbol is a set of scales bound by a circle. Candor was a faction formed by those who blamed duplicity and deception, who believed that dishonesty is the key fault in human nature which began evil and war. They believe in the principle that honesty and openness would lead to a more peaceful and perfect society. Candor are serious about their views on honesty against dishonesty. Some might describe the Candor as being honest to a fault — even, in some cases, so honest as to be insulting. But a true member of the Candor faction would rather insult someone then stoop to lying; likewise, a member of Candor would rather be insulted than lied to. They view complete and utter honesty as the ultimate perfection.
Factionless
Factionless is a status in which a person is not welcome into any faction. This is described as being homeless and even worse than death itself because the factionless have to suffer. It is a common practice for Abnegation to give food to the factionless. It is not desired by any faction, to ever be factionless. Some say they would rather die. It is said that the factionless must partake in the worst jobs in Chicago. They become factory workers, garbage truck drivers, or other low paying jobs.Many people become factionless because of their inability to complete their chosen faction's initiation but there are also some of those who choose to take on the label of factionless because they do not agree with the views of the faction they chose as their own. The Factionless is very large even as Tobias's mother say "Our little band of Factionless is twice the size of Dauntless".