Divergent Book Vs Movie Essay

Divergent, along with many other books, has been made into a film. Along with this transition from book to movie, changes were made for theatrical effect and with a time cap. Divergent the book was published April 2011 and the movie was released March 2014. This paper does contain spoilers of the movie and book. Divergent the book is about a dystopian society set in Chicago. They have a government system that separates people through five factions: Dauntless, Abnegation, Candor, Erudite, and Amity. These factions are what the government thinks will keep peace in their society. They believe by taking the aptitude test that each individual will be placed in the right faction for them. Based on the title, we find there is one that’s never talked about and that’s Divergent. A Divergent is someone who symbolizes all the factions, which scares the government. Differences between the book and the movie are characters not being mentioned in the movie that were mentioned in the book. Character traits were changed; for example Peter was mean from the start and in the movie he was seen as a jokester then turned mean. Jeanine in the movie has a connection with Tris but in the book their relationship wasn’t shown. Jeanine was just known for plotting something crucial. In the book Tris’ mother came to see her on family day, but in the movie she had to sneak around to visit with Tris. In the final scene of the movie Tris and Four battle Jeanine to shut down the system so that Abnegation wasn’t killed off, but in the book Four shuts it down himself. One of the similarities between the book and movie is the Tris ' character stays the same. Tris’ role in the book and movie are crucial to the storyline and plot. With the title of the book being Divergent and Tris as the main example of one, we want her to strive as a character and stop Jeanine from destroying the system. The setting and portrayal of Dauntless headquarters were similar in the way of it being dark and underground. The emotion of fear …show more content…
The film is two hours and nineteen minutes. The movie and the book are very similar but having it acted out in a movie made it more relatable and the connection with the characters were closer. The casting of the film was great; the actors that portrayed the characters in the book brought them to life. Shailene Woodley plays the role of Tris and Theo James plays the role of Four (also known as Tobias Eaton). The overall format of the movie was projected well. The flow of the movie and the length are respectable. The soundtrack and special effects were placed in the right times to add additional emotions to the movie. The Box Office sales for Divergent were 288.9 million dollars. (Google) The overall theme of Divergent is finding yourself and knowing who you are. The book and the movie do a great job of getting that message across. The movie has a better pacing of revealing certain aspects to the viewer and a more details are given based on the set or emotions the characters convey. My expectations of the dialogue amongst the characters in the film were