With numerous wars in New York City, the city has been destroyed. To save people and society, the government decided to divide the society into six sections: Abnegation, Candor, Amity, Erudite, Dauntless, and Unique. People who are selfless belong to abnegation, people who are honest belong to candor, people who are peaceful belong to amity, people who are intelligent belong to erudite, people who are brave belong to dauntless, and people who does not fit into other five categories and have a unique characteristic go to the unique section. This unique section always had been the most popular section in the city. This section had the most free, fun, and uniqueness. All the different kinds and unique characteristics were shared and shown in the community. Unlike other sections, something was different. But since last year, or who knows when, something has been changed.
Tris is sixteen this year that she has to choose the sections and find her home. Her family is all in the Abnegation, but Tris does not think that Abnegation is the right place for her.
"Tris, I hope you make a right choice" her father said.
"No, let her be. Let her choose her life. Tris, I believe on you and whatever choice you make I will support" her mother said.
Tris just nodded and went to her room.
'I was on the stage. Everyone was looking at me and there was six bowls in front of me. Six bowls were named after the six sections. When I was just standing there, couldn't make a decision, I saw a spark, splash, and light. I turned my head and it was coming from the last bowl, the unique section, where I never thought about. I thought to myself that I don't have any unique characteristic. So I ignored. At least I tried. But the last bowl seems to be brighter and bigger than the other bowls. I rubbed my eyes but, oh my god, it is actually getting bigger and bigger. I step back more and more until there was no place for me to go. I looked around and all the people who were looking at me were gone. Other five bowls were gone except the unique section bowl. As the water inside the bowl made a big splash, I dropped my rock and it fell into the bowl. I screamed and I awake up.'
"Oh, it is the dream again" Tris said.
Tris is seventeen now and she is in the unique section. But surprising she does not remember how she got into this section. She only has been dreaming the same scene since she got here.
Tris hears footsteps and gets up to turn her head around.
Four is running toward her. "Hey, get up" said Four.
"What's going on?"
"Quickly we don't have time. They are coming again."
Tris' view point:
Since six months ago, the government is taking people of our section. They took 60 people, 10 people per month. But those people never came back. People are now afraid and have no idea what is happening. So the unique section is running away and trying not to be caught by the government. As it is a big community, people who are left behind and found by the government are taken. Other sections even avoid us and are afraid to help us as they can get attack from the government. Without knowing the reasons, we are running every day. As I almost spend a year in this community, I begin to realize something. People seem to have all the characteristics of all other five sections. People are selfless, honest, peaceful, intelligent and brave. 'Are we… di… divergent?' I thought to myself and covered my mouth.
"What?" said Four.
"Um… nothing" I said.