Summary
Divergenthas a couple of twists when the plans of Erudite and Dauntless are revealed and Four (Theo James) is taken by the former, but even though he’s manipulated to kill Tris (Shailene Woodley), he doesn’t. In the 2010s, young adult novels, particularly dystopian ones, found success in being adapted to the big screen, and among them were Veronica Roth’sDivergentbooks. Directed by Neil Burger and released in 2014,Divergenttook viewers to a post-apocalyptic Chicago many years into the future, where a war led tosociety being divided into five factionsto maintain peace and a fair societal system.
Divergentfollows Beatrice “Tris” Prior, born in the faction of Abnegation, who learns she’s a Divergent as she fits in more than one faction. Tris chooses to move to Dauntless, where she meets Four, and they learn there’s a sinister conspiracy to take control of the city and the rest of the factions. Near the end ofDivergent, Four is captured and manipulated into killing Tris, but as she knows him better than anyone, she goes deep into his mind to break him out of the trance he’s put in.
What It Means To Be Divergent In The Movie
Being Divergent is different from the factions in the movie series of the same name, and these characters are considered dangerous in this universe.
Tris Used One Of Four’s Fears To Break Him Free At The End of Divergent
Tris Knew Four Well Enough To Get To Him
Four’s fears are heights, closed spaces, killing innocent people, and his father, who was physically abusive to him.
As part of their training when arriving at Dauntless, initiates go through psychological simulations in which they face their deepest fears. As a Divergent, Tris is able to creatively solve this test, but Four warns her to hide these abilities and, instead, solve the test like a Dauntless would.Four trains Tris by bringing her into his own fear landscape, thus showing her his worst fears.Four’s fears are heights, closed spaces, killing innocent people, and his father, who was physically abusive to him. Training for the test is also a bonding experience for Tris and Four, who end up falling in love.
Because of his four fears, Tobias Eaton took the name “Four”.
Tris takes a gun and points it to her head, making it easy for Four to kill her, but with this, Tris appeals to his fear of killing innocent people.
When Erudite and Dauntless’ plan to destroy Abnegation is set into motion, they use all Dauntless members to kill all people from Abnegation, controlling them through a serum – however, the serum doesn’t work on Divergents. When their Divergent status is discovered, Tris and Four are taken to Erudite’s control center, whereFour is taken and injected with a serum that works on Divergents and instructed to kill Tris.Tris takes a gun and points it to her head, making it easy for Four to kill her, but with this, Tris appeals to his fear of killing innocent people.
Four had explained to Tris that the only way he could solve the test of that specific fear was by looking away when pulling the trigger, andTris forces Four to look at her in order to bring him backand break him free from Erudite’s mind control. While Tris and Four’s emotional connection also plays a part in bringing him back, it’s mostly Tris’ quick and clever thinking and how well she knows Four.
Was Four Divergent In The Movies?
Four’s Divergent Status Has Caused Confusion
Throughout the movieDivergent, there are hints of Four being Divergent, such as the tattoo of all the factions’ symbols on his back.
Four’s status as a Divergent has caused some confusion as there are some slight differences between the character in the books and his portrayal in the movies. Throughout the movieDivergent, there are hints of Four being Divergent, such as the tattoo of all the factions’ symbols on his back and the fact that he knew how to train Tris to hide her Divergent nature in the psychological test.Tris confirms that Four is Divergent when he holds her handon the train as they all head to Abnegation to attack the faction, butit’s revealed in the novelAllegiantthat he isn’t completely Divergent.
Tris learns that she’s genetically pure while Four is genetically damaged, so he isn’t completely Divergent.
TheAllegiantnovel reveals that Chicago was an experiment to get rid of genetic damage, as this was believed to be the reason the Purity Wars happened. Tris learns that she’s genetically pure while Four is genetically damaged, so he isn’t completely Divergent.This isn’t covered in the film adaptationand it’s unknown if it would have been revealed in the canceled second part ofAllegiant, soin theDivergentmovies as they are, Four is Divergent.
Four’s father, Marcus Eaton, is also Divergent, which raised questions in the books regarding the so-called genetic purity and how genes and Divergence don’t determine if a person is good or bad.
What Happened To Four After Allegiant?
Allegiant Was Meant To Be The First Part Of The End Of The Divergent Movie Series
Following the steps of sagas likeHarry Potter,Twilight, andThe Hunger Games, the third and final novel in theDivergentseries was going to be split into two movies:AllegiantandAscendant. Directed by Robert Schwentke,Allegiantwas released in 2016 and follows Tris, Four, and their team as they make some shocking discoveries about their city and the war. Unfortunately,Allegiantwas a box-office bomb, ending all plans for a sequel and leaving the saga somewhat inconclusive.Allegiantends with Tris, Caleb, and Four revealing the Bureau to the world, and though it’s not a bad ending, it leaves many questions.
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In the novel, not only does Four learn about his “damaged” status and that he’s not completely Divergent, but learning that Tris is genetically “pure” upsets him. Four works alongside Nita and others to stop the release of a death serum – meanwhile, Tris takes the mission of resetting the Bureau with a memory serum, but it’s a suicide mission as she will have to get through the death serum. When he returns from the city,Four learns of Tris’ deathand is stopped by Christina from taking a memory serum to forget Tris and the pain of her loss.
Four goes on to work for the city’s representative in the government two years later, and with his friends, he scatters Tris’ ashes by zip-lining, confronting his fear of heights to honor her memory. Tris’ death in theAllegiantnovel has been criticized by fans of the books, so it’s unknown ifAscendantwould have included it, but it would have surely expanded more on Four’s story.
Divergent
Based on the young adult “The Divergent Series” novels, Divergent is the first film in the franchise that follows a girl named Beatrice Prior, who lives on the fringes of society in a dystopian world. Set to join one of the five factions humans are separated into based on their virtues, Beatrice learns that she is considered a “Divergent,” an independent thinker that she fits into none of the factions. Forced to conceal the truth, Beatrice joins the thrill-seeking Dauntless faction in secret, setting her on a path that will change the world.
