Tris's Changes Throughout Divergent

     The main character Tris in the book Divergent by Veronica Roth changes a lot throughout the book. Tris changes a lot in her physique as well as in the way she thinks. Despite being small in stature, Tris manages to become very headstrong by the end of the book and think for herself. Here are a few ways that Tris changes from beginning to the end of the book.

     One way that Tris changes throughout the book is that she becomes very independent in the way that she thinks and acts. During the Dauntless Initiation Tris was telling herself that she has to stick up for herself and she can't be pushed around by the bigger initiates. By the end of the book, Tris is confident and she knows that know one will try and mess with her. This shows me that because Tris became hard in the way that she thought during the Dauntless Initiation, it helped her out in by the end of the book where she had to put her skills and hardness to the test when she was fighting for her life. This is just one way that Tris changes mentally throughout the book.

     Another way that Tris changes throughout the book is in her physical appearance. In the beginning of the book Tris was skinny and small and incapable of defending herself. After the Dauntless Initiation Tris looked at herself in the mirror and she liked what she saw. She noticed that she had more muscle and she looked like someone not to be reckoned with. I think Tris liked the way she looked because being strong made her feel like she was very powerful and she could defend herself in any situation, which is something that she had a problem with in the beginning of the book. Tris's changes in her physical appearance helped her throughout the book because they made her have a tougher mindset as well as having a stronger body, which was a deadly combination against anyone trying to mess with her.

     In conclusion, I think that Tris's changes throughout the book helped her from beginning to end because it helped her get through some hard struggles, such as her mother and father dying. I think that if Tris didn't change the way that she did throughout the book, that the end would've been completely different because she wouldn't have had the same values as she did if she didn't change. All in all, Tris's changes from beginning to the end of the book were all beneficial to her.