Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
The setting hasn't changed at all since Divergent. We asked enough questions about the setting of Divergent to top an extra-large deep-dish pizza: Is it, like, 20 years in the future? 200? Is there...
What's Up With the Title?
In the real world, you usually hear the word "insurgent" attached to some kind of terrorist group. But in Veronica Roth's Insurgent the insurgent is actually our protagonist, Tris.The word "insurge...
What's Up With the Epigraph?
Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged. —From the Candor faction manifestoVeronica Roth is cheating a little bit here, taking the epigraph from a fictional text within her...
What's Up With the Ending?
The very last line of the novel—"Then the shouting begins" (47.82)—might as well read "To be continued in Allegiant, available in hardcover wherever books are sold." None of the questions Tris...
Tough-o-Meter
Even though this is the sequel to Divergent, the transition isn't as jarring as graduating from middle-school comp to high-school AP English. Veronica Roth decided not to go all Jeffrey Eugenides o...