ELA Blog Post – Leah Shifrel – 803 To be different is to not be alike, or to be unalike – not the same. Tris, the main character in Divergent, taught me that it’s OK to be different but it’s not OK to overuse your difference. For example, when she is with her crush, a boy named Four, she cares. She follows society’s rules -- like valuing “faction over family.” But when she’s with others she is selfish -- only into herself. Tris is stuck. She does not know where she belongs. She is divergent. But because of this she feels free. She is too free. She used to belong to a group that is self-less; now she’s in a group that is selfish. On the other hand, she may be smart for acting selfish so she won’t give away that she is a divergent. Maybe that’s why Four found out that she was a divergent – because she was herself – a selfless human being. I have my own differences like my dyslexia or the fact that I love morbid things or that I am just a strange person but every one is strange and quirky so we all could relate to Tris. What I’m really trying to say is use your difference and your power and your real self wisely. Don’t be a selfish human being