How is Tris Divergent? Have you ever wondered what life would be like if society was divided into five factions, each dedicated to cultivating a particular virtue? What if you were different and didn't belong to any of the given factions? So you look a lot like Tris. Tris Prior is the main character in the dystopian novel Divergent by Veronica Roth. She lives in a world where she must hide her true uniqueness as a divergent individual or else she puts her life in danger. Tris' aptitude test result was inconclusive, she has the ability to manipulate simulations and throughout the book she shows characteristics of different factions, which concludes that she is Divergent. The divergence must be special in the sense that you deviate from the standards and cannot be controlled like the rest of society. Do you know what an aptitude test is? An Aptitude Test is a test that is mandatory to take at the age of sixteen to help you determine which faction is best for you and which faction you actually belong to; Intrepid, erudite, self-sacrificing, friendly or frank. This is assuming ...