URGEL, Marie Francess F.

ROSELA, Felix Nicole C.

7-Sampaguita

Insurgent
English Movie Report

Authors Biography:
Veronica Roth (born August 19, 1988) is an
American novelist and short story writer known for her
debut New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy,
consisting of Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant; and Four:
A Divergent Collection. Divergent was the recipient of
the Goodreads Favorite Book of 2011 and the 2012 winner
for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction.

Characters:

Beatrice "Tris" Prior- Beatrice "Tris" Prior is the viewpoint

character in Divergent and Insurgent, and shares the viewpoint character role
in Allegiant withTobias "Four" Eaton.

Tobias "Four" Eaton- Tobias "Four" Eaton is a member of Dauntless and

serves as the instructor to the initiates transferring into Dauntless.

Caleb Prior- Caleb Prior is a member of Erudite faction. He was born in

Abnegation to Andrew and Natalie Prior.

Marcus Eaton- Marcus Eaton is one of the council members of Abnegation

and is the only one out of these who remains alive after the attack of
Dauntless controlled by Erudite through simulation.

Jeanine Matthews- Jeanine Matthews appears in Divergent and Insurgent,

serving as the main antagonist in both novels.

Christina- Christina is a member of Dauntless faction and friend of Tris.

Tori Wu- Tori Wu was born in Erudite and later choose Dauntless as her
faction along with her brother George.

 Eric- Eric was born in Erudite and transfers to Dauntless.

Peter Hayes- Peter appears in Divergent. He was born in Candor but chooses
Dauntless as his faction.

Edward- Edward was born in Erudite but transfers into Dauntless.

Settings:
Dystopian Chicago, Circa

Plot:
The story begins five days after the assault on the Abnegation faction by Erudite
leader Jeanine and her mind-controlled Dauntless soldiers. Jeanine has declared
martial law and that the Divergents those with the qualities of multiple factions
and those allied with them are the enemy. Among the Abnegation wreckage,
Dauntless leader Eric and his platoon recover a five-sided box: each side has a
faction symbol. Jeanine presumes it contains data from the city's founders and the
means to end the Divergence problem. As only a Divergent is capable of opening the
box, she orders the capture of all Divergents.
Tris, Four, Peter, and Caleb hide within the Amity compound. Soon after, Eric and his
fleet arrive to test all the occupants for Divergence. Peter gives up the group's
location as Tris, Four, and Caleb escape and board a train headed into Factionless
territory. After fights with the Factionless aboard, Four reveals his name Tobias
Eaton which prompts the Factionless to stand down and reply that they have been
searching for him.
Four, Tris and Caleb are given amnesty at Factionless. There, Tris and Caleb
discover that the Factionless leader is Four's mother, Evelyn. She suggests that
Dauntless and Factionless should ally against Erudite, but Four declines. The next
morning, the three leave Factionless for Candor to meet up with the remaining
Dauntless; during the trek, Caleb tells Tris that he cannot continue with them and
goes in a different direction. Upon arrival, Tris and Four are arrested and brought
before Candor leader Jack Kang, who intends to deliver them to Jeanine. However,
Four pleads for Jack to conduct a trial in Candor with the use of truth serum. During
the ordeal, Four communicates his motives and is absolved. Tris tearfully admits her
guilt in shooting and killing Will, which angers Christina.
Candor is attacked by the Dauntless who have sided with Eric, and many people are
shot with pellets of new simulation serum. Tris is captured by Eric who learns she
has a Divergence reading of 100%, making her the perfect subject to open the box.
Eric arrests Tris, but Four and the Factionless allies arrive to save her. After a brief

exchange, Four shoots Eric in the head for the murder of hundreds of people. Back
at Erudite, Jeanine, frustrated that none of the Divergent subjects have survived the
simulation trials required to open the box, is approached by Peter, who pledges his
loyalty to Erudite, and suggests the best way to get Tris to surrender is by exploiting
her humanity.
Back at the Factionless base, Four reluctantly agrees with Evelyn that war is
inevitable and that they need to prepare. Jeanine activates the pellets, causing
Christina, Marlene and Hector to repeatedly chant that Tris must turn herself in or
more death will follow, as they step closer and closer to the edge of a tall structure.
Tris and Tori then climb the sides of the roof as Tris rescues Christina and Tori,
Hector. Sadly, Marlene plunges to her death. Overcome by guilt, Tris decides to turn
herself in. That night, she and Four sleep together, and then she quietly slips away.
Upon arrival at the Erudite headquarters, Tris is immediately arrested. She agrees to
undergo the trials provided that the suicides cease. Tris overcomes four of the trials,
however, when her vitals drop, Jeanine reluctantly halts the simulation so that Tris
can rest. Tris then discovers that they have captured Four. She fails the final trial and
her vital signs cease. Her body is wheeled over to Four's cell so the latter can mourn,
but when she awakens, Peter assists Four in overpowering the guards, revealing
that he had faked her death by injecting her with a sleep serum. Tris is determined to
open the box and find the truth about its message; she and Four head to the
simulation room, while Peter returns to the control room to secretly grant them
security access.
Overcoming the final trial, Tris successfully opens the box. A woman explains that
the walled city and faction system is actually an experiment they devised, that the
Divergents are actually the success of the experiment, and that the world is waiting
outside for them to return to humanity. Realizing she has lost all her power, Jeanine
orders that the box be buried and that Four and Tris be executed. However, the
Factionless army busts into the simulation room to rescue Tris and Four. Jeanine
and Caleb are arrested. The message from the box is broadcast to the entire city.
Tris is hailed as a hero by the masses, eager to explore the world beyond the wall.
As Jeanine looks out from her cell, she states that after 200 years since the city was
enclosed, there is no telling what awaits them beyond it. Evelyn appears behind her
and tells her that she will never find out as she raises a gun to the back of Jeanine's
head and shoots.

Theme:

Choice
As was true of its predecessor, Insurgent primarily revolves around the theme of
choices and the way they can change you. After all, the book's tagline is "one choice
can destroy you." In Insurgent, all of Tris' decisions had major consequences, as she
decided whether or not to enter dangerous situations, to lie to Tobias, and even to
sacrifice herself. With so much on the line, Tris' choices affect not only her, but
everyone around her. As the series goes on, choice remains just as important, but
the stakes get higher and higher.
Division
The entire faction system is based around dividing people up and creating distinct
groups with boundaries between them. Insurgent illustrates how these divisions
create an "us vs. them" mentality that ultimately brings about disaster.