Candor people don't become more truth-telling because they dress in black and white but Erudite are supposed to become more clear-minded because they wear blue. So the Erudite all dress with at least some blue in order to have this effect. According to the Erudite, "blue causes the body to release calming chemicals, and 'a calm mind is a clear mind'" (28.14). Lastly, Erudite wear some blue, but they have a very serious, knowledgeable reason for that decision. (And if there were factions in the 50s, James Dean would have been Dauntless.) The Dauntless with their piercing and tattoos are trying to stick out-the opposite of the Abnegation with their desire to blend in. If there were motorcycles in the future, Dauntless would be riding them because they seem cool. They're supposed to seem cool and rebellious and individualistic. But we recognize that the train-hopping, gun-wielding, Fight Clubbing. Tris recognizes that there's no clear connection between wearing black and being brave. So the clothes-as-symbols aren't just something subtle that we're supposed to notice as readers-these are symbols even in Tris's world.ĭauntless dress all in black and are into piercings and tattoos (1.39). (Wear some too-tight shoes and try to be nice-you'll be yelling at puppies in no time.)Ĭandor dress in black and white because, as Tris notes, they see "the truth as black and white, so that is what they wear" (1.18). Because if your main goal is being happy and friendly, you want to look bright and feel fine. So Abnegation clothes are about equality and blending in-which is what Abnegation is all about.Īmity dresses in red or yellow clothes and always comfortably (5.25). It's easy to allocate resources when everyone gets the same thing" (8.100). In the real world, clothing may tell us something about a person, but Divergent takes this to the extreme, where every factions' clothing tells us how they see the world-and how they want the world to treat them.Ībnegation dresses all in gray so they don't stand out and Tris and her mom "picked up nearly identical stacks of clothing every six months or so. Take something super simple, something you have on you right now (we hope): clothes. Almost everything about the factions is pretty symbolic of how their members think about the world. With his brother momentarily safe, Dauntless Maximus gave him a reassuring smile and faded away.The factions are very important for the setting and the plot and the characters but they're also just big, big symbol factories. He blasted Bruticus Maximus, destroying his left arm in the process. Some time later when Superion, having been reduced to his central component after defeating Constructicon Maximus, was being savagely beaten by Bruticus Maximus, Dauntless Maximus's ghost appeared to save his little brother. While Constructicon Maximus and Bruticus Maximus followed, Superion Maximus was horrified when he awoke, and he fled rather than serve Megatron. Confronted by the four rusted guardians, he destroyed Dauntless Maximus to force them to acknowledge him. In the year 2020, Megatron, guided by Unicron's voice within him, discovered the Super Energon Temple. The Autobots and Decepticons glared at one another in mutual acrimony until they became completely corroded and were unable to move. Long ago, during a time when the Decepticons and Autobots were at peace, Dauntless Maximus, his brother Superion Maximus, and the Decepticons Constructicon Maximus and Bruticus Maximus were tasked with guarding the Super Energon Temple. I was never as good as my totally not made-up brother Zed, and we're totally different people!
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