Every day, struggle breaks into people's lives, causing anger, ruin, and sowing chaos. The struggle is in every world, whether on Earth or in a book, like Divergent. Divergent, written by Veronica Roth, is set in a dystopian world where a civilization divides its population into five factions representing their beliefs: Selflessness for Selflessness, Friendship for Peace, Candor for Honesty, Dauntless for courage and Erudite for intelligence. After protagonist Beatrice "Tris" Prior passes the Dauntless initiation, she discovers that Erudite are planning an attack against Abnegation. To meaningfully represent the struggle in Divergent, the literary devices of foreshadowing, mood, and conflict were used. Foreshadowing is one of the main literary devices that can show struggle. For example, immediately after their first fear simulation, Will, Christina, Al, and Tris got new tattoos. While Al was giving Christina a piggyback ride, Christina nearly fell off him and grabbed Al's face to hold on. Everyone started laughing, but Tris noticed something about Al. “Al seems happy, but there's something heavy about his smiles too. I'm worried about him” (Roth 247). Foreshadowing is used in this quote suggesting that Al is depressed. This indicates that something bad may happen to him due to his carelessness. Foreshadowing contributes to Divergent's theme of struggle because the reader must make an inference, and sometimes the inference is wrong. If the reader's inference is incorrect, he or she does not fully understand the importance of an event until it passes or is revived, leaving the reader perplexed and making it difficult for him or her to follow the plot. During her journey, Tris must do the...... middle of paper... was usually shown through Tris' conflicts with herself. Sometimes, Tris doesn't know how to respond to a situation because if she reacts the way she wants, some people might see her as a traitor. When foreshadowing was used, Tris was worried about Al, but if she acted like Abnegation, the Dauntless would think less of her. Then, when the atmosphere was threatening, Tris decided to follow Four, who was more like a Candide because she was curious, even if it could have consequences. Finally, when conflict was used, Tris got into trouble when Christina took the flag from her. Tris could have been a good friend or told Christina that she was the one who came up with the plan, so she should have taken the flag. While struggle is not a welcome feeling, it is a way to overcome obstacles and challenges. Works Cited Roth, Veronica. Divergent. New York: Katherine Tegen Books, 2011. Print.