-
viewpoint character role in
Allegiant with
Tobias "Four" Eaton. Born in the
Abnegation faction to
Andrew and
Natalie Prior, she
describes herself as
having pale...
- born and
raised into
Abnegation,
which runs the government. Her father, Andrew,
serves on the
ruling council along with
Abnegation's leader,
Marcus Eaton...
- Self-denial (related but
different from self-
abnegation or self-sacrifice) is an act of
letting go of the self as with
altruistic abstinence – the willingness...
- Denial, in
colloquial English usage, has at
least three meanings: the ****ertion that any
particular statement or allegation,
whose truth is uncertain,...
- safety.
Beatrice Prior, who
later changes her name to Tris, is born into
Abnegation but
transfers into Dauntless; she must
figure out her life as a Divergent...
- John the
Baptist in the
Wilderness by Raphael, c. 1517. John is
considered the
forerunner of Christ, who
lived a
celibate life of
abnegation and penance....
- post-apocalyptic Chicago,
people have been
divided into five factions:
Abnegation, who were the selfless; Amity, who were the peaceful; Candor, who were...
- can
think of that
examines the
baffling combination of smugness, self-
abnegation,
ceremonial deference and
status anxiety that
characterizes middle-class...
- are
Dauntless (the brave),
Amity (the kind),
Erudite (the intelligent),
Abnegation (the selfless), and
Candor (the honest). On an
appointed day
every year...
- he
merely seemed to be
disguising "under the
language of
evangelical abnegation" vast and
perilous schemes of ambition. The
puzzled powers were, in fact...
