Divergent Journey Map: Climax, 'Zombie' Dauntless Soldiers

“ It is the best moment of my life.

A moment later, Tobias’s thumb brushes over the injection site in my neck, and a few things come together at once. I don’t know how I didn’t figure this out before.

One: Colored serum contains transmitters.

Two: Transmitters connect the mind to a simulation program.

Three: Erudite developed the serum.

Four: Eric and Max are working together with the Erudite.

I know how Erudite will get us to fight. “ (Roth, 415).

“The Dauntless soldiers carry out unspoken orders without hesitation and without question. Some adult members of Abnegation are herded toward one of the buildings, along with the Abnegation children. A sea of black-clothed soldiers guard the doors. The only people I do not see are the Abnegation leaders. Maybe they are already dead.” (Roth, 423).

Divergent, like most stories has an obvious climax, and unfortunately, it’s not a happy one. The point in Divergent when the reader’s attention is most on the book has to be in Chapter 36, when the simulation serum injected into all of the Dauntless takes effect. The serum, developed by Jeanine the Erudite faction, has the sole purpose of turning all of the Dauntless faction into a mindless army, with the sole mission of destroying Abnegation. Tris, being Divergent isn’t affected by the serum and is one of two people not turned into mindless soldiers like the rest of the faction. The other is Tobias. The two of them follow behind the ‘zombie’ Dauntless who’ve been affected by the serum and are forced to witness the destruction of their past faction. They eventually come across Jeanine, who realizes that they are Divergent rebels. After trying to kill Tris, and using a special serum on Tobias, who is now affected, her plans to destroy Abnegation finally come into place, that is until Tobias hacks into the control panel and shuts down the simulation. Tris and Tobias, along with Tris’ family try to make an escape, but Tris’ mother and father are sadly killed in the...