Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Factions?

After taking the book's "Faction Quiz" in the back, I came out with a total of a score of

  • 2 Abnegation
  • 2 Erudite
  • 2 Dauntless
  • 1 Amity
Well, first off, I expected more Amity than that.  Heck, I expected a mix of Amity and Abnegation if I mixed anything.  Since this would, by the book's definition, give me a "Divergent" result, I guess I'd end up picking Erudite or Abnegation.  Erudite would be a simple choice for me because I am generally a clever person, and the pursuit of knowledge is a thrill for me.  They do, however, strike me as a bit...sterile.  Not uncreative, but not creative in the places I admire necessarily.  Abnegation, on the other hand, I admire for the humanitarian acts they perform.  I try to make myself less important, but I can be raucously arrogant at times, and would likely struggle in their society.  I guess it would be hard for me to isolate a single, solitary virtue that one of the factions value for me to cultivate in myself because I just don't work that way.  I guess Erudite would be a better pick though.  Not Jeanine's, but the one described in the Manifesto, that sees knowledge as a gift everyone is entitled to, one that should be used for the benefit and betterment of mankind.  Although...Abnegation and Dauntless both look nice as well.  Selflessness, pure and simple, and utter justice and courage.  Both worthy virtues.

I'm at an impasse.

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